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Episcopal Motto and Crest of new Bishop of Clogher is released
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The Diocese of Clogher has today released the Episcopal Crest and Motto for the new Bishop of Clogher. Bishop-elect Duffy will be ordained on Sunday next in Saint Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan.
Following a custom dating from the mid-twelfth century, most bishops adopt a crest or coat-of-arms. The bishop chooses elements that hold personal meaning for him in relation to his ministry, and these are combined in a display on a shield. Heraldic tradition places a stylised hat called a galero above the shield, shown in green, with six tassels on either side, and behind the shield a processional cross.
Bishop-elect Duffy's crest has three sections and three background colours. The white and black are a reference to his native parish of Magheracloone while the blue denotes his association with and love of his native Monaghan.
The Masai shield and the two crossed spears feature on the national flag of Kenya, and represent Bishop Larry's strong links with the Diocese of Kitui where he ministered for several years as part of the Diocese of Clogher missionary outreach there. He still visits Kitui often and we are honoured to welcome a number of Kitui visitors today as they join us for his episcopal ordination.
The rowan berries and leaves are a tribute to St Macartan, the first Bishop of Clogher. Before his conversion to Christianity by St Patrick, Macartan was known as Aidis or Aedh, the son of Caerthen (son of the Rowan Tree). The three leaves also recall our baptismal profession of faith in the name of the Blessed Trinity.
The bottom part of the shield shows an image of three stained-glass windows. These refer to St Joseph's Church in Carrickmacross where Bishop Larry was Parish Priest from 2013-2019. The renowned stained-glass artist Harry Clarke was commissioned in 1924 to design and create a two-light window for the church in tribute to St Ceara. This was followed by a further series of windows by the Harry Clarke Studios. The windows represent the beauty of God's light, shining through the saints.
The bishop's chosen motto is displayed below the shield.
As his motto Bishop Larry has chosen "God is Love".
This is taken from the First Letter of St John (I John 4:16), which reads: God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
These words – God is Love – express the heart of our Christian faith. They joyfully proclaim the Christian image of God: a loving God, active in our world. Love is the fundamental dimension of our relationship with God and of our lives as Christians.
God's love gives us life and sustains us. It is present in our lives in the person of Jesus Christ – 'God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should… have eternal life' (John 3:16).
Love is God's gift to us. Our love for God and for each other is our response to that gift. That response finds its expression in our compassion and in our readiness to give of ourselves in service to others.
It is this same love which enables us to proclaim the Gospel with joy by our witness to Christ in our Church communities and in the world. Love draws us into communion with God and, through God, into communion with one another.
The ordination Mass will be live-streamed next Sunday on www.clogherdiocese.ie.
Brenda2019-02-07T12:51:02+00:00February 7th, 2019|News, News Feed|

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KingKho Mini Storage has opened the first self-storage facility in the Hadong District of Hanoi, Vietnam. The facility comprises more than 1,000 square meters of storage space in four different unit sizes ranging from 1 to 100 square meters. The property features 24-hour access and security, according to a press release.
Co-founders Vinh Do and Lorenz Wagener believe Vietnam's growing economy will help fuel consumer demand for self-storage.
"There are now many e-commerce companies selling products online in Vietnam. With mini-storage, they can just rent a small unit of 1 square meter and easily add [more] as needed," said Do, who has professional real estate experience.
The entrepreneurs believe traditional consumer factors and business needs will draw tenants to the KingKho facility. "In the self-storage industry, we call the main drivers for self-storage the four Ds: dislocation, density, divorce and death. But besides these, mini-storage can also be useful for businesses where the bulk of the work takes place outside of the office," added Wagener, who's based in Germany. "Many mini-storage customers are online shops, painters, electricians, landscapers, sales reps, plumbers and so on."
Economic factors and increasing population density across the continent have also contributed to the growth of self-storage across Asia, according to a recent report from global real estate investment-management firm Heitman LLC. Markets that have experience high growth include Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo.


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Level five Chinese first semester.
Selected readings from representative authors of classical times.
First course in the sequence of intensive Japanese courses; organized around a set of videotaped core conversations.
Second course in the sequence of intensive Japanese courses; organized around Reading Japanese and a series of genre-specific samples of Japanese as it is written today.
Continued study of spoken communication, and reading Japanese materials, and development of written composition.
Designed to increase rhetorical sensitivity and skill in a variety of genres or present-day Japanese discourse, both spoken and written.
Selected readings in modern literary, scholarly, and journalistic Japanese; essentially a language course intended to improve fluency.
Classical written language with emphasis on its structure, reading and analysis of selected pre-modern literary texts.
Continuation of 1103; designed to provide further acquisition of language skills in speaking, aural comprehension, reading and writing.
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Reauditing according to ISO 9001:2008.
With the growth and the resulting increase in space requirements, the capacity of the manufacturing and assembly hall and administration building will be nearly doubled. Thus the basis for a more healthy expansion is created.
THE E+K SORTIERSYSTEME GMBH is one out of 15 founder members of the Packaging Valley Germany e. V.
Reauditing according to ISO 9001:2000.
Expansion of the production plant in Slovakia at facility Brezno.
Re-certification of the company according to ISO 9001:2000.
Development of a special machine for West Pharmaceutical Services in Stollberg: automatic assembly machine SMA-1000-1 with a processing speed of 1,000 closures per minute.
Successful participation on projects for using innovative IT technologies and services. E+K SORTIERSYSTEME GMBH was awarded the "Mittelstandsförderpreis 2004", an award for medium-sized companies for extraordinary performance.
New foundation of the company called E+K SORTIERSYSTEME GMBH.
Management by Fritz Kraft (technical) and Uwe Herold (commercial).
Certification of the company according to ISO 9001:2000.
The number of employees reached 50. Laying of the foundation stone and inauguration of the new building in the industrial area of Kirchberg (Germany). The new building comprises 400 m² of office space and 1,600 m² of production and assembly space.
Foundation of a subsdiary in Slovakia for the production of vibratory drives.
The turnover figure exceeded 1 million DM. Extension of the product range due to the increasing demand for innovation and customized solutions. E+K supplied their products to all well-known manufacturers in the pharmaceutical industry in the region. The company got well known in the industry and the export rate increased.
Extension of the company by renting a building in Kirchberg/Lendsiedel (Germany).
Development and patenting of the electric quick-fastening system for sorting bowls.
In February 1991, the company was founded in Kirchberg/Dörrmenz (Germany) by Fritz Kraft and Günter Eisenmann under the name Eisenmann + Kraft GmbH. The independent company which is specialized in manufacturing sorting bowls settled down in the heart of the ,,Hohenlohe Packaging-Valley" (a region of Baden-Württemberg / South Germany which is nicknamed "Packaging-Valley" due to the concentration of companies in packaging machinery).


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It's been a couple of weeks since my win at Richmond, the weather has been quite kind so I've been doing a fair bit of bike riding. With the Arthur Caygill road race cancelled the bank holiday weekend was an excellent invite to do lots of peddling. To compensate for the cancelled hilly road race Rob Wheeler (aka Badger) and myself decided to have a run out into the North Yorkshire hills to seek out some steep climbs. The first was the climb out of Swainby up to Cod Beck then out to tackle the beast of Boltby bank. I had heard quite bad things about this climb and was eager to tame the beast. The climb soon ramps to a steady 15-20%, quickly steepens to 25%, goes around a corner and it's all over, granted I was breathing very very hard but it wasn't half as bad as I had expected and no where near as hard a blakey bank. We then looped to Hawnby, over the moor road towards Osmotherly into a strong head-wind and by this point Rob had blown quite badly…….poor lad. It was mostly downhill to Swainby then flat roads home. On the Monday I showed Niall around the best mtb trails in Guisborough woods and the local moor. A slippy off camber corner caught me out and I went sliding along the track laughing and cursing at the same time much to Niall's amusement. He's a Scottish lad so is used to technical trails and was quite impressed with our local stomping ground.
This past weekend was my first real opportunity to ride the Dalby World Cup XC course ahead of Nutcracker round 3 this coming weekend. I hadn't ridden the course since last May so I was keen to get a couple of laps in. I met Niall there and we set off for some fun mountain biking. The course had changed slightly for the World Cup back in April and we had to stop and ride some sections a few time to get the correct lines dialled in. At race pace it's going to be a very physical course. We lapped the course twice then continued onto the 24 mile red route, stopping for a coffee to perk us up. It was a hot day and we ended with 4 hours in the saddle. Not perfect preparation for the road race on Sunday.
With the weather forecast not favouring us, me, Rob W and Chris W headed to Northumberland expecting a wet race but didn't see a spot of rain until 15 minutes into the journey home………bonus! The race was for 4th cat's only and had a big field of 70 riders on the undulating Scot's gap course. With 3 laps to complete it wasn't a long race but one I felt a break could work. I made two big attacks on the first lap but had no-one for company so sat up. The pace was quite brisk and I policed any attack by going with them. By the end of lap 2 it was obvious that it was going to be decided on the final climb of Middleton bank. At the bottom of the climb I was in the wrong position and soon realised my legs didn't want to play anymore so tried to gauge my effort to the finish line. Chris W was well placed at the start of the climb and went with the lead group to finish 7th making that his best result ever! Excellent work my friend! Saying that he did bugger all during the race so I'm not surprised he felt quite fresh…..good race tactics if you want a result.
It's Nutcracker 3 at Dalby this Sunday and I'm looking forward to riding one of my favourite xc race courses as fast as I possibly can.
May one add that the day before the beasty ride i had done 60 hard with the crew, who had the fresh legs there boss ha. Made a strong attack on the derwent race, but got chased down by M c, my own team mate mwahhhhh ;-). P.s good blog matey!!


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Shop vacancy levels lowest since December 2009
By Sean Hannam	 On May 24, 2016 435
Winchester High Street
The number of empty shops in the UK fell in April to its lowest level since December 2009 – 12.4 per cent.
The Local Data Company (LCD) found that the vacancy rate dropped 0.6 per cent in April compared with the same period last year. The decrease was driven by a drop in the number of units becoming vacant, which was down 16 per cent compared with April 2015, as well as an above average number of units being removed from the overall stock, up 76 per cent on the previous year.
Compared with March, shop vacancy rates decreased by 0.1 per cent compared with March to stand at 11.2 per cent.
In shopping centres, vacancy rate fell 1.4 per cent in April to 13.2 per cent, compared with April 2015. The North-East and Scotland saw the biggest falls in vacancy across the UK, at 2.8 per cent and 2.3 per cent respectively. Wales was the only region to see an increase in its vacancy rate, up two per cent in the past 12 months to April.
Retail park vacancy in the North-East and West Midlands saw an improvement, down 3.3 per cent and 3.5 per cent respectively in the past 12 months. The biggest improvement was in the East Midlands, which saw a drop of 2.1 per cent in the last 12 months. Scotland was the only region to see things get worse, with the vacancy rate rising from 7.6 per cent in April 2015 to eight per cent in April 2016.
The town-centre vacancy rate dropped for the first time in three months. Compared with a year ago, the vacancy rate decreased by 0.5 per cent from 11.2 per cent in April 2015. Scotland was the only region to see an increase, up 0.8 per cent in the last 12 months. This is the second consecutive month that Scotland has been the only region to see an increase.
Persistent vacancy – the number of units vacant for longer than three years – decreased in April compared with the previous month. The number of units vacant for over three years across the UK fell to 11,839 units. This is also down 2.8 per cent from the start of the year.
The North of England continued to have the highest percentage of total persistent vacancy. In the North-East it stood at 7.4 per cent, while the North-West saw the figure was 6.8 per cent, which compared with the national average of 4.4 per cent.
Matthew Hopkinson, director at LDC said: "This drop in the national vacancy rate to a level that was last seen in 2009 is significant. Of the shops we have, more are occupied than ever before and remaining occupied for longer, but the LDC data shows the removal of units from the overall stock, which is reflected by the decline in long-term vacant units. This is also good news, as it hopefully shows that landlords and local authorities are recognising that a unit that hasn't been occupied for more than three years is very unlikely ever to be reoccupied and therefore should be demolished or given an alternative use. With nearly 12,000 shops in this category, there is still a long way to go and the impact on those areas blighted with such terminal vacancy would be significant. If in doubt, then take a visit to Skelmersdale, Walkden (near Manchester), Milford Haven, West Bromwich or Hartlepool to see for yourself.
"Recent results from retailers and profit warnings or downgrades from retailers show that this positive news might not be long-lived but, up to this date, the story for many retailers is one of expansion. However, we don't know for how long and it's not happening everywhere. 2016 could see further dramatic news, such as we have seen with the administrations of BHS and Austin Reed."
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