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UK: "Stansted 15" anti-deportation protesters found guilty of terrorism charges
By Margot Miller
Fifteen UK anti-deportation activists, accused of terrorism offences for preventing the departure of an immigration removal charter flight from London Stansted Airport, have been found guilty.
Following a nine-week trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, the jury found the "Stansted 15" in contravention of the rarely used 1990 Aviation and Maritime Security Act, by endangering safety at an airport. The defendants, who are preparing to appeal the verdict, face potential life prison sentences and await sentencing in February.
This is a blatant act of class justice aimed at severely curtailing the democratic right to protest. Over 1,300 people protested outside the Home Office in London following the perverse judgement.
On the night of March 28, 2017, the activists, belonging to the campaign group "End Deportations," breached the perimeter fence at Stansted airport, locked themselves around a government-chartered Boeing 767, and prevented take-off. On board were 57 undocumented migrants from detention centres awaiting forced removal to Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. To return the migrants, some of whom faced torture or death, would have been a flagrant denial of their human rights.
Before the police arrived, the campaigners were able to proclaim on banners their message that "mass deportations kill" and "no one is illegal."
The airport runway was closed for an hour and 20 minutes, during which time 19 flights were diverted. It took a removal team 10 hours to extricate the protesters one by one from the body of the plane.
Though shocked at the verdict, the Stansted 15 remain defiant. Speaking to the Guardian, defendant Benjamin Smoke said, "We were charged with endangering life but we took the actions at Stansted to try to protect life… As a result of what we did 11 people who were on that flight are still in the UK appealing against their removals."
Co-defendant Melanie Strickland condemned both the draconian legislation and government immigration policy. "To be found guilty of a terror-related charge for a peaceful protest is devastating for us, and profoundly disturbing for democracy in this country," she said. "It's the Home Office's brutal, secretive and barely legal practice of mass deportation flights that is putting people in danger, and their 'hostile environment' policy that is hurting vulnerable people from our communities. It's the Home Office that should have been in the dock, not us."
One man, who was on the plane to be deported but who has since been granted the right to remain, described his rescuers as "15 brave people… heroes not criminals… The Stansted 15 were trying to prevent the real crime being committed."
Now that the trial has ended it can be reported that barristers for the defence argued, without the presence of the jury, that the jury should be discharged. Their grounds were that Justice Christopher Morgan in his summing up had directed them to convict. Before instructing them to deliberate, Morgan told the jury to discount the reasons the defendants gave for their actions on the evening of March 28—alleged abuse of human rights, immigration policy, consideration of proportionality—which he said did not have "any relevance."
The defendants cited an example of one female detainee who feared she would be murdered by her abusive husband. Two were victims of human trafficking. Some feared torture and even death if they were returned.
Morgan nevertheless instructed the jury that the argument of "necessity," when defendants break the law for the purpose of preventing greater harm, was inadmissible.
It is unprecedented to charge peaceful protesters under an act, brought in after the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, which is designed ostensibly to deal with terrorism.
Raj Chada of Hodge Jones and Allen, who defended the Stansted 15, told the Independent that his firm had been the defence in a similar case at Heathrow airport, but a different law was applied. In his opinion to use anti-terror legislation against a peaceful protest was "an abuse of power by the attorney general and Crown Prosecution Service."
During the trial, Tony Badenoch QC, for the prosecution, sought to prove the defendants had gravely compromised safety at the airport. This is clearly nonsense.
It was the migrants who were in danger. The peaceful protest of the Stansted 15 was to prevent the migrants on the tarmac being returned to horrifically unsafe conditions.
Every year tens of thousands flee war and impoverishment—a product of European Union and International Monetary Fund austerity policies and illegal military interventions by the Western imperialist powers—only to find impassable national borders and the right to asylum all but non-existent. They are treated as criminals and thrown into virtual concentration camps, in both Europe and America.
Corporate Watch, a "not-for-profit co-operative providing critical information on the social and environmental impacts of corporations and capitalism," revealed that each month "ghost flights" take off from UK soil, forcibly removing migrants seeking asylum. This crime, which has been going on for years, is committed away from public sight and beyond the bounds of freedom of information requests.
In July 2013, to expedite this practice, Corporate Watch notes, "the Home Office set up a central unit called the 'National Removals Command' within the Immigration Enforcement division … in charge of arranging detention and deportation of 'illegals,' as well as running the 'Assisted Voluntary Return scheme.'"
Among its many victims are an unknown number of the Windrush generation, who have been deported without redress. Coming to the UK as children with their parents from the Commonwealth in the 1960s and 1970s, granted leave to remain by the 1971 Immigration Act but given no paperwork, they found themselves without proof of their right to residence required by subsequent legislation.
Human rights groups Amnesty International and Liberty condemned the trial and verdict against the Stansted 15 as an attack on democratic rights. Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said, "This is a crushing blow for human rights in the UK… It's deeply disturbing that peaceful protesters, who caused disruption but at no time caused harm to anyone, should now be facing a possible lengthy prison sentence. This whole case will send a shiver down the spine of anyone who cares about the right to protest in our country."
After the trial, the Guardian received a strongly worded letter from more than 300 concerned individuals and organisations calling for the fifteen to be spared prison. "It is the UK government's brutal and unjust 'hostile environment' which should be found guilty of endangering human lives, and not the peaceful efforts of fifteen people to keep them safer." Among the signatories are actor Emma Thompson, filmmakers Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, musicians Tom Morello, Roger Waters, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, hip-hop artists Lowkey and Akala, and writers Alice Walker and Phillip Pullman.
Among the signatories were just 17 Labour Party Members of Parliament out of 257. Absent is the name of nominally left party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Only one trade union leader, Manual Cortes, signed.
Like the Conservatives, Labour supports controls on immigration. Corbyn's shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer touts a two-tier migration system, which divides migrants into highly skilled and low-and semi-skilled workers who should be "restricted by sector-based quotas, negotiated between government, industry and trade unions." Corbyn has come out against freedom of movement, which he stated is "not a principle." In relation to immigration, "Labour will do what is best for the economy" which means "managed migration."
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) demands that the Stansted 15 be exonerated of all crimes and released immediately for what was a courageous act of international solidarity.
At its recently held Fourth Congress, the SEP declared its commitment "to champion the rights of immigrant workers, above all the refugees made homeless by the social and economic devastation created by imperialist intervention in their countries. The SEP defends the right to free movement, not just for European citizens but for workers throughout the world… Their defence is the cutting edge of the struggle to unite the working class across national boundaries in the struggle for socialism."
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Welcome! My guest today is Denise Dare, who knows the importance of cultivating the practice of self-love, and how this practice can allow you to honour and see your beautiful self.
Denise is a dreamer, writer, mystic, and home-educating, hippy mom of two daughters. She is a thought leader who began The Self-Love Sisterhood online community in 2015. This year, she is offering her first online course, The Sacred Art of Self-Love, to help women honour and love their beautiful sacred selves.
Let's catch up with Denise!
Although self-love can be different for everyone, it embodies inquiry, awareness, and discovery.
When Denise was a teenager, she felt the self-doubt and started asking questions and reading personal development books.
Self-love has kept her afloat through challenges, failures, motherhood, etc.
Denise explains how self-love allows her to be the mom she wants to be.
Some of Denise's favorite self-love practices include meditation, walking on the beach, yoga, meeting with girlfriends, etc.
The greatest gift Denise has received from self-love is that she knows she's "good enough" and doesn't have to question herself.
Denise advises surrounding yourself with supportive people and move others to the outer circle.
Denise uses self-love practices with her clients in giving them permission to do what they want and defining what "having it all" means to each of us.
How do you incorporate more self-love? Denise says to start with ONE thing. For her, the ONE thing was to say "I love you" in the mirror.
For Denise, self-love includes gratitude, reading uplifting books, and nourishing the body.
At the heart of Denise's vision is co~creating a world where work feels like play, hugs are medicine, and love comes first.
Denise is a home educating Cali mama, writer, mystic, and thought leader, happily featured by Positively Positive, Tiny Buddha, Elephant Journal and other rad places on the interwebs.
When she's not teaching the art of self love, bold self expression and vibrant alignment, you can find Denise dancing with her daughters in the kitchen, practicing yoga on and off the mat, and walking barefoot on the beach.
Her signature Write from the Heart sessions inspire visionaries to release the fear and doubt that make writing feel hard, so they can tune into their authentic voice and express their message with grace.
Welcome! My guest today is SHEro Carrie Hensley, who will teach us how to incorporate a regular yoga practice into our daily lives, even if it's just five minutes!
Carrie shares how yoga can change and empower your life.
Carrie wants to connect people to their inner awareness and mindfulness. She owned an award-winning yoga studio for seven years before opening her own online yoga studio, Sacred Sangha.
Join us for some inspiration from Carrie!
One of her first yoga teachers infused mindfulness into yoga without her even realising it.
Mindfulness is awareness to thoughts, sensations, and emotions; it's being in the present moment.
Carrie explains the differences and similarities in the styles of yoga she practices.
However you "come to the yoga mat" leads to personal growth and freedom.
After Carrie's first yoga class, the mental calming component taught her that yoga was much more than just exercise.
She started immediately looking for opportunities to learn to be a yoga teacher.
Her childhood was traumatic, and she has had eating disorders and even spent time in rehab; it's been yoga that helped her come to wholeness.
Early on, yoga had more of an impact on Carrie, but then the mindfulness brought benefits in various areas of her life.
Carrie fits yoga into her everyday life; she practices 6 days/week, morning and evening.
Some people who are new to yoga want to experience it in the privacy and comfort of their own home, so Carrie's online yoga studio helps with that.
Sacred Sangha offers live online classes, both monthly and weekly, along with e-courses, monthly themes, retreats, and even a book club!
Carrie teaches breathing techniques, chanting, and meditation—exploring them all in her teaching.
The community aspect of Carrie's online clients is a huge benefit.
One way to practice mindfulness is to keep a journal, writing down how you move throughout your days.
To begin incorporating yoga, look for beginner classes, but don't be afraid to try different teachers until you find the right one for you.
There are many resources are available to help with yoga, meditation, and mindfulness.
Carrie's mission is to connect you to your inner guru through yoga, mindfulness and service.
By turning our awareness inwards, we begin to connect to that place of intrinsic worth and Source the unique gifts that each of us brings into this lifetime. We live a more authentic and purpose driven life and are more adept at sharing our gifts with the world.
Her own life's path (dharma) is to serve.
Towards this endeavour, she's been teaching and practising yoga since 1998. She has had training in Ashtanga, Healthy Backs, Anusara, Forrest Yoga, Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors through Duke Integrative Medicine and Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction.
Carrie owned an award winning yoga studio for seven years before opening her online yoga studio, Sacred Sangha.


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IT Industry Veteran Robert L. Jacks Joins Agilysys As Vice President of Professional Services
ALPHARETTA, GA. — June 1, 2015 — Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Robert L. (Rob) Jacks has been named vice president of professional services for the company, effective June 1. In his new role, Jacks' primary responsibilities will be to build Agilysys' consulting business and help customers improve operational performance through technology. He will report to Rehan Jaddi, senior vice president of customer support & service solutions.
Jacks is an IT industry veteran, with more than two decades of experience. Most recently, he provided leadership and direction on the construction of a 45-acre five-star resort in Costa Rica, where he managed a team of international consultants, architects, attorneys and engineers. Jacks has also served as chief information officer for the Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce, where he was responsible for leading the corporate technology agenda. In addition, he has held IT leadership positions at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Mandalay Resort Group and USA Mobility.
"Rob's background and expertise, particularly as it relates to the hospitality industry, make him uniquely qualified for the position of vice president of professional services at Agilysys," said Jaddi. "His understanding of how technology can improve business performance, along with a track record of providing tangible results, will help us deliver world-class professional services excellence to our customers. This represents a significant step in the strengthening of our management team, and I am thrilled Rob has joined us."
Jacks was selected by Computerworld magazine as a 'Top 100 IT Leader' for 2009 and selected as an 'IBM Champion' in 2011, 2012 and 2013 for his leadership role in IT management for the Chickasaw Nation. In 2011, he received the prestigious Ventana Research Leadership Award, which recognizes individuals who have contributed to technology innovation within their organizations. In addition, Jacks has served on the advisory boards of TribalNet and Gaming & Leisure magazine, and he is actively involved in the University of Oklahoma Center for MIS Studies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Montevallo and an MBA from Samford University.
About Agilysys
Agilysys is a leading developer and marketer of software-enabled solutions and services to the hospitality industry. The company specializes in next-generation point-of-sale, property management, inventory and procurement, workforce management, analytics, document management and mobile and wireless solutions. These solutions are designed to streamline operations, improve efficiency, increase guest recruitment and wallet share, enhance the guest experience and maximize revenue potential. Agilysys serves four major market sectors: Gaming, both corporate and tribal; Hotels, Resorts and Cruise; Foodservice Management; and Restaurants, Universities, Stadia and Healthcare. A significant portion of the company's consolidated revenue is derived from contract support, maintenance and subscription services. Agilysys operates extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia, with corporate services located in Alpharetta, GA, and offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. For more information, visit www.agilysys.com.
PR Contacts:
Robert Shecterle, Agilysys, Inc., 770-810-6046, Robert.Shecterle@agilysys.com
Richard Land, Norberto Aja or Jim Leahy, JCIR, 212-835-8500, agys@jcir.com
Posted in Leadership, Press Release

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Q: how to validate email before enter to the home page flutter i'm trying to validate my email before the user can enter to the home page.
the problem is when i fill the email and password user with aaany thing it give the access without any check.
here is my code for sign in page

and this is the code of sign up screen

A: If it is all about validating the email for formatting, then what you can do is shown below. Put it in your email address validator you are submitting the data for Login/Register
validator: (value){
    Pattern pattern = r'^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$';
    RegExp regex = new RegExp(pattern);
    // Null check
    if(value.isEmpty){
        return 'please enter your email';
    }
    // Valid email formatting check
    else if(!regex.hasMatch(value)){
       return 'Enter valid email address';
    }
    // success condition
    else {
       email = value;
    }
    return null;
}

You will be good to go with this :) Happy learning.

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function _interopRequireDefault(obj) { return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj }; }

var MILLISECONDS_IN_MINUTE = 60000;
/**
 * @name differenceInMinutes
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 *
 * @description
 * Get the signed number of full (rounded towards 0) minutes between the given dates.
 *
 * ### v2.0.0 breaking changes:
 *
 * - [Changes that are common for the whole library](https://github.com/date-fns/date-fns/blob/master/docs/upgradeGuide.md#Common-Changes).
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 * @throws {TypeError} 2 arguments required
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 * // How many minutes are between 2 July 2014 12:07:59 and 2 July 2014 12:20:00?
 * var result = differenceInMinutes(
 *   new Date(2014, 6, 2, 12, 20, 0),
 *   new Date(2014, 6, 2, 12, 7, 59)
 * )
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 *
 * @example
 * // How many minutes are from 10:01:59 to 10:00:00
 * var result = differenceInMinutes(
 *   new Date(2000, 0, 1, 10, 0, 0),
 *   new Date(2000, 0, 1, 10, 1, 59)
 * )
 * //=> -1
 */

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On Monday I made a bit of a friendship bracelet with some cross stitch threads in various shades of green. Basically their just grouped together and knotted. It was very simple and low effort. It felt like a bit of a cop out but it was all I had inspiration and motivation to do. I do have a hell of a lot of Cross Stitch threads cluttering up my craft stuff though so it was good to use them up.
Tuesday I made Roast Chicken! I put new potatoes, garlic and mushrooms in the bottom of the tray and chucked the chicken on top. That's such a yummy dinner, I'd actually forgotten just how nice it is and how much I like it. The idea of it always feels like such a lot of work and puts me off but really with new potatoes and garlic granules, the only thing that needs prepping is the mushrooms (and even then I could probably use frozen sliced ones but I'm not convinced they'd work too well). Plus, leftover chicken for sandwiches the next day or with jacket potatoes for dinner. I should really start trying to do that every couple of weeks or so. I was very pleased with that. I also did half (or thereabouts) of a square of my blanket.
Yesterday I made a keyring (although it's yet to be on my keys) as my keyring fell off my keys ages ago so they've been very boring with nothing on them. Which clearly wouldn't do. I used cross stitch threads again, five or six different colours I think – Reds, Yellows and Oranges (I think it was two reds, three yellows and one orange). Those are wrapped around each other in a sort of braid. Like how I imagine ropes are made. It's really pretty, I have GOT to sort out photos.
Today I finished off the square I started on Tuesday and made another complete one. I think I've made five in total now, all made in February. I really do want that to be a bit of an ongoing project for this month. Tomorrow I want to watch The Sound of Music on DVD and plan to make some more whilst doing that.


Michele Di Natale is full professor of Hydraulic Construction at the Dept. of Civil Engineering of the Second University of Naples (SUN). At present he holds office of Dean. Scientifically he studies different arguments related to environmental andtechnical problems of the Water in Nature (Hydraulic, Hydrology, Maritime and Hydraulic Structures, Management of water system, etc.). He is the author of about one hundred and forty scientific publications on national and international journals and proceedings of congresses and also is scientific coordinator of many research projects . Furthermore he has developed remarkable professional experiences in national and international consulting firm taking part to important hydraulic engineering projects. Education – Graduated in Civil Engineering at the University of Naples "Federico II" with full marks. – Master in Sanitary Engineering at the Specialization School of the University of Naples "Federico II". Academic career – Researcher at University of Basilicata – Associate Professor at Polytechnic of Torino – Full Professor at Second University of Naples Managerial academic positions – Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of the Second University of Naples . – Manager of the Interdepartment Research Centre for Environment Engineering (CIRIAM) of the Second University of Naples – Chairman of the Degree Course Council in Environment and Territory Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the Second University of Naples – Member of the teaching staff of the course of doctorate in Science and Sea Engineering (association of the Univeristy of Naples "Federico II", Geomare CNR Institute, the Univeristy of Naples "Parthenope", the Zoological Station "A. Dohrn", Second University of Naples ). Partecipation in national and international scientific organization – Fellow ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers). – Member I.A.H.R. (International Association for Hydraulic Research). – Member A.I.O.M. (Associazione di Ingegneria Offshore e Marine). – Member of the Hydrotechnic Italian Association. – Member of the Scientific Council of the University Association Science of the Sea CO.NI.SMA. Research activities Main research themes: – Design and management of the integrated water systems. – Phenomena of dispersion and diffusion of pollutants in marine and fluvial field. – 2D and 3D numerical models for the study of the coastal motion field. – Variable motion processes in permeable media. – Sea waves action on emersed and submerged marittime structures . – Modelling of inchoerent seabed subjected to gravity waves and currents actions. Authors of more of about one hundred and sexty scientific publications on national and international journals and proceedings of congresses. Research projects – Scientific Coordinator of the Research Project"DIMODI" (Dispositivo Mobile per il Desorbimento di Idrocarburi) financed by the European funds 2007/2013; – Scientific Coordinator of the International Research Project, with European Union funds 2006 (Interregional Programme III B Medocc asse 4 measure 4) and of the Ministry of Transport and Facilities, called "HydraNet – Réseau Durable d'Aménagement des Ressources Hydrauliques" (Water Resources Management System) – Scientific Coordinator of the National Research Project with title: "Transport and dispersion of reactive pollutants in the interaction phenomena between the superficial waters and the superficial groundwater" (2003). – Scientific Coordinator of the National Research Project with title: "Efficiency and vulnerability of the flexible structures for the protection of the floodplain" (2002). – Scientific Coordinator of the Research Project financed by the European Union with POP funds 1999, with title "Traditional and innovative technical solutions for naturalistic engineering applied for the hydraulic protection of the territory". – Scientific Collaborator in the European Research Project ALICE "Techniques of visualization of the motion fields by PIV systems", as user group first member (partners: ACRO – "Agence de Consultation et Recherche Océanographique (FR), VUB – "Vrije Universiteit Brussel", DIFRES – Department of Coastal and Marine Research, Denmark, ENEL Pisa Research, Zoological Station "A. Dohrn", Naples). – Scientific Coordinator of the Research Project P.O.ST.FLU (Design of prototypal structure for coastal fluid dynamics and geo fluid dynamics studies),1998 (partners: Naval University Institute, Environment Hydraulic Engineering Department of the University of Naples "Federico II", Zoological Station "A. Dohrn", C.N.R. "IAMC" Research Institute) – Scientific Collaborator in the European Research Project MAST III "Marine advanced science and technology – probabilistic design tools of vertical breakwaters" (partners: University of Sheffield, University of Edimburg, University of Hannover, University of Belfast, University of Naples "Federico II", Second University of Naples, University of Bologna and University of Rome III). – Scientific Coordinator of the National Research Project with title: "Transport and dispersion of reactive pollutants in the interaction phenomena between the superficial waters and the superficial groundwater" (2003). – Scientific Coordinator of the Research Project of national interest responsible of the research project M.U.R.S.T. financed by the European Union, with POP funds 1997, with title: "An integrated system for the study of the coastal pollution processes near the fluvial mouth" – Scientific Coordinator of the Research Project of national interest with title: "Numerical simulation of currents in the surf-zone finalized to the estimation of the hydraulic risk connected to the dynamics of the thin beaches" (1996, Italian Ministry of the University); – Scientific Coordinator of the Research Project of national interest with title: "Mathematical model for the study of the shore dynamics connected to the interaction with incoherent seabed"(1996, Italian Ministry of the University. Didactic activities – Responsible of "Hydraulic Construction" at the Second University of Naples II, Faculty of Engineering, in the Degree Courses of Civil and Environmental Engineering. – Official professor of "Hydraulic Land Protection " at Second the University of Naples, Faculty of Engineering, in the Degree Courses of Civil and Environmental Engineering. – Official professor "Maritime Constructions" at the Second University of Naples, Faculty of Engineering, in the Degree Courses of Civil and Environmental Engineering. – Official professor "Hydrology" at the Polytechnic of Torino in the Degree Courses of Civil Engineering . – Official professor of "Maritime Constructions" at the Polytechnic of Torino in the Degree Courses of Civil Engineering . – Teacher of the Specialization School for the achieving of the Master in Environmental Engineering organized by the COREP Association of Torino. – didactic activities with seminar in the ambit of the teaching of the Degree Courses of Civil Engineering at the University of Naples and at the University of Basilicata.


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West Virginians Should Reject NRA, Keep Permits For Concealed Carry
Nik Bonopartis
If you want to carry a concealed gun in West Virginia, you'll have to register with authorities, take a safety course, and pass a background check to obtain a permit. If you've been convicted of a felony or violent misdemeanor, if you're on probation or deemed mentally ill by a doctor, the state has the right to deny a concealed carry permit.
Seems reasonable, right? Particularly in light of mass shootings committed by mentally ill suspects -- like Adam Lanza, who killed 20 kids and seven adults in Sandy Hook, Connecticut -- the requirements make sense. They won't seriously inconvenience legitimate gun owners, but hopefully they'll prevent a person like Lanza from walking around packing heat in a hidden holster.
But most of West Virginia's state lawmakers, and their masters at the National Rifle Association, don't agree. They want to do away with permit requirements for concealed handguns altogether.
This kind of gun-rights-at-all-costs opposition to reasonable gun laws is what makes people loathe the NRA, and it proves just how powerful the gun lobby is.
The fact is, a majority of West Virginians think permit requirements are a good idea.
Eighty-three percent of the state's likely voters supported concealed carry permits in a March 2015 poll by Everytown for Gun Safety, says the Huffington Post. A new poll released on Feb. 8 by SurveyUSA found 84 percent of likely voters and 87 percent of gun owners want to keep the permit system.
So do police chiefs and sheriffs in the state, many of whom are Republicans. It was concern on the part of sheriffs and police chiefs that prompted West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to veto a 2015 bill that would have done away with concealed carry permits.
Yet here we are again in 2016, with state lawmakers making the same push to get rid of permits.
Despite widespread opposition from voters and police, the bill passed by more than a 2 to 1 margin in West Virginia's House of Delegates, according to NPR.
While state lawmakers debated the issue before the Feb. 8 vote, representatives from the NRA were there, backing the politicians they own and piping up to offer talking points.
Delegate Patrick Lane justified going against the will of a clear majority of West Virginians.
"The whole point of the Bill of Rights is to protect the minority from the majority," Lane said, according to the Gazette-Mail.
Others shared their enthusiasm for the conservative ultimate dream of killing a robber or rapist, saving the day and becoming a hero.
"It seems like every time I'm on the street in Charleston — Capitol Street, Virginia Street — someone approaches me and tries to con me out of money, and it's usually a large male person," Keith Carte, a member of the West Virginia Citizens Defense League, told lawmakers. "All this bill does is level the playing field so people who can't afford a permit can defend themselves when they're approached by these persons."
What's Carte proposing exactly? That people shoot homeless men begging for change instead of brushing them off or helping them out?
There are legitimate reasons for the law West Virginia already has on the books.
"It's just common sense that if a person wants to carry a loaded, hidden handgun in public, they need to demonstrate they have a clean recent violent criminal record and have been trained to handle and carry a gun safely," Dee Price of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America said in May, the last time the no-permit law was vetoed.
But the lead sponsor of the bill, 19-year-old Delegate Saira Blair, said the bill is necessary because she gets death threats from trolls on the internet. Her version of the proposed law would allow people between the ages of 18 and 21 to carry, albeit with a permit.
"I'm the only person standing in this chamber in the 18 to 21 year old age period," Blair said, per NPR. "I can currently not get a permit to carry, and I'll tell you right now, I am scared. I've received multiple death threats in the past year. I am scared. I'm not going to stop what I do on a daily basis ... but I would feel safer as a law abiding citizen if I knew that I was able to protect myself."
You have to give Blair credit. When it comes to tabulating boogeymen to scare people into passing a vote, she learned from the best: the NRA.
If West Virginians want sanity to prevail, they should call and write to their state representatives and remind them that they answer to the voters, not a lobbyist group in Washington, D.C.
Sources: NPR, The Huffington Post, Charleston Gazette-Mail / Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
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Frank Moss – A Forgotten Labour Leader of 1913
Publisher 11 September, 2013 Irish History, Irish People
The swords strikers demonstrate in Dublin in 1913. The banner, middle right says, 'unity is strength'.
Christopher Lee on Frank Moss, the leader of the Swords strikers in the Lockout of 1913. See also Christopher's articles on the strike in Finglas and Swords.
A century after the events of 1913 the names most closely associated with the Dublin Lockout are of course those of James Larkin, James Connolly and William Martin Murphy. The names of those persons killed or injured during the Lockout are also remembered, such as James Nolan, John Byrne, Alice Brady, James Byrne and even Patrick Daly.
However, Frank Moss, a union organiser who played a major role in the County Dublin farm labourers' dispute, was imprisoned twice, went on hunger strike twice and was force fed on both occasions, and was a founding member of the Irish Citizen Army, has been forgotten.
During the height of the Lockout, Moss was the subject of speeches by Francis Sheehy-Skeffington and James Connolly, who referred to him as a 'rough diamond'. Moss would appear in public standing beside the most recognisable names of Irish labour history, such as Larkin, Connolly, Countess Makievicz, William Partridge, Patrick T. Daly and Walter Carpenter.
Moss' story provides an example of the treatment by the authorities of the lower ranked members of the Irish Transport &General Workers Union. Moss was singled out as the 'ringleader' of the strikers in Swords and imprisoned on the basis of farcical charges by courts presided over by land owners and farmers. Where others had been released from prison after only a few dayson hunger strike, Moss was brutally force fed and served his entire sentence.
Unlike the well-known names mentioned above, Frank Moss' life is not well documented and most of what is known of Moss' life and activities relates to a period from mid-1913 to mid-1914. As a result there are large gaps in Moss' story.
Francis Moss was born 20th August, 1870 at Cushinstown, County Meath, son of George Moss and Julia McKeown[1]. In 1899, Moss was living in Dublin at 24 Constitution Hill. On 23rdApril, 1899,he married Mary Ellen Gleeson, of Prebend Street, at St. Paul's, Arran Quay.
However, in July,1899, barely two months after his wedding, Moss was sentenced to three months in Kilmainham for the embezzlement of 10s from his employer.[2]The prison register records his address as 54 Lower Wellington Street and he was described as, 29 years old, labourer, 5' 6" (167cm), 134lb (61kg) dark brown hair, balding on top, blue eyes and a fair complexion.
By the 1901 census, Moss and his wife were living in Howth, but by 1903,Mosswas in trouble again. That year he served two terms in prison, both for smashingwindows.By now Moss' fortunes seem to have sunk low as the prison registers record him as having no fixed abode and the whereabouts of his wifeis unknown.
Fascinatingly both prison registers for 1903 describe Moss as having no religion. Rather than the entry being blank, 'nil' is written, the only such entry on the pages. This may possibly indicate Moss was an atheist at the time. However, in later prison records, Moss' religion is given as Roman Catholic, suggesting Moss either reconsidered his stance, or the officers chose to record the religion Moss was baptised, rather than his actual belief.
By the 1911 census,Moss is living in Swords but by now his wife is no longer with him.
Union Organiser for Swords
Swords in 1913.
Throughout the farm labourers strike and Dublin Lockout, Swords was a stronghold of the ITGWU in rural County Dublin,described as "…the principal rallying-ground for the Larkinites"[3]. Moss was the union organiser for the Swords district for the duration of the farm labourers' dispute and Dublin Lockout.
He was responsible for the farm labourers of the Swords district being the most unionised,organised and belligerent of all the strikers outside Dublin City.
Moss was a man drawn from the ranks of the poor, working class, rural labourer. The qualities which marked him out from his peers seem to have been his forceful and impassioned speaking, a strong leadership and, at times, reputation as a 'hard man'.
Moss' involvement with the labour movement probably dates from around early to mid-1913when James Larkin and the ITGWU commenced a campaign to improve the pay and conditions of the County Dublin farm workers. Throughout June and July 1913, Larkin held mass meetings in Swords, Clondalkin, Lucan, Howth and Blanchardstown enrolling large numbers of farm labourers and transport workers into the union. The Swords branch of the ITGWU established its headquarters in a house in the main street of the village which the strikers christened "Liberty Hall" in emulation of the ITGWU headquarters in Dublin.
By 1913, Moss was 43 years old and had already lived a fairly rough life, but a life probably little different from many of his peers. He had been in trouble with the law, spent time in prison, had been homeless, had married and been separated and had worked as a labourer for all of his life. He did not have an imposing build and a newspaper covering his trial in October 1913 described him as"…a poor looking man."[4] However, clearly Moss had some personal characteristics which must have marked him out as the leader of the local strikers.
Moss was a man drawn from the ranks of those he led and represented, a poor, working class, rural labourer. The qualities which marked him out from his peers seem to have been his forceful and impassioned speaking, a strong leadership and, at times, reputation as a 'hard man'. In the few contemporary newspaper articles which preserve Frank Moss' words it is clear he could articulate the socialist and syndicalist position of Larkin and Connolly and would use an upstairs window of the Swords "Liberty Hall" to address hundreds of strikers in the street below. [5]
An indication of Moss' leadership can be seen in his marching at least 200 strikers, at a brisk pace around the Swords district, for six hours straight. [6] Moss was clearly able to motivate, organise and lead his men. On other occasions,Moss could be reserved, quietly spoken and reticent to discuss his experiences, not "…making the slightest fuss about his personal sufferings."[7]
Following the decision on 12th September 1913 by the County Dublin Farmer's Association to join William Martin Murphy's 'lockout' of union members, the farm labourers were drawn into the labour conflict. Throughout September and October 1913 the Swords strikers, under the leadership of Moss, were engaged in violent clashes with police and there were a number of acts of violence and intimidation against 'scabs'.[8][9]
The Swords strikers would frequently attend labour rallies in Dublin where, on one occasion, they were heavily involved in attacking police during the worst rioting since 'Bloody Sunday'.[10][11]
A substantial police presence in Swords was used to put down an attempt by Moss to conduct a labour demonstration during the Swords monthly fair, a deliberately provocative act on the part of Moss, certain to lead to a violent confrontation with farmers attending the fair.[12]
The Swords Riot
The Daily Mirror reports on rioting during the Lockout. Swords also saw its share of violence.
(Image Courtesy of Come Here to Me website)
The increasingly aggressive tactics of Moss and the farm labourers culminated in the Swords riot. On the evening of Wednesday 9th October Frank Moss addressed a crowd of strikers and told them:
"….that they had been "keeping too quiet in Swords" and that he himself had been too quiet during the strike there. If he were sent to jail another man would be sent there to lead the strikers, and instead of two cartloads of food they would get ten."[13]
The riot began later that evening following the arrest of a striker who had been part of a group trying to scatter a herd of cattle being driven through Swords to the Dublin markets. After a failed attempt to rescue the arrested man, around 100 strikers went on a rampage, stoning the police barracks and smashing the windows of shops that supported the farmers.[14][15] Only after the police had gathered substantial reinforcements were they able to end the riot with several baton charges, leaving many strikers and police seriously injured. [16]
Moss was injured in a riot in Swords in October 1913 and subsequently charged with breaking a shop window.
One of those injured was Frank Moss. At his trial in early 1914, for smashing a shop window during the riot, mention was made of "…the severe injuries sustained by him on the night of the baton charge."[17] The extent of his injuries is unknown, only that they were severe enough to be considered a mitigating factor in sentencing four months later. Moss may just have been unlucky, injured in the melee, but it is also possible he was deliberately targeted for violence by the police, as the 'ringleader' of the local strikers, the key local 'trouble maker'.
Farcical Charges
In October 1913 Moss was charged with three separate acts of intimidation and smashing a window during the riot in Swords.The charges and the trial demonstrate the farcical and prejudiced nature of the legal system which Moss and many other strikers found themselves facing.
One of the charges filed against Moss was intimidating a union member by spilling his drink.
At the commencement of the trial on 12th October at the Swords Courthouse, Moss' defence requestedany of the magistrateswho had a personal interest in the progress of the farm labourers' strike, should stand aside and take no part in the hearing. However, despite many of them being farmers and land owners, none of the magistrates stood aside and the defence could only lodge a formal protest.[18]
The first charge against Moss was the alleged intimidation of the publican of O'Connor's pub in Swords. Moss had gone to O'Connor's pub when it became known a 'scab' was drinking there. When the publican refused to ask the 'scab' to leave Moss said "…did he want a riot raised?" Moss ordered all union members to leave the pub. While thepublican was afraid his windows would be smashed no one actually threatened this.[19]Despite this Moss was found guilty.
The second, and by far the least credible charge of intimidation, was that on the same day as the previous charge he intimidated a union member, James Lawless, by spilling the man's drink. Lawless had been drinking in Daly's pub when Moss ordered all union members leave because 'scabs' were drinking there. When Lawless told Moss he would leave when he finished his drink, Moss took the pint of porter from him and spilled it, both men leaving together. Despite Lawless telling the court he had no problem with Moss spilling his drink, Moss was found guilty of intimidating him.[20]
On the basis of this flimsy evidence the magistrates described the intimidation as "…gross, palpable and premeditated..." and Moss was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on each of the charges.[21]At this point Moss' defence gave notice of appeal against the convictions and elected to have the final charge heard by a jury at the County Commission.[22]
At the County Commission on 23rd October it was alleged Moss had intimidated a union member who had returned to work as he was unable to support his family on strike pay.Moss and about twenty men went to the field in which he was working and demanded his union membership card and badge.
Later that afternoon Moss returned with a parade of about 200 people accompanied by a fife and drum band, the same group of strikers he would keep marching for six hours. As the crowd approached the field they booed and hissed him, Moss calling out "You cur!".[23]A Sergeant, who had followed the procession from Swords with fifteen constables, cautioned Moss against his conduct and language. Moss replied that:
"If you were a general on the field of battle and some of your men deserted or turned traitors, would they not deserve to be shot? We are not going to shoot anyone, we are doing our work by peaceful picketing."[24]
A different version of Moss' speech was recorded by the Irish Independent:
"…they were the local army of the industrial war, and that they meant to obey orders of their general even if they were to get a bullet for it.When a speaker said that a "scab was a traitor and that a traitor in the British Army would be shot down like a dog", the district inspector cautioned him that his language amounted to an incitement to murder, and was being recorded by the police, whereupon an explanation was given that the words referred to were intended only to show that, although the men engaged in the industrial war were more powerful and more courageous than the British Army, they were more merciful than the later, and did not shoot traitors, but only booed them and enabled them to work with musical accompaniment, which they could avoid if they disliked it by giving up their work."[25]
Though this passage can provide little more than a brief glimpse of Frank Moss it can give us suggestive hints. It is clear Moss was articulate and was well versed in the language of Larkin, Connolly and The Irish Worker and suggests he could be a commanding and rousing speaker.
Returning to the conclusion of the trial, one of the men who had accompanied Moss to the field told the court it was he who asked Smith for his union card and badge, not Moss. Despite this, Moss was found guilty and sentenced to three months in prison.
It would seem the Swords authorities had decided to rid themselves of someone they likely regarded as the driving force behind the farm labourers' strike. To that end, Moss was sent to court on ludicrous charges and found guilty in courts administered by land owners and farmers, all to ensure his removal from the area, no doubt in the hopes the strike would soon collapse without his motivating presence. Taken in the context of Moss as a target of police violence during the riot in Swords, the moves by the courts to imprison him give the impression of an orchestrated campaign to incarcerate, intimidate and silence the Swords strike leader.
Imprisonment and Hunger Strikes
Moss was imprisoned in Mountjoy Gaol on 24th October 1913 and immediately began a hunger strike. The hunger strike tactic had, of course, already been used extensively by the suffragist movement both in Britain and Ireland and would later be adopted by the Irish nationalist and Republican movements. At the time of the Lockout the "Prisoner's Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health Act", also known as the 'Cat and Mouse Act' was in place which allowed for prisoners on hunger strike to be temporarily released if their life was in danger. However, once their health recovered, they were liable to be rearrested to serve the remainder of their sentence.
Moss went on hunger strike to force his release but was force fed by prison authorities
Prior to Moss' imprisonment in October 1913, hunger strikes had already been used in connection with the Lockout by James Connolly and James Byrne, both being released after several days rather than being force fed.[26](See note below)
There was considerable outrage within the labour movement when it became known Moss was being forcibly fed. The image circulated was of Moss being inhumanly treated, carried to the feeding chair, strapped down, head held by brutal prison guards, a tube forced down his nose, or his jaws pried open, his throat held until blood came from his eyes, of vomiting and coughing up blood.[27]
James Connolly addressing a demonstration at Beresford Place called for the release of:
"…all the men, women and girls who still remain in Mountjoy in connection with the strike." "One of those prisoners, Frank Moss, a rough diamond, had been hunger striking for ten days. They would especially demand his release. Moss was being subjected to the brutality of forcible feeding."[28]
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington made an impassioned speech which singled out the plight of Frank Moss and called upon the government to stop:
"…the torture of forcible feeding in prison in the case of Frank Moss. The present government was one that bullied the weak and cringed to the strong. They did not attempt to forcibly feed Mr. Connolly or Mr. Lansbury when these men were in jail, but they thought that Frank Moss was an unknown man with few friends, and, therefore, they selected him out for this treatment. They had it on reliable authority that Frank Moss had been spitting blood and suffering from haemorrhage of the lungs, and they demanded his release before he became a physical wreck and had to be released."[29]
Connolly and Sheehy-Skeffingtonsaw in Moss' case a clear demonstration of "….the class administration of the law…"[30]
James Connolly had been on a hunger strike from 7th September to 15th September, when he was ordered to be released.George Lansbury, an English ex-Labour MP, was sentenced to three months prison for sedition and incitement to violence, went on hunger strike and was released after three days. Moss, a working class union organiser, was treated very differently and was force-fed and served his entire sentence.
Moss on Hunger Strike
After two days on hunger strike Moss was moved to the prison hospital and was force fed. This continued until 3rd November, when Moss ceased his hunger strike and resumed eating. He was sent back to his cell on 8th November but recommenced a hunger strike on 10th November. He was re-admitted to the hospital and was again force fed until 27th November, when he again resumed eating. He was allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence in the prison hospital.[31]
Following his release Moss was interviewed by the Daily Herald:
"Tortured in Prison
Today I heard from the lips of Frank Moss an account of the shocking tortures he endured while in prison. A silent man with an obvious reluctance to speak about himself or his sufferings, Moss told the story in a reserved and quiet fashion, that gave additional force to the horrors he spoke of. Frank Moss is the organiser of the Irish Transport Union for Swords, ten miles from Dublin, and has created an active organisation there among the agricultural labourers. Three charges of intimidation were trumped up against him, two of which are still hanging over his head. He has been told these will be dropped if he gives up his work for the Union, but that otherwise he may expect the full rigour of the law.
Not to be intimidated
Moss disregards this attempt to intimidate him, and since his release, ten days ago, he has been busy at his work in Swords, to which he quickly returned without making the slightest fuss about his personal sufferings. Sentenced on October 24th to three months hard labour, he began his hunger strike immediately on entering the prison. He had said nothing about his intention, and it was not till some time afterwards that his friends outside knew of his courageous action."[32]
A report was prepared by the Mountjoy Prison Medical Officer to address the allegations raised in the Daily Herald article.[33] The report contested Moss' claims of brutality and torture while being force fed. It states Moss seated himself on the chair and made no resistance as he was strapped in. When he refused to open his mouth the Medical Officer attempted to insert a feeding tube nasally but Moss moved his head to prevent it. His head was then held by two warders while the tube was inserted. The report went on to say that on all subsequent occasions Moss cooperated, voluntarily opened his mouth to admit the feeding tube and the straps where only used a few more times.[34]
While the report is comprehensive in refuting the allegations of brutality and 'torture', an official report would have been unlikely to substantiate them. However, the report also clearly indicates Moss was fed via a nasal tube only once, a fact that will become relevant during Moss' second hunger strike and cast doubt on the entire report.
It is interesting to speculate upon Moss' motivations for his 'on again, off again' hunger strike. Perhaps, realising early in his hunger strike that he was not going to be released, he decided to extract whatever concessions he could, engaging in his own version of 'Cat and Mouse' with the prison authorities. Once Moss was moved to the prison hospital he would have hadbetter conditions and food than in his cell.To that end,wheneverhe was moved back to his cellhe went back on hunger strike, ensuring he could remain in the hospital for the duration of his sentence.
During Moss' interview with the Daily Herald he mentioned the two remaining charges of intimidation hanging over his head. His appeal against those convictions had been scheduled to take place while he was serving his three months sentence, but this was adjourned until early 1914.
Imprisoned Again and Second Hunger Strike
Moss was released from Mountjoy on 14th January, 1914, but despite already serving three months in prison, it seems the authorities were determined to continue pursuing Moss. He was in courtagain on 14th February 1914, charged with smashing a window during the Swords riot. Again, on the flimsiest of evidence, Moss was found guilty of smashing a window during the riot, and was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment.[35]
Sent back to Mountjoy, Moss immediately went on hunger strike. He remained on hunger strike until 17th February when he was forcibly fed via nasal tube. An article from the Daily Herald states he:
"…was strapped to the torture chair as before and forcibly fed. The process was excruciatingly painful, all the passages being still tender from previous insertions of the tube."[36]
The report by the Mountjoy Medical Officer had previously stated Moss had been fed nasally only once, nearly three months prior. Judging by the pain Moss apparently experienced this was clearly not the case, undermining the credibility of the entire report.
Presumably due to the pain, no further attempt was made to force feed Moss until 20th February. Clearly Moss was not compliantly opening his mouth:
"This time the doctor had the utmost difficulty in getting the tube up his nose, and finally lost his temper.
Moss, describing his sensations under this torture, said, "he seemed to feel something snap in his head." When he was brought back to his cell the agony in his head continued, and he felt as if his brain was going. "I did not mind dying" said Moss to me, "but I wanted to die sane."
"For the rest of his stay in Mountjoy he took bread and tea twice daily, but as he was still manifestly ill he was released unconditionally yesterday"… During his imprisonment Moss was kept in the basement of the prison where, as a rule, prisoners are kept only one night. His cell was cold and draughty, and he contracted deafness in booth ears.
He complained of this repeatedly, but only on the last day was any heed paid to him. Then his ears were syringed and some relief given, but he is still suffering from deafness… Moss declared that the prison service is full of members of the Hibernian Order, and that these are the most brutal type of warder. …
Moss looks very ill, but his spirit is indomitable, and his friends will have the utmost difficulty in inducing him to take any rest. Another sentence of two months hard labour from which he has appealed is still hanging over him. Will the government have the brutality to execute it?"[37]
Three days of Moss' sentence was commuted and he was released 25th February 1914. Anindication of the toll this hunger strike took can be seen in the fact that, on imprisonment, Moss weighed 141lbs (64kg), and on release he weighed 109lbs (49kg), a loss of 32lbs (15kg) in 11 days.
The long adjourned appeal against Moss' first two convictions for intimidation took place shortly after his release from his second term in Mountjoy. But, due to an administrative error, the appeal was adjournedagain until June, 1914 when the charges were finally dismissed.[38]
The Irish Citizen Army
In addition to Moss' role as a union organiser he was involved in the formation of and recruiting for, the Irish Citizen Army(ICA). The ICA was formed on19th November, 1913 as a response to the perceived partisan brutality of the Dublin Metropolitan Police against strikers and picket lines.
At the time of the formation of the ICA Frank Moss was serving his first term of imprisonment in Mountjoy. However, he was present at the event which prompted the reorganisation of the ICA. On 13th March, 1914 a labour demonstration was held at Beresford Place where:
"…addresses were delivered by Messrs J. Connolly, P.T. Daly, W.P. Partridge, T.C., Captain White and Countess Markievicz….Messrs Daly and Partridge, on concluding their speeches left the meeting. Countess Markievicz…remained with the crowd as also did Walter Carpenter and Mr Frank Moss (Transport Union Organiser)"[39]
At the end of the meeting Captain White, the officer in charge of the ICA, led a march upon the Mansion House. Along the way, a scuffle with the police developed into a melee in which Captain White was injured and arrested, despite the efforts of the ICA. Following Captain White's arrest, Countess Markievicz, Walter Carpenter and quite possibly Frank Moss visited the police station in which he was being held.As a result of this defeat at the hands of the police it was decided the ICA would be reorganised upon more formal lines.[40]
On 22ndMarch, 1914, the army council of the ICA was formed and Frank Moss was elected to the committee.[41] Moss used his popularity and influence with the farm labourers torecruit for the ICA throughout North County Dublin:
"On Friday, April the 24th, an enthusiastic meeting was held in Finglas, over which Frank Moss presided, and the speakers were, M. 0'Maolain, J. Magowan and S. O'Cathasaigh. So in spite of many difficulties the Irish Citizen Army was making steady progress, and companies now had been formed and were actively drilling in Clondalkin, Lucan, Swords, Finglas, Coolock, Kinsealy and Baldoyle."[42]
A large meeting was held in Swords on 15th March, 1914, attended by over 500 people. A body of the ICA marched from Dublin and the meeting was addressed by James Connolly, Countess Markievicz, P.T. Daly and W.P. Partridge. It would be unlikely that such significant a gathering in Swords would not also have been addressed by Frank Moss.
The Rest of Moss' Story
The pigeon house sanitarium where Frank Moss died of tuberculosis.
One of the last mentions of Frank Moss in the press finds him still in Swords. During the June 1914 election campaigning for the County Council and Rural District Council,James Larkin addressed a gathering in Swords. His speech attacked Mr John Patrick Cuffe, JP DC, the opposing local candidate, who was present.When Cuffe took the platform he mounted such a solid defence that he won the support of the crowd. Following his speech, Cuffe was heckled by Frank Moss, but in the end, with little support in the crowd, Jim Larkin and his speakers left Swords[43]. Moss would have had good reason to hold a grudge against Cuffe as he was a local land owner and farmer who had served on several magistrates' hearings to dispossess striking farm labourers of their homes.
From mid-1914 onwards there is no significant mention of Frank Moss in the newspapers or official records. He died of TB in 1925.
From mid-1914 onwards there is no significant mention of Frank Moss in the newspapers or official records. He is not listed among those ICA members who took part in the 1916 Easter Uprising, and he was not among those arrested or interned in connection with it.His name does not appear in any records in connection with either the War of Independence or Civil war.[44]
It is possible Moss remained in Swords after the end of the strike working for the ITGWU and ICA. Or perhaps after the defeat of the farm labourers strike and lockout, Moss, by now a high profile figure, was blackballed and prevented working in Swords and the surrounding districts. If that were the case he would likely have sought work in Dublin, probably living in the overcrowded tenements.
The only record I can locate after 1914 regarding Moss is his final record, his death certificate, which presents us with one final mystery. Frank Moss died 9th April, 1925, 55 years of age. The cause of death was tuberculosis, duration six months, at the Alan Ryan Hospital, Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, his profession given as labourer. However, one intriguing question is presented by his last known address – 31 Marlborough Street, Dublin.
In June 1924, ten months before Moss' death, 31 Marlborough Street was purchased as the new premises of James Larkin's Worker's Union of Ireland, the address to be known as 'Unity Hall'. James Larkin had his offices at 'Unity Hall', and, it appears, Frank Moss was living there. It is unknown if Moss was actually working for Larkin's new union, or if Larkin was letting an old comrade and union foot soldier stay there because he was perhaps too ill to work and had nowhere else to go.
Why remember Moss?
So, in the end, why is Frank Moss' story worth telling? He was, first and foremost, a man drawn from the ranks of those he represented, a poor man and a manual labourer.He was also a leader and a motivator, someone who made the farm labourers of the Swords district the most unionised and militant in County Dublin.
While Moss certainly was not a 'great' man like Larkin or Connolly, he experienced the farm labourers' strike and Dublin Lockout in a way that many of the other senior union officials did not.
Perhaps a testament to Moss' effectiveness as a union organiser can be seen in the orchestrated campaign on the part of the authorities to ensure his removal from the Swords district. He was subjected to violence, travesties of justice, repeated imprisonment and forced feeding. He clearly had a fierce belief in his convictions and the strength to endure two terms in prison and two hunger strikes, the last almost breaking his health, without backing down.
Ultimately though, he endured the same fate as the men he led out on strike in 1913, to be unemployed, hounded by the authorities, dispossessed and, for all his efforts, to be forgotten by later generations.
Moss experienced the farm labourers strike and Dublin Lockout in a way that Connolly, Larkin and many of the other senior union officials did not, at the front lines, in the riots, confronting 'scabs' in the pubs and police in the streets, watching his men struggling to feed families under a roof they did not own.
While Moss certainly was not a 'great' man like Larkin or Connolly, they would not have been able to achieve anything if it were not for the Frank Moss's and others like him, the tireless foot soldiers of the union movement, the motivators and organisers, the hard men andstreet fighters, and, on occasion, the martyrs and men who gave up their liberty and became symbols of a struggle. Frank Moss was all of those things.
As such, just as he once stood beside them in life, Frank Moss deserves to have his name written on the same page of history as that of Larkin, Connolly, Markievicz, Daly, Partridge and Carpenter, as a simple man who fought on the side of labour in 1913.
There are many questions left unanswered in the story of Frank Moss, but perhaps this article will prompt others to search for the remaining answers. As yet I have been unable to locate a photograph of Moss; perhaps one will yet turn up. What became of his wife? His death certificate lists him as a widower but I have been unable to locate a record of when she died. On his 1913 prison records it lists his next of kin as his son, William Moss, Westmeath. It would be wonderful if this article were to generate enough interest to locate a descendant of Frank Moss.
Finally, and most importantly, I have been unable to find the location of Frank Moss' burial. I hope that his grave is marked, but if not, perhaps this incomplete telling of his story can serve as his epitaph.
[1] Place of birth is also give as Garristown, a nearby larger village.
[2] Mary Ellen Gleeson lived at 14 Prebend Street and Moss lived at 24 Constitution Hill.
[3] Irish Independent, 18 September, 1913, Page: 5
[4] Irish Times, 1 November, 1913, Page: 4
[5] Irish Times, 25 October, 1913, Page: 9
[6]Irish Times, 7 October, 1913, Page: 6
[7] Daily Herald, 27 January, 1914
[10] Irish Independent, 22 September 1913, Page: 5
[11] Irish Times, 27 September, 1913, Page: 3
[12] Irish Times, 2 October, 1913, Page: 5
[13] Irish Independent, 10 October, 1913, Page: 8
[14]Irish Independent, 10 October, 1913, Page: 5
[17] Irish Times, 16 February 1914, Page: 6
[18] Freeman's Journal, 13 October, 1913, Page: 5
[19]Freeman's Journal, 13 October, 1913, Page: 5
[25]Irish Times, 7 October, 1913, Page: 6
[26]An article from the Irish Times, 1st December 1913, refers to the "…forcible feeding of prisoners in Mountjoy" suggesting more than one prisoner was being forcibly fed during the period of the lockout. While researching Frank Moss' hunger strike I located a reference to another prisoner, Arthur Fagan, forcibly fed in Mountjoy during the same period. Fagan, of 16 McGuiness Buildings, Church Street, was a labourer imprisoned on a charge of loitering with intent to commit a felony. He commenced a hunger strike 30th September 1913 and was admitted to the prison hospital where force feeding commenced on 6th October. While I have no direct evidence, it is quite possible Fagan was a striking worker arrested and imprisoned during the lockout.
[27] GPB/SFRG/1/24 "General Prisons Board file on Frank Moss [of the Irish Transport Union] during his period in custody, October 1913-February 1914"
[28] Freeman's Journal, 15 November, 1913, Page: 9
[29] Irish Times, 17 November, 1913, Page: 3
[30] Irish Times, 1 December, 1913, Page: 5
[32] Daily Herald, 27 January, 1914
[36] Daily Herald, 26 February 1914
[38] Irish Independent, 22 June, 1914, Page: 6
[39] Irish Independent, 14 March, 1914, Page: 5
[40] "The Irish Citizen Army, 1913-16: White, Larkin and Connolly", D. R. O'Connor Lysaght, History Ireland, Vol. 14, No. 2, (Mar. – Apr., 2006), pp.16-21
[41] The Story of the Irish Citizen Army, Sean O'Casey, 1919
[43] Irish Times, 8 June, 1914, Page: 9
[44] WS Ref #: 1766 ,William O'Brien
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4 Responses to "Frank Moss – A Forgotten Labour Leader of 1913"
Frank Moss hunger striker in 1913 says:
11 September, 2013 at 11:46 am
[…] and leader of the agricultural labourers on strike and locked out in Swords, north County Dublin. Frank Moss Moss was arrested and charged and convicted of intimidation for a riot in Swords. He subsequently […]
Brian Hanley says:
11 September, 2013 at 5:46 pm
James Curry says:
Fascinating article. Hopefully a photo of Moss and information regarding any possible surviving relatives will come to light soon.
Eve Morrison says:
Excellent article.


Well, another fantastic Solstice Sampling has come and gone. Definitely becoming one of my favourite events in Waterloo, and will be an annual event for me and the family. This year our go-to friends were out of the country, so instead my mom and dad came along. It was so nice to hang out with them, under a shaded tent, on a beautiful day, and taste test amazing food from Waterloo.
Because it was a sell out last year, they decided to expand the area and have two sittings. I couldn't agree more with their logic, as it turns out it was perfect. We had a table the whole time, room to move, hardly any lines for food, and lots of stuff to enjoy.
We went to the afternoon event, so our little one could come and enjoy it too. Which was nice, as it seemed to be less popular than the evening Solstice Sampling. Which was fine by us, as we still had all of the tastings we wanted, with no fuss of being held up or crushed.
All of these just started popping up within the last week, we are swarming with beautiful flowers and we cannot believe it. Turns out the former owner not only sunk tons of money into the garden, they were pros. They managed to plot and plan when flowers would bloom so the garden would never look dead and would always have a spark of colour. Glad we came in to it, and hope we can keep it as beautiful as they did. Wow! Also, turns out we have wild strawberries, chives, lemon balm, and sweet peas.
The babe seems to enjoy it all, and has taken to calling every fruit strawberry, or the colour of fruit it is and strawberry. Examples: blueberries are now blue strawberries, raspberries are strawberries and grape jam is purple strawberries. Too cute!
I think I managed to pull it off. The perfect Father's Day. All he wanted was a nice, relaxing day at home. So that's what we did, well for the most part.
The only part of the day we spent away from home occurred when we went to Open Streets Waterloo for a bit of the afternoon. It's now becoming tradition, as the first one usually lands on Father's Day, and the day is usually beautiful.
When we arrived there wasn't much going on yet, but soon King Street was loaded with families, community members, and volunteers. This event just keeps getting better year after year, and we're hoping it lasts for a long time! Our favourite this year was Cineplex's plinko game...free popcorn and I won a free movie admission. The babe's favourite thing was the chalk every block for drawing and Telling Tayles (live action story telling).
Our garden is close to full bloom now, still sprouting a different flower every day it seems. This past week we saw Lupins start to spring up in purple and pink. Our little one loves them, especially the purple (her favourite colour).
While we have been basking in the beauty of the colours bursting out to meet the sun, we have been busy planning our own planting for the season. While we love the flowers, and a few of the awesome edible plants we inherited with the house, there were a few things we wanted to add for our own food wants.
It was hard to decide specifically what to plant, as there are so many vegetables we quite enjoy. So we had to look at when we were planting, soil type, area we were going to plant them in (size, light source, etc.) in order to make this decision. In the end we seem to have made the right choice, since they have already started to sprout.


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The Best Looks From the 2019 BET Awards Red Carpet
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Style Star to Watch: Inherent Vice's Katherine Waterston
With awards season on the horizon, I'm keeping close tabs on Inherent Vice's Katherine Waterston. Like Nicola Peltz and Lupita Nyong'o, this actress continues to knock it out of the park on many red carpets, catching my eye at every turn. As The New York Times points out, if you're a fan of Rooney Mara's red carpet choices, you'll love Waterston's, whose choices are similarly dark and understated. Back in November, Waterston attended an Elie Saab event in a black sheath dress by the designer, plus pointy-toe ankle-strap heels. Minimalist and ladylike work on her, huh? For the world premiere of Inherent Vice, she went with an Altuzarra tuxedo vest, blazer, and black trousers. While I generally think it's pretty tough to look classic and classy in a seriously plunging neckline, I'm on board with this look. In Glamour's January issue she revealed she looks "for pieces in which I can answer yes to the following questions: Can I go to dinner in this? Can I do the twist in this? Can I hop on a boat, a plane, or someone's back in this?" Well, I say this black off-the-shoulder Dior dress fits the bill for the first two questions,
With awards season on the horizon, I'm keeping close tabs on Inherent Vice's Katherine Waterston. Like Nicola Peltz and Lupita Nyong'o, this actress continues to knock it out of the park on many red carpets, catching my eye at every turn. As The New York Times points out, if you're a fan of Rooney Mara's red carpet choices, you'll love Waterston's, whose choices are similarly dark and understated.
Back in November, Waterston attended an Elie Saab event in a black sheath dress by the designer, plus pointy-toe ankle-strap heels. Minimalist and ladylike work on her, huh?
For the world premiere of Inherent Vice, she went with an Altuzarra tuxedo vest, blazer, and black trousers. While I generally think it's pretty tough to look classic and classy in a seriously plunging neckline, I'm on board with this look.
In Glamour's January issue she revealed she looks "for pieces in which I can answer yes to the following questions: Can I go to dinner in this? Can I do the twist in this? Can I hop on a boat, a plane, or someone's back in this?" Well, I say this black off-the-shoulder Dior dress fits the bill for the first two questions, and the last if she's feeling especially daring!
I think you tell what a person's style is really like from their more casual looks, and as you can see, Waterston's is pretty great. I love how she teamed her white turtleneck with a black blazer (those buttons!) and skinny black pants. Pulled-together but not too over-the-top.
Presenting my favorite of the bunch, the star's choice for the AFI gala, a plunging V-neck gown by Prada. Don't you love how the simple silver leather straps add interest to the number?
__Are you a fan of Waterston's dark style? Have you seen Inherent Vice? If so, whaddya think? __
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Марий Эл Радио — национальная радиостанция, вещающая на марийском, русском и татарском языках из Йошкар-Олы на территории Республики Марий Эл. Начало работу с 1 июля 2005 года. Первым в эфир вышел ведущий Мурызо Эчан.

История
Первоначально радиостанция входила в ЗАО «Пульс-Радио». В январе 2009 года была произведена реорганизация, было организовано Автономное учреждение «Марий Эл Радио», находящееся в ведении Министерства культуры, печати и по делам национальностей Республики Марий Эл. В соответствии с государственным заданием «Марий Эл Радио» должно было вещать на марийском и татарском языках 13 часов в сутки.

В 2012 году наименование сменилось на Государственное автономное учреждение культуры (ГАУК «Радио Марий Эл»).

C 2017 года входит в преобразовано в ГАУК РМЭ «Марий Эл Телерадио».

Культурно-массовые мероприятия
Ежегодно на свой день рождения радиостанция организует эстрадный концерт в городе Йошкар-Ола, в котором принимают участие многие исполнители и ансамбли. С 2011 года концерт проводится на самом большом стадионе г. Йошкар-Ола — стадионе «Дружба».

С 2010 года Марий Эл Радио проводит ежегодный концерт-фестиваль «Идалыкысе муро» (Песня Года). Отличившимся новыми песнями, а также авторам вручаются дипломы лауреатов.

В честь 15-летия в 2020 году радиостанция организовала передвижную студию под открытым небом, которая была расположена на Патриаршей площади Йошкар-Олы. В течение дня к ведущим радиостанции присоединились прежние сотрудники, проработавшие на радиоканале, проходили конкурсы и викторины, разыгрывались подарки.

Частоты вещания

Транслируемые программы
 «Марий Эл Радион хит-парадше» — музыкальный хит-парад.
 «Мыскара йӧрвар» — юмористическая передача.
 «Мурпӧлек» — программа поздравлений. Выходит каждый день, дважды в сутки.
 «Студийыште уна» — в эфире интервью с известным человеком.
 «Поэтъял» — передача о марийских поэтах.
 «Караоке кас» — дозвонившиеся показывают своё певческое мастерство.
 «Увер йогын» — международные, российские и республиканские новости.
 «Лӱмгече календарь» — ежедневная рубрика о родившихся в этот день известных марийцах.
 «Шӱдыр-влакын мужедмышт» — марийский гороскоп.
 «Спортзал» — передача о различных видах спорта, спортивных личностях;
 «У муро» — рубрика о новых песнях в эфире. Идёт всю неделю, обновляется в субботу.
 «Тидым палаш оҥай» — короткая рубрика о людях, связанных с Республикой Марий Эл.
 «Калык корреспондент» — новости от радиослушателей.

См. также
 Марий Эл (телерадиокомпания)

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

 ГАУК РМЭ «Марий Эл Телерадио» на интернет-портале Министерства культуры, печати и по делам национальностей Республики Марий Эл

Радиостанции Марий Эл
Радиостанции на марийском языке
Радиостанции Йошкар-Олы

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The girl rests her head on the boy's shoulder. He moves it to his lap and strokes her hair. After a long time, she speaks.
Smiling, she breaks the fourth wall.
This year scarred me in so many ways. I'll try to paint a picture with the brushes available to me.
On the 8th of January, I woke up with a severe pain in my stomach. That day, I became intimately acquainted with the walls of the toilet and my toes. It was later diagnosed to be a freak ulcer – freak because serious ulcers do not come out of nowhere. And as err, crimson- colored, metallic-smelling water was pouring out. This was classified, by the great Google and the doctor as a serious ulcer. I said no way. Haba! I went to Big Daddy and told Him to take it away. He did. But as faith without works is dead, food is always somewhere very accessible. Say Hallelujah, people!
In the same month, it became harder to breathe. The first time I choked, I wrote it off. It had been humid that day. The second time, I had to run out of the room and gulp in air. Head in between knees, no one watching (a blessing), the soft sound of crickets in the background. I tore through my closet trying to find my inhaler (your regular Robb/Vicks inhaler) and whenever my roommates got a little too ambitious with their hair/body spraying, I walked out and did the head between knees thing again.
I regressed communication wise. I learnt the humiliation of stammering and babbling in front of at least 1,403 people. It became apparent soon enough that it was here to stay. As unbelievable as it seemed, I was reduced to babbling in front of an audience. Elocution exercises have been started. Thanks for your concern.
This year, I finally started to believe in evil spirits. Not that I hadn't always believed this verse – "For we wrestle not against…. but against principalities and powers, spiritual wickedness in high places". But this was always a little bit abstract to me. It became real this year.
I wish that I could wake up with amnesia? No. Trust me. Do you know how it feels to be unmade? The process is terrifying. As a fixer primarily, I circumvented it by leaving notes to myself. I found and still find these notes sometimes. It's so eerie.
The freak accidents continued. It seemed at a point there was always someone prepared to hit me/knock me down. I'm looking at you September, October, November. On the sidewalk, drunk/high okada drivers, side swiping bus drivers and I finally found out how the tires of a full Keke Napep feel on your toes.
Sometimes a tiredness would envelope me. Swamp me. This tiredness could not be helped by sleeping. Vitamins didn't give me vitality. I simply asked for more work. This later came to be called "soul-tired". Yes, by me.
I screamed at a lot of people. Used everything at my disposal to hurt two of them. It was unnecessary. And it hurt them, I hurt them. And that, lopsided logic though it seems, hurt me. And when the crazy subsided, the only thing I could remember was the look on her face, the hurt in his voice. And I feel so much regret. I'm sorry. I have apologised. Everything seems to be made right. But I'm still sorry.
13th of August, without understanding, I cried throughout. Later that evening, I performed my one woman show in front of an audience of mirrors in the female toilet of Joshuaville. The content – very loud screaming. I talked to Pastor Biola Williams. To be honest, I couldn't articulate anything, so I resorted to my default mode – rambling. Awesome woman though, she listened.
14th of August – outburst of manic energy, a return of the trembling hands, inability to focus. A friend called one of the members of Joshuaville to help me. I was screaming again. I did the one thing I haven't had regrets about on that day – I finally decided to trust someone (else). Day ended with me in the doctor/psychologists office. No, it actually ended with me eating Sharwarma while "supportive" text messages poured in from family members and friends I hadn't yet screamed away.
Want to lose 15kg? Cry. Of course, you might end up looking like a skeleton, but everyone knows beauty is pain.
8th October – Got seriously dizzy, stayed that way for more than an hour, upended everything in my stomach and had to sit down, on the floor, of GTBank. I stayed there for about an hour before I rose up and attended to business. Like a boss. Clothes have been disinfected appropriately. Apologies have been issued. No, it was not Ebola.
But before you go thinking this year was all doom and gloom, I got some amazing testimonies this year.
This is the most awesome one: despite everything that happened this year, I didn't give up on my faith. On GOD. And I know that blessings are coming my way soon because of Isaiah 61:7.
Every member of my family is alive and well.
My extended family keeps extending – 2 little ones were born to us this year.
I got a new phone this year. It's a testimony in and of itself. (Everywhere I checked, the price ranged from high to higher, exclusive of the phone case. In other words, an over extension of my budget. I prayed. Told God to help. He did. Found a phone at PC Corner in my budget, inclusive of a free phone case and the price was within my budget exactly. Miracles do happen).
Finally got to see a show at Terra Kulture. Say hurray for "culture".
My Tax Club people made me seriously proud this year. There was this prayer point I used to pray while I was President. It didn't come to pass during my time, but it came to pass afterwards. David, Solomon and the Temple tinz. Obviously, there's a teeny bit of jealousy there but I'm mostly a proud mother hen. Amen!
I learnt some new, useful skills this year: how to repair laptops, sewing etc. A friend's little sister is going to teach me how to knit. 🙂 Seems silly to be happy about that, but to each her own. Biri ka mu biri.
I rediscovered my blog. I completely forgot the nuances of writing I had learned before so I usually just opened the blog and stared. Then one day I simply started writing. It failed to matter, my fears or what I'd forgotten. I simply made a point of writing. That's how the "Freedom" series came to be. I met some other awesome bloggers in so many situations and it has broadened my horizons in so many ways. WordPress helped and still continues to help. So much that it almost doesn't matter that they've imprisoned my notifications. Thank you. I like that the relative obscurity is lifting. Funny, I think I miss it though. But I choose happy.
I conquered the stage. The stage where I babbled. Where I stared dumbstruck. It became a challenge to me. I conquered the stage. That one. I wasn't defeated. I conquered it.
LHG left. Don't ask me to say what LHG means.
On the 14th of August, I got to hear, from pretty much every single person in my family, that I was loved. It didn't matter what the voices said, what my frequency picked up. They would stand up and begin to stand in the gap for me because I was too tired to do so for myself. I celebrate my family and anticipate our evolving relationships. It's definitely something to look towards.
My story is not yet over. The best is yet to come.
This year also taught me some things.
I needed to cry more. I was the only person who could fix me. Thinking back, I am amused at the intensity with which I undertook the "fixing"- Shout out to all the blogs I trawled, the stories I read that healed. And to Emmanuella Onyilofor for writing the awesomeness that is "for those whose hearts are always open". Shoutout to Wikipedia for always. I learned the redemptive quality of a well placed, "Shut up". I learned the power, the wonderful power of daily positive confession. I learned that I am stronger, so much more stronger than I knew. And that I am weaker in places I never reckoned and never checked. But I'm working on that now.
1. Big Daddy. The Author. The Finisher. The One who Makes All things New, the One who Loves, the One who Saves. We see the Sun and the Son, the Light, because of You. Thank You. For this is the Appointed Time. Now. I love You. I give You Glory.
2. My Family. I love you. All of you. Every time.
3. Alobam. Enyim oma. My muffins, My "sisters". Ife Ayinoluwa, Joy Abaniwonda and Oladimeji Ojo; thank you for running in when everyone was rushing out. For being my friends in the truest sense of the word. Thank you.
4. The ones who came into my life at just the right time- Jagga Esq himself- Boma Owunabo, Oluwaseun Sodunke, Victor Abo, Nnamdi of Joshuaville, Millicent Umoru, Dozie Egolum, Tsemon Awala-Velly. Thank you. You might not have realised it, but every time I needed someone, you were there. Thanks.
5. My old friends- Pastor Faith Onadipe, Taiwo Oshodi, Tayo Adesoye, Stephanie Ihediwa, Moteleola M.O.T Olusile, Yewande Adebowale, Damilola Abidoye, Yinka Oluwo, Rukeme Noriode, Morinsola Daramola, Seun Lari- Williams, Tomi Ola- Oladimeji, Adewunmi Adekambi (for her blog- koolstorys.com) and Bisola Odunayo for listening. And the Bohemian babe- Ifueko Evbuoma. Thank you.
My new friends- Mayowa and Damilola Ajijola for getting married and occupying me with a countdown :), Tomiwa Oyedara, Kalu McHarrison, Aishat Isiaq, Rita Anwara, Kanyinsola Odusi- thank you. Pastors Oyinlola and Mfon Ntukidem- Thank you both, so much.
6. The ones who stayed after being given permission to leave – Morenike Ademiju and Mayowa Ajijola. Thanks.
7. Everyone else. Thank you all. For being in my life. For watching me dance. For cheering me on. For being there. Thank you.
But it is not solely for the recounting of my 2014 that I disturbed Mr. Ori-Jesu for a spot on this 2014 review. No.
It is to remind my future self, who will (classic Pygmalionism) return here, that the lead role in her life belongs to God that HE might glorify Himself through her and that she might glorify Him. My Anchor holds within the veil.
To remind myself that everything has a place and a time. That the most important lesson she learned in this year was balance. That she needs to have a clearly defined balance in her personal life. That she needs to balance her compulsive shut up and forget it with the need to scream. To balance the gratitude of having people to love her with the need to call them out on their misbehaviour. Sometimes quietly, and soon enough, so it doesn't build up and so that the damage is minimal.
To remind myself that hurt doesn't last forever. That failure is not fatal. That no matter how people react or don't, crying doesn't mean you're weak and there is no shame in needing to cry and scream. That she needs to let go sometimes and it doesn't mean she has failed. That she needs to write more, because writing is her therapy. Close her door more. That she needs to keep sewing, bestowing clothing on people because practice makes perfect. That she needs to keep expanding on her skills. That dancing even without music might be crazy, but the smile on her face thereafter is a universally accepted sign of happy. That she needs to touch her nose more often. To dress up more often. Make new friends. Meet new people. Network. Talk. That no matter how she feels, she is loved. She is loved.
I do have a special request, a favour to ask of you, the audience. Today, and throughout the year 2015, I need you to think of me and send me thoughts of peace, of healing, of love. Send me and my family thoughts of blessings. Of strength and stability. Of hope and hold on. Pray that it is well with me. And trust that I'll be doing the same.
Her royal highness Obianuju has written. And we have read. LOL.
It all begins and ends with HIM who is able to do much more than we can ever imagine. May 2015 be filled with a lot of sunshine, glad tidings and HE shall establish you and make the lines fall for you in pleasant places.
Swelling head, eyes welling with tears… i said a prayer long before you asked.
You see, the spirit ministers; he leads and helps make manifest. You are a testimony, a living witness. I want to pull you close and hug you for finding strength in your weakness, for finding humour/satire in your situation and most of all for your faith and belief.
It is well with you (i laugh at those who say that line is meaningless) 2015 will give you better stories and new miracles.
Thank you so much for the prayer. And for this comment. You're very kind.
I love reading your story Uju, I enjoy more the note to your future self. I hope and I pray you get there, I send a whisper from my heart to the ONE with healing in HIS to abide with you throughout 2015. Cheers!
Thank you. And I surely will.
I love the way you wove your story and I am grateful for your journey. Sorry for the pain and losses along the way and I celebrate the amazing woman you are evolving into. My heart broke as I read the journey of the 'unmaking', even I have no idea how that must have been. But I celebrate God in you that brought you through these afflictions and delivers you still. Your life will continue to testify and I pray for God's abiding presence as your path shines brighter unto the perfect day. God bless you in 2015 and always.
Amen. Thank you so much Eloho!
Thank you for the comment. And especially for the prayer.
I've always thought you had a beautiful mind.
I don't know how you found this article or even which of my Seuns you are, but thank you for this comment. I totally appreciate your appreciation of my mind. ?
Wow, I was just idle and browsed up my name to see if my name has been important enough to be mentioned on anything. And i came across this.
@Millicent, I'm grateful you gave me a chance to be your friend too. My email is obianuju.ayalogu@yahoo.com. Hit me up OK?


The Government of Nepal, high-level new health policy building committee formed on 31 August 2017 has presented the first draft of the New National Health Policy 2017 for the internal and public discussion and suggestion.
The new health policy building committee calls for all stakeholders (health institutions, professional council, non-governmental organizations, health workers, students, social workers and politicians among others including all citizens) to send their suggestions if any to make the New National Health Policy 2017 citizen-centered. Those who want to provide suggestions are requested to refer National Health Policy 2014 and health related information outlined in Constitution of Nepal 2015 before suggesting addition, removal or revision of any points of the draft of new health policy.
Please mention clearly in the 'Title' of the email that you want to suggest for new health policy 2017 first draft.
Provide suggestion in bullet points.
Deadline to submit suggestion is 27 October 2017, Friday.


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Le Cercle des Phénix, créé en 1995, regroupe des personnalités québécoises reconnues pour leur contribution importante à la cause de l'environnement.

Membres
Aujourd'hui, en 2011, le Cercle compte 37 membres.

1995
 Laurent Lemaire, président et chef de la direction de la société Groupe Cascades
 Normand Maurice, professeur et fondateur du Centre de formation en entreprise et récupération de Victoriaville
 André Paradis, président du Groupe-Conseil Paradis
 Jean-Noël Sergerie, membre fondateur et coordonnateur de l'organisme Récupération La Récolte de Sainte-Anne-des-Monts

1996
 Arthur Gagnon, directeur du centre de tri Les Transformateurs de Rouyn-Noranda, jusqu'en 2001
 Guy Lessard, président du Conseil régional de l'environnement Chaudière-Appalaches
 Yolande Massé, conseillère municipale de LaSalle de 1983 à 1991
 Julien Métivier, président-directeur général de la société IPL de Saint-Damien

1997
 Daniel Émond, président du Centre de valorisation du verre du Québec (Unical)
 Rénald Gaudreault, directeur général de la municipalité régionale de comté Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
 Robert Lauzon, spécialiste du développement durable au sein du gouvernement du Québec
 Louis Robert, président du groupe ENvironnement JEUnesse de 1994 à 1997

1998
 Pierre Dansereau, écologiste et professeur à l'Université du Québec à Montréal
 André Beauchamp, président de la firme Enviro-Sage et spécialiste de l'éthique environnementale
 Sœur Estelle Lacoursière, écologiste et professeure à l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
 Harvey Mead, président fondateur de l'Union québécoise pour la conservation de la nature

1999
 Monique Fitz-Back, enseignante et conseillère en environnement à la Centrale des syndicats du Québec
 André Delisle, président de Transfert Environnement
 Louis Archambault, président de la société Entraco
 Robert Litzler, enseignant au Collège de Rosemont et président de l'Association québécoise de promotion de l'éducation relative à l''environnement

2000
 Louis-Gilles Francoeur, journaliste au quotidien Le Devoir
 Clifford Lincoln, député fédéral de Lac-Saint-Louis et ministre de l'Environnement du Québec de 1985 à 1988

2001
 Jean-Guy Dépôt, spécialiste de la protection des lacs et rivières
 Édith Smeesters, présidente de la Coalition pour les alternatives aux pesticides

2002
 Gabriel Meunier, président de Gestion Gabriel Meunier
 Claude Villeneuve, vulgarisateur scientifique

2003
 Louis Genest, professeur, Clercs de Saint-Viateur du Canada
 Donna Mergler, directrice, Institut des sciences de l'environnement, Université du Québec à Montréal

2004
 Louise Vandelac, professeure titulaire à l'Institut des Sciences de l'environnement et de sociologie de l'Université du Québec à Montréal

2005
 Laure Waridel, cofondatrice et présidente d'Équiterre

2006
 Jacques Languirand, animateur de radio, cofondateur du Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement

2007
 Hubert Reeves, directeur de recherches au Centre national de la recherche scientifique
 Frédéric Back, peintre, illustrateur, réalisateur de films d'animation

2008
 André Martel, président directeur-général de Collecte sélective Québec de 1989 à 2007

2009
 Steven Guilbeault, cofondateur de l'organisme Équiterre et responsable de la campagne Climat Énergie pour Greenpeace durant 10 ans

2010
 Claudette Villeneuve, présidente de Stratégies Saint-Laurent

2011
 Léopold Gaudreau, sous-ministre adjoint au Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs

Voir aussi
 Écologie

Distinction au Québec
Environnement au Québec
Distinction environnementale


Thought to be on the site of an even earlier church, All Saints, a "jewel" amongst Sussex's churches, was built during the 12th century, the first Rector being Bartholomew in 1195.
It is nestled amongst ancient yews in its conservation-grade graveyard, on a high ridge, with stunning views. The interior, though much restored in the 1860s, is kept open daily, in beautiful condition, for the community, visitors and worshippers. We have a long-standing tradition for choral inclusion to our services, with disciplined choir, led by dedicated organists.
You can find out about the history of All Saints by visiting the Friends of Waldron Churches website.