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My friend, Jessie Ortegon
Posted byChris Lopez	 March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014
At one time, Jessie Ortegon was the best fighter put out by Joe Alvarado. Although only five foot seven, and 135 pounds, he was all sinew and muscle, and he packed a punch. Jessie had been a fighter all his life. Before taking up karate, Jessie was what was known as a semi-pro boxer, a fancy name for a guy who boxed on call. That is, when a fighter in a pro fight failed to show, Jessie took his place under an assumed name.
My father and my uncle happened to come in when I tested for my first belt. My dad said then of Jessie, "Ese es un gallo de pelear, que bonito tira las patadas, y bueno con las manos!" ("That one is like a fighting rooster. He throws beautiful kicks, and has great hands!") My father had boxed, but had never seen karate, as it was yet in its infancy. Needless to say, he was very impressed by Jessie. My father knew his roosters too, and for him to compare Jessie Ortegon to a fighting rooster was as fine a compliment as my father could render him as a fighter.
My introduction to Jessie was a rude one, but positive in nature. At least, I feel things generally turn out that way. Mr Alvarado's first ledger, which I have stored away somewhere, shows that I began my training in April of 1967, but I was there just long enough to learn Shifts 1 and 2. I did not get into sparring. Then I dropped out, coming back about February of 1968.
On March 23, 1968 which was a Saturday, 16 year old Oscar Balboa and 19 year old Valentin Rodriguez, both unarmed, were shot by Austin Police Officers. The 16 year old Balboa died at the scene. In the merciful providence of the Lord, I was not on duty that night, for which I shall ever be grateful. Understandably, the Latino or East Side community was outraged, for it was an unrighteous killing.
The following Tuesday I went to my workout as usual, but with some trepidation. The Pan Am Center was deep in the East Side. I was worried about where to park my car, as well as walking through the group of young men who hung around the Center to box or loiter. They gave me no problem. It was when I entered the gym that I caught flack. The source was Jessie Ortegon, Mr Alvarado's senior student. "Que miras, ese?" ("What you looking at?) What you cops did was murder!" He was upset. And then he went overboard, (in Spanish) "You know, you will be sparring soon, and you'll see. I'll wipe that silly smile off your face. You'll see."
Well, I was anxious to see. I don't respond well to threats. "Why wait? Let's do it now! Go tell Mr Alvarado we want to spar!" Mr Alvarado came over immediately to where I was. "Chris, Jessie is good, real good! He's been at this several years. Are you sure you want to do this?" Yes, I was sure, very sure. I was hot. "Don't break us! Let us fight!"
I had seen Jessie fight, so I wasn't going to let him use his legs, and besides I outweighed him by at least ten pounds. I crowded him. It was all fists, and it was a smoker! I came out of it with only a busted lip and some blue under one eye, but he didn't whip me, and I got in some licks.
Fast forward a year. I was a purple belt and Jessie had made Brown. We went over to Mike Usselton's place where Allen Steen was giving a seminar. Usselton had four Brown Belts to our one, Jessie. I got worked over by one of those Brown Belts the first round, The next round, I returned the favor. I took him, to Mr Steen's surprise. But it was Jessie who got to spar the others. And he did well. And then a funny thing happened. Usselton's number one Brown Belt decided he wanted to spar Jessie, but with hands only! Jessie the boxer took over. (Usselton and Steen didn't know of Jessie's boxing background) Jessie gave that Brown Belt a real lesson in boxing. After the match was over, Steen said to Mr Alvarado, "I'd give you that man's weight in gold to have him in my school!" At the time, Steen was worlds ahead of us. He would have been able to develop Jessie as Joe Alvarado could not then do.
In September of 1971, I believe it was, Jessie tested for his Black Belt, becoming the first of Joe Alvarado's students to do so. It was a brutal exam, thanks in part to myself and my brother Al. Jessie was doing alright on the one on one, or at least as well as expected. It was when Mr Alvarado had him fight two on one that Jessie's problems began, and almost did him in.
Mr Alvarado turned to me. "You and Al are going to fight him next." I protested. "I can handle him by myself! My brother can handle him. You don't want the two of us on him!" He was adamant, the two of us were going to fight him.
I turned to my brother. "One thing is for sure. We aren't going to let him make us look bad. So we're going to have to drop him, and quick. Are you okay with that?" My brother felt the same way. We put Jessie down quickly, and he was on the floor, writhing in pain. Mr Alvarado was screaming for us to finish him. "No, we're not going to do that. We won't hit a man who can't defend himself." My brother and I walked away, giving Jessie time to recover. He was able to finish the exam, becoming the first of Joe Alvarado's Black Belts.
Some time after I made Brown Belt, I opened my school. Jessie did also, taking over Mr Alvarado's dojo at 104 Bastrop Highway in Montopolis when the latter moved to his South Lamar location. I would then take my students over to Jessie's and we'd spar. That was always a treat.
We spent a lot of time together in those days. I recall one night we were riding around, and stopped at a restaurant at 19th and Guadalupe. I went in to eat, but he wanted to stay outside. When I returned to the car, Jessie was in an argument with three other men. "What's happening, Jess?" I asked. Seeing me, he said to the men, "Okay, now we're even up. Let's get it on!" They backed down. We drove off, and after a bit we realized they were following us. I pulled over and got out. They drove by us slowly. The very next day, I was in on a drug raid. There were three DEA guys involved. I recognized them from the previous night, and they recognized me. We conducted our business without a word between us. Because the four of us had access to weapons the night previous, things could have gotten ugly.
Jessie knew and at one time hung out with some pretty bad characters. Therefore, Jessie's friendship with me was dangerous. One night he was invited to a meeting. The fellow calling the meeting had just been released from prison, and he was bad, as bad as they come. When Jessie walked through the door, and saw those waiting for him, he knew his life was forfeit. The meeting was about him. Calling him a stool pigeon, the newly released con swung and hit him in the face, knocking him down. Jessie got up, and with as much savoir faire as he could muster said, "Esta de aquella, ese." ("Everything's cool, man.") And then, just as cooly, he walked out. He called me, telling me what had happened. I went looking for the man. Ten days later he was headed back to prison. Jessie always thought I had something to do with that. If I had got to the man first, he would have gone to the hospital. That is a fact.
Jessie Ortegon and I had a friendship which extended out and away from karate. I know better than most how it is fitting that Jessie Ortegon was Texas Soryu Karate's first Black Belt. Pound for pound he was one of the best fighters to come out of Soryu Karate. When Mr Alvarado asked me how I wanted my Black Belt exam, I said without hesitation, "Just like Jessie's. Don't cut me any slack."
Posted byChris Lopez March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014 Posted inBlogTags: black belt exam, karate
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5 Things You Didn't Know About a Vacation to Australia
Australia is one of the most enticing and lusted-after countries in the world. It has beaches, mountains, jungles, cities; every kind of holiday you could ask for all in one (huge) place. It's no surprise so many of us up and move there every year. However, there are also some lesser-known facts about Oz you'd be intrigued to know before heading there for a holiday. Remember to prepare first, of course!
The coast is the place to be.
Despite the country's massive size, more than 80% of the population live on (or near to) the coast in Oz. Almost 75% of the total landmass is unable to support agriculture due to water shortages, but head to the coast and you're sorted. You'll find all of the major cities along the coastline, as well as a host of other incredible landmarks, beaches and national parks.
Love the hippy life? Head to Bondi Beach. Need to get all those popular landmark pics for the 'gram? Sydney is where it's at. Want to go snorkelling? The Great Barrier Reef is THE place to do it.
Beaches galore
Following on nicely from the above, Australia has more than 10,000 (yes, really) beaches along its coastline. If that doesn't sound impressive enough, it would probably take you over 27 years to visit them all if you really wanted to. From the golden sands of Sydney and Bondi, to the powder white Whitsundays, surrounded by crystal-clear water as far as the eye can see, it's no wonder Australians are all tanned and crazy about surfing.
Strange laws
The country has some pretty unique laws. For example – did you know that it's illegal to wear pink hot pants on a Sunday when in Victoria (confused face)?
Here are two more weird examples (out of many): only electricians who are fully-licensed are able to change a light bulb, and you're not actually allowed to walk on the right-hand side of the road. Strange, but all apparently very true.
Yes, we all know Australia is renowned for its creepy crawlies and distinct wildlife (over 80% of its wildlife is completely unique). But what you didn't know is that, despite this, it's very unlikely you'll ever get bitten by one of these critters – or worse.
Only 0.01% of the population are sent to the hospital each year with anything related to a venomous bite or sting. Plus, half the fun of being in Oz is all about spotting some of these unique wildlife. You may not be in a hurry to find a huge spider running out in front of you, but parrots in the streets of Sydney and kangaroos bouncing across the land are just some of the joys of being in Oz.
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On a trip to Denver for the Husband's birthday our flight home to Tampa was cancelled due to severe weather in Tampa. Not something that's new to us (see the Edelweiss Debacle of 2015) but this time it was the end of the trip and we still had a few days off from work. There weren't any available flights to Tampa for a few days and we were ready to leave Denver so we played flight roulette and a few hours later we were on a flight to San Antonio.
We arrived in San Antonio late, around 11 PM. Southwest doesn't provide lodging or any reimbursement when flights are cancelled due to severe weather, so we were free to stay where ever we pleased. After a quick read on trip advisor and some googling we decided on The St Anthony, one block from the Riverwalk. When we check in we couldn't believe our luck; it was so gorgeous and luxurious! We were impressed from the moment we walked through the doors.
The lobby and main hallway.
We headed up to our room and we were immediately sad that we only had a short time there. Southwest had booked us on a flight back to Tampa the next afternoon.
The room was the epitome of luxury. The first thing you see upon entering the room is a gorgeous bar.
Down a short hall was a bathroom with an amazing shower and one of the best lighting options I've ever seen in a hotel.
The shower was perfect and the lighting options were amazing! I love having a vanity light and having a nightlight so you don't trip over anything was awesome.
We rounded the corner in to the bedroom and continued to be impressed. The bed was large and comfortable and the sitting areas were fabulous.
Bathrobes laid out and music playing on the radio… Best welcome ever.
But the best part (yes, there is something even better!) was the control by the bed. You could turn the lights on and off, the do not disturb light on or off, and adjust the temperature, all from the comfort of the bed!
The St Anthony really knows how to pamper and impress.
After marveling over the room, we walked the short distance to the Riverwalk, so we could see as much of San Antonio in one night as we could. Luckily, The St Anthony is located in the perfect location to see the Riverwalk, have a margarita, and even see the Alamo, all in just over 12 hours!
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Head of the General Attorney's Office's Legal Information Center, Leonard Ebenezer Simanjuntak. (Photo: Jurnal Batavia)
IO – Heru Hidayat ("HH") and Benny Tjokrosaputro ("BTS"), suspects in the PT Asuransi Jiwasraya corruption case, have also been named suspects in the PT Asuransi Sosial Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia ("Asabri") corruption case. Six more people were named suspects alongside them. "Yes, we have named eight people as suspects in the case," said the Head of the General Attorney's Office's Legal Information Center, Leonard Ebenezer Simanjuntak, in South Jakarta, Monday (01/02/2021).
HH was named suspect in his position as Director of PT Trada Alam Minera and Director of PT Maxima Integra ("MI"), while BTS was so named in his position as Director of PT Hanson Internasional. They are suspected of arranging shares and mutual fund transactions in Asabri's portfolio. They performed this arrangement with the help of Lukman Purnomosidi ("LP"), President Director of PT Prima Jaringan. "LP, BTS, and HH entered the shares that they own with manipulated prices into PT Asabri's portfolio. They also controlled PT Asabri's transactions and investments based on agreements with Asabri's own Board of Directors to their personal benefit and Asabri's detriment," Leonard said.
Leonard further stated that in 2012 to 2019, Asabri's President Director, Director of Investment and Finance, and the Head of Investment Division jointly agreed with HH, BTS, and LP to purchase shares belonging to HH, BTS, and LP and exchange these shares with the ones already in Asabri's portfolio. This purchase and exchange of shares was performed jointly with the manipulation of the prices of the three Directors' shares. The fraudsters' shares were made up to seem very high-priced in order to fool people into thinking that the Asabri portfolio had good performance.
"After PT Asabri became the new owner of these fraudulent shares, HH, BTS, and LP controlled the transaction of these shares in collusion with Asabri's Board of Directors. They made it seem as if these shares are high-valued and liquid, while the transactions were in fact false transactions that only profited HH, BTS, and LP and the crooked Directors, while detrimental to Asabri's investments and long-term finances," Leonard said.
Leonard then said that in order to avoid losses to Asabri investment, these shares that were sold lower than the obtainment price were put up for resale by Asabri through underlying mutual funds controlled by MI, which was in turn controlled by HH, BTS, and LP. No Asabri investments in the 2012 to 2019 were not controlled by Asabri itself, but rather by HH, BTS, and LP instead. "The Indonesian National Audit Board (Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan – "BPK") is currently calculating the State's losses, and for now the amount is declared to be IDR 23.73 trillion," he said.
Other than HH, BTS, and LP, the General Attorney's Office has also named five other suspects in the PT Asabri corruption case: Former President Directors of PT Asabri, Adam R. Damiri (term of office from 2011 to March 2016) and Sonny Widjaja (term of office from March 2016 to July 2020); former Director of Finance of PT Asabri, BE (term of office from October 2008 to June 2014); former Director of PT Asabri, HS (terms of office 2013-2014 and 2015- 2019); and former Head of PT Asabri's Investment Division, IWS (term of office from July 2012 to January 2017). They and two others were interrogated by investigators on Monday (01/02/2021).
The suspects were arrested on 1 February 2021 and will be detained for 20 days. Adam Damiri and Sonny Widjaja are being held separately in Jambe Tigaraksa Class I Detention Center, Tangerang. BE, HS, IWS, and LP are being detained in Salemba Detention Center, General Attorney's Office Branch. "BTS and HH are not arrested in this case, as they are already named as convicts in another case," Leonard said. "BTS and HH have been convicted for their involvement in the Jiwasraya corruption scandal. They were both sentenced to life imprisonment, and their cases are currently being appealed." (Ekawati)
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What are the 4 main principles of motivational interviewing?
How is empathy expressed?
How do you start a motivational interview?
How do you elicit self motivational statements?
What are some open-ended questions for motivational interviewing?
Principle 1: Express Empathy.
Principle 2: Develop Discrepancy.
Principle 3: Roll with Resistance.
Principle 4: Support Self-efficacy.
For us to express empathy, we need to see the person as a human being – someone who is valuable in their own right. Warning: this can be very difficult to overcome. I have an upcoming post on the "Anatomy of Peace" that will help clarify. Understand Feelings – to understand another person's feelings.
What is empathy in MI?
In MI, empathy is defined as "a specifiable and learnable skill for understanding another's meaning through the use of reflective listening. It requires sharp attention to each new client statement and continual generation of hypotheses as to the underlying meaning" (Miller & Rollnick, 1991, p. 20).
What should you not do in motivational interviewing?
Motivational Interviewing: Do's and Don'ts
DO: Roll with resistance—listen to your patient's problems and fears.
DO: Pause before discussing how a patient can make changes.
DO: Listen for a patient's insights and ideas.
DO: Collaborate.
DON'T: Pressure, fix, or control.
DON'T: Use scare tactics.
Motivational interviewing: four steps to get started
Ask open-ended questions instead of "yes" or "no" questions.
Offer affirmations.
Practice reflective listening.
Summarize the visit.
Motivational interviewing requires four key communication skills that support and strengthen the process of eliciting change talk, also known as OARS:
Open-ended questions.
Affirming.
Reflective listening.
Summarizing.
What are traps in motivational interviewing?
The Labelling Trap happens when a key worker attempts to convince a client that he or she is an alcoholic, addict, or some other label. Labels often carry a certain stigma in the public mind; therefore it is not surprising that people with reasonable self-esteem resist them.
How do you end a motivational interview?
Examples of affirming responses:
I appreciate that you are willing to meet with me today.
You are clearly a very resourceful person.
You handled yourself really well in that situation.
That's a good suggestion.
If I were in your shoes, I don't know if I could have managed nearly so well.
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Two home games, two WTF? results. We had the good against Villa, and this was the bad. Given that we'd won our last fixture at St James' 6-0 and the visitors had lost their last game on the road by the same scoreline, this defeat was simultaneously mystifying and, to the seasoned follower of Newcastle, depressingly predictable.
Chris Hughton named the same side for the fourth consecutive match, and so must have been disappointed at our first-half sluggishness. Blackpool, by contrast, were clearly keen to avenge the 4-1 pasting that was the only blot on their near-perfect run-in last season, and enjoyed the best of the first period of a reunion Paul couldn't see happening back in April.
Mike Williamson almost continued his impressive early-season form, striking the post with a header, and Kevin Nolan also came close, but at the other end DJ Campbell - recruited permanently from Leicester following his heroics in propelling the Seasiders to promotion - was foiled first by Steve Harper and then by the offside flag.
Just as it looked as though we'd go in all square at the break, Alan Smith chose to commit one of his rash tackles inside the area, and Charlie Adam succeeded where John Carew had failed in scoring from the spot at the Gallowgate.
That was the catalyst for a much improved display in the second half - but try as we might, we just couldn't make the breakthrough that would in all likelihood have given us the impetus to go on and win. ASBO and man of the moment Bigger Lad were just two players unlucky to find the Seasiders' stopper Matt Gilks in inspired form, while Wayne Routledge had an effort hacked off the line as our opponents' back line held firm.
Hughton threw caution to the wind, sacrificing Smith and both wingers Routledge and Spidermag to throw on three forwards to accompany Bigger Lad - Big Lad, Peter Lovenkrands and new boy Hatem Ben Arfa - but to no avail. And while Sol Campbell remained benched alongside fellow newbie Cheik Tiote (a starter ahead of Smith next time out at Goodison?), his namesake exploited our desperation at one end to seal our fate with a crisp left-footed sickener at the other.
So, should we be jabbing at the panic button? No. Blackpool at home is probably the fixture most sides will have earmarked as their easiest ride of the season - but the opening day thrashing of Wigan indicated that that might be rather premature. And in any case, as Chris Hughton acknowledged afterwards, on another day it was a game we would have won comfortably: "I can't fault the commitment of my players, we just didn't have enough fortune or quality and came up against a very good keeper".


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Dior unveils a new official wardrobe for Paris Saint-Germain stars
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For its 2022-2023 season, Dior will continue to tailor the official wardrobe for the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football team. Not just that, Creative Director Kim Jones has also curated a collection of exclusive silhouettes for PSG players.
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Dior's exclusive collection for Paris Saint-Germain is the perfect amalgamation of sports and fashion, albeit with a refined edge. The wide range of selections focuses heavily on black hues with a laidback vibe. Creative Director Kim Jones has crafted the collection keeping the football club's aesthetic and ethos in mind, which happen to coincide with the French house's ethos as well.
The exciting collection includes a Harrington jacket, a knitted sweater, and a polo shirt, all of which are adorned with an embroidered Paris Saint-Germain patch and the 'CD' initials. Dior Explorer black leather derbies that feature the French maison's signature oblique in matching tones, and a luxurious Dior Lingot bag that includes the famous 'CD' diamond motif are also part of this collection.
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For a more sophisticated and dressed-up look, Jones has designed customised formal wear essentials for each player. Focusing on Dior's savoir-faire, the key pieces include a cashmere coat, a suit, and a shirt, paired with black leather monks. The accessories include a cashmere scarf, a silk tie, and a reversible black or navy blue belt that offers an extra touch of sophistication to the formalwear.
All of these exclusive creations are set to elevate the Paris Saint-Germain team's style for the upcoming season.
Dior's official campaign for PSG players
The French fashion house released photos of the new collection on its social media handles. The collection is modelled by several of PSG's top footballers.
Directed by Till Janz, the fashion campaign sees Renato Sanches, Fabian Ruiz, Keylor Navas, and Nuno Mendes all modelling new Dior looks for PSG on the pitch. While a set of other images capture Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi and other PSG players wearing tailored evening-wear ensembles.
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PSG players' return to the field
On January 11, the PSG team will return to the field to play against Angers in Ligue 1. On February 14, the team will be debuting their fresh Dior Men's designs ahead of their Champions League first-leg game against Bayern Munich.
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(Hero and featured image credits: Till Janz & Thomas Chene)
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Margaret, Rose & Agnes McMahon (mid 1930s) ATMR Family Collection
When I think of the Irish in America, snapshots like this one come to mind. My grandma Agnes with two of her three older sisters, young and happy in the midst of the Great Depression.
The McMahon sisters were second generation Irish Americans. However, my grandma told me they didn't spend any time thinking about their heritage when they were young. She made up for it when she grew older and had a highly inquisitive granddaughter. She shared with me stories and songs, old sayings and recipes, passed down to her from her parents and Irish-born grandparents. Grandma was my link to our family history.
I am not sure if this is at the house in Columbia Heights where the McMahons lived, or if it is in south Minneapolis at the Foley house. Maybe my mom will help us out and leave a comment!
I am currently scanning and organizing my grandma's collection of photographs and ephemera. Moving forward I will share some of my favorite items.
Categories: Irish American | Tags: Columbia Heights, Depression, Foley, McMahon, Minneapolis, sisters | Permalink.
That's Pretty Old!
John Regan, circa 1872
October 24th is the 185th anniversary of my great-great-grandfather John Regan's birth.
John Regan was born in the townland of Clashbredane, Kilmichael, County Cork, Ireland on October 24, 1829. His parents were Cornelius and Ellen (Foley) Regan, and his godparents John Connor and Johanna Regan. John was the fourth of ten children, the second son.
When I first looked into John's story, I was struck by how he never provided an accurate age when asked for it. Be it a ship's officer, a census-taker, a priest, or a city clerk – never did John report his real age. John did not know how to read or write. English wasn't even his native language. He could have not understood the question, but I have a hunch John thought his age was his own business.(I will always note his real age.)
In 1864, John arrived at New York harbor aboard the City of Baltimore. He is listed as a 24-year-old laborer (34). The names John Regan, Patrick Foley, and Timothy Galvin appear consecutively on the ship's manifest. My grandma Agnes McMahon Regan always told me that John Regan and Patrick Foley came to America together from County Cork, that their families were close in the old country. According to John's birth record, they were more than friends, they were cousins. Was Timothy Galvin an old friend from Ireland or a new friend from the ship? We will never know.
Once in the United States, Regan and Foley made their way north to find work in the jobs-rich industrialized Concord, New Hampshire, while Galvin went west and farmed in Illinois. Thirteen years later the three Irishmen would be reunited and among the pioneer settlers of Tara Township in Minnesota.
The 1870 United States Federal census lists an unmarried laborer John Regan, age twenty-five (40). He is living with seventy-year-old Ellen Regan, his mother. I wonder when Ellen joined John? Maybe she came with his younger brother Jeremiah, who also settled in New Hampshire? The 1870 census record is the only mention I have found of Ellen Regan in America.
The photo above is an old tintype and the only one I have of John Regan. I believe it was taken about the time of his marriage to Mary Quinn on May 19, 1872. The couple was united in Concord, New Hampshire. John was twenty-eight (42) and Mary was twenty-five.
Three children were born to John and Mary in New Hampshire – Cornelius, Ellen, and Patrick – while John worked at a local machine shop. By 1878, the Regans had saved enough money to move from the crowded city of Concord, west to Minnesota. On August 17, 1878 John Regan purchased 240 acres in section 7 of Tara Township near Clontarf, Minnesota for $1,745.24.
John added to his family and his land holdings over the next ten years. Three more children were born – John, Jeremiah, and Mary. John's wife Mary died of consumption on June 17, 1895 at the age of forty-nine. Their youngest daughter Mary was just eight years old and John was fifty-six. By this time John had amassed over 600 acres in Tara Township.
Regan House – Tara Township
John continued to work hard on the farm until he sold his holdings for $31,650 on April 1, 1913. John must have seen his son Jerry as most likely to succeed him in farming, or perhaps most in need of his help. He purchased a section of land once owned by his old friend Timothy Galvin. John built a lovely two-story home which dominates the flat landscape of Tara Township to this day. John spent the rest of his life in this house. He died on January 21, 1924 of pneumonia. His death certificate says birth date was unknown, but age estimated at ninety-years-old (94).
Francis Byrne, a grandson of John, remembered only a gruff old man nearly blind with cataracts, but his mother told him stories of "Old Johnny". He was tough as nails and fiercely independent. When the local postmaster and general store proprietor tried to tell Old Johnny how to vote, he defiantly went the other way. He was a determined man who kept to himself.
Even in the end, John's age was not recorded correctly. After years of claiming to be younger than his real age, John's gravestone says he is two years older.
John's obituary is near the bottom
Categories: Emigrants | Tags: Clashbredane, Clontar, Cork, Fisherville NH, Foley, Galvin, Ireland, Kilmichael, Minnesota, Regan, Tara Township | Permalink.
Day Six of Irish American Favorites: Best Friends
Nellie Regan (left) and Minnie Foley were life-long best friends. They were both born in Fisherville, New Hampshire in the mid-1870s and grew up in Tara Township, Minnesota. Their fathers immigrated from Kilmichael, County Cork together in 1864 – click here to read my latest column on page 26 of Irish Lives Remembered online genealogy magazine about the Regan and Foley families. This is one of my favorite family photographs and earns the best friends a place on my list of Irish American Favorites.
When I was young, this was one of those photos that could spark a number of great stories from my grandma, Minnie's daughter and the master of the Boiled Dinner from Day Three. Grandma would say how her mother and Nellie were "great pals". Even when they lived two hundred miles apart, they made a special effort to get together.
I have a couple more favorites up my sleeve related to Nellie and Minnie and their special connection. I might even share one or two recipes! I love the photo below. Nellie (left) and Minnie together again, just a bit more relaxed than the studio photo from forty-odd years earlier.
Nellie and Minnie, 1942
Categories: Irish American Faves | Tags: County Cork, Fisherville, Foley, friends, Kilmichael, New Hampshire, Regan | Permalink.
DAY 22: Kilmichael
View from Kilmichael Ambush memorial
Several of my great-great-grandparents were born in Kilmichael Parish, County Cork. I first visited the area in 2009, and I fell in love with the rugged landscape. The photo above is one of my favorites. It is taken from the Kilmichael Ambush Memorial. The memorial is on the site of the 1920 confrontation during the War of Independence where seventeen RIC soldiers were killed by IRA forces led by Tom Barry. Read more about it here.
Ambush Memorial
Father Jerry Cremin, then Kilmichael parish priest, guided us around the parish on a drizzly October day. We walked through the thick, wet grass in the cemetery full of ancient gravestones. Fr. Cremin pointed out the grave markers without inscriptions. He said some had eroded, but others were never marked. What good was an inscription when the deceased's loved ones could not read? They identified the graves by the stones themselves and their placement.
Kilmichael photos by Regan McCormack
My ancestors left Kilmichael a long, long time ago. I am attracted to the place for its stunning landscape, but also because it is the birthplace of these brave individuals. Ultimately Patrick Foley, his wife Mary Crowley Foley, and John Regan settled on the prairie of Western Minnesota. I just wonder what they thought when they arrived on that flat, treeless expanse..just a little different from Kilmichael!
Patrick T. Foley
Mary Crowley Foley
John Regan
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Categories: Aine's Irish Faves | Tags: Cork, Crowley, Foley, Kilmichael Ambush, Regan | Permalink.
Gathering Spotlight
In case you haven't heard, 2013 is the year of The Gathering in Ireland. Hundreds of reunions, festivals, and celebrations are on the books, and more are planned every day. From time to time, I will turn the spotlight on Gathering attempting to trace and invite American relatives. And sometimes I will feature Gatherings that just look like a good time! Email me if you would like to have your gathering featured on The Irish in America.
Power Family Gathering
The Power Clan Gathering is a weekend of events for all the Power families across the world to celebrate their ancestral homeland and to meet with your family members and friends – new and old – in your historic homeland.
This is an opportunity to visit major landmarks throughout Tír Paorach and there will be lots of entertainment including traditional Irish music, song, dance, storytelling and folklore.
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Stradbally Girls School
The Convent School, Stradbally, has been in existance since 1885. We are inviting parents, pupils and past-pupils to a School Gathering to celebrate the educational heritage of this small Waterford community. Bígí linn.
Categories: The Gathering 2013 | Tags: Cronin, Foley, Kerry, Milltown, Our Lady of Mercy NS, Power, reunion, Stradbally, Waterford | Permalink.
Life is a Game of Cards
Agnes, with her younger brother, Frank McMahon , about 1920.
This is my favorite photograph of my all-time favorite person – my maternal grandmother, Agnes McMahon Regan.
Today is the 100th anniversary of my grandma's birth. Agnes was born in Tara Township near Clontarf, Minnesota on January 12, 1913 on the farm her Fermanagh-born, American Civil War veteran grandfather, Francis McMahon, homesteaded in 1876. Agnes was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Thomas and Mary "Minnie" (Foley) McMahon.
Grandma is standing on the chair, surrounded by her siblings and her mom in 1914.
One of my grandma's favorite pastimes was playing cards. From Bridge and 500 with her card clubs, to Crazy Eights and Go Fish with her grandchildren, and everything in between, Grandma loved a game of cards. No visit to Grandma's was complete without at least one game. Not sure if it was an addiction or not, but we can safely blame/credit her Irish Grandpa McMahon, or Grandpa Bushy, as he was known, for her life-long love of cards.
Grandpa Bushy, years before he would teach little Agnes to play cards. Does it look like he is twiddling his thumbs? Something else my grandma got from him!
Grandpa Bushy lived with grandma's family for a couple of years when she was small. While her older brothers and sisters were at school, Grandpa Bushy taught Grandma the finer points of rummy. She was just four-years-old, but Grandma caught on right away and never looked back.
Grandma lived her life much like she played cards. Grandma always played the cards that were dealt her. She never complained, really never. Grandma handled tragedy, heart-break, illness, and pain with grace. She believed that her problems were no more devastating than those of the next person.
The coolest thing about Grandma was that she rarely gave her opinion unsolicited, and when it was asked for, she was very careful in what she said. Grandma never gossiped. All that being said, Grandma did not hesitate to stand up for the underdog, or seek justice when someone was treated badly or unfairly. Grandma was very competitive, but she figured out how to win by following the rules.
Grandma didn't need to tell everyone, everything. She kept things to herself. Odds are if someone told Grandma a secret, she took it to the grave. I managed to get a couple of minor secrets about people long dead out of her over the years, but I gave her my word that I wouldn't tell a soul. Grandma never showed her hand, and she was the most widely liked person I have ever known.
I know it wasn't just cards. Life experience is a great teacher. But I can't help but think that her sweet little Grandpa Bushy, with his big beard and a gleam in his eye, knew that he was instructing his granddaughter on more than just rummy.
Grandma was always teaching us – her children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews – just by living her life and asking us to stay for a game of cards. Much more effective than lectures! And by most accounts, we all picked up on these more subtle life lessons.
I remember asking Grandma (when she was the advanced age of about sixty-six) to what age she hoped to live. She never gave me a number, instead she said, "I want to live as long as I have my wits about me." When she died in 2004, she definitely still had her wits about her, it was her heart that didn't cooperate. She passed away just like she lived: quietly, on her own terms, with dignity and class.
We miss you a lot, Grandma, and we are sure that at the "big card game in the sky" (as my sister,Regan, and I like to think about it) you are taking all the tricks.
Grandma's on the left. Does she look like a card shark?
Throughout the year I will revisit my grandma's life as a second-generation Irish American, growing up in Minnesota.
Categories: Birthday | Tags: cards, Civil War, Clontarf, Fermanagh, Foley, Minnesota, Regan, Tara Township | Permalink.
Happy Birthday Minnie!
Can't believe an entire year has passed since I posted this in honor of my great-grandmother's birthday last year. Hope your 2013 is off to a good start — thanks so much for reading. Now, better get to baking that spice cake… Continue reading →
Categories: Where they went | Tags: America, Clontarf, Cork, Foley, New Hampshire, Regan | Permalink.
This Old Farmhouse
The first time I visited Ireland in 1988, I was struck by the number of derelict farmhouses dotting the countryside. "Why doesn't someone just tear those old houses down?" I wondered. "That's what we do in the good ol' USA…we don't leave houses to fall down on themselves. If we don't want or need them, we get rid of them and build something new and better…"
Abandoned house near Ballyedmond, County Laois (all photos by Regan McCormack)
This sentiment came from a teenage girl from the city who spent more time in the countryside during six weeks in Ireland than she had in sixteen years back home – in the "good ol' USA". I thought I was so smart…
Fast-forward twenty years and I am closer to home, driving the country roads of Tara Township, crisscrossing its thirty-six square miles in Swift County, Minnesota. My maternal great-great-grandparents were among the pioneer 1870s settlers of this township on the vast prairie of Western Minnesota. This was my first visit to Tara. I had traveled three thousand miles from home on a number of occasions to visit Ireland, my "ancestral homeland", yet I had never bothered to drive a few hours west to see where my people settled when they came to Minnesota.
Granted, as far as vacation destinations are concerned, Ireland is a bit more attractive than Western Minnesota, but it turns out, the two places have some things in common.
There are the obvious similarities in place names in this part of Minnesota. Bishop John Ireland established several colonies of Irish Catholic settlers with names like Avoca, Kildare, Tara, and Clontarf. Hundreds of Irish families from cities and communities in the Eastern United States seized the opportunity to own land and live in a community with its own church and priest, surrounded by fellow Irish Catholics.
The Depression came early to rural communities and persistent crop failures and changing farming practices combined to make farming unviable for most small farmers. My relatives moved to Minneapolis, as did several other Tara families. Some of the original Irish settlers had left Tara even earlier, moving further West, always in search of better land.
So, I wonder why I was surprised to find this in Tara Township?
Section 22 of Tara Township – the McMahon place
On nearly every section of land in the township stands an abandoned farmhouse, or at least a grove of trees planted by the original settlers to protect a house. And this in the "good ol' USA" where we tear things down!
Folks in Ireland and Tara Township have the same reaction when I ask them why they don't simply tear down the abandoned houses. They shrug and say that they are no bother and they can be used for storage. That is the practical response, but I wonder if there is something a bit more sentimental lurking beneath?
The abandoned houses got me thinking…A similar hopelessness that drove millions of Irish to America during the 19th and 20th centuries could be seen in rural Americans who fled the farm for the city in the 1920s. Major difference, of course, is there was not a famine like Ireland experienced, however there was tremendous poverty, crops failed miserably, families were split up, and life changed permanently and dramatically.
I am rather ashamed of my sixteen-year-old self for not being as smart as she thought she was. She should have realized that the same reason this stands today in Ireland…
Near Ballyedmond, County Laois – 2011
might be why this…
Cahir Castle, Tipperary – 2011
Rock of Dunamase, County Laois – 2011
Johnstown, County Kildare – 2009
are still here today. I doubt that the farmhouse ruins will have the staying power of the castles and abbeys of centuries gone by, but in the meantime they can remind us from where we came. Whether it is a farmhouse in Ireland or Tara Township, Minnesota.
Now, if I could only get Jimmy to fix up this old house…
Two Jimmy McCormacks at old family house in Ballyedmond – 2009
Categories: Emigrants, Where they went | Tags: America, Ballyedmond, emigration, family, Foley, Laois, McCormack, McMahon, New Hampshire, Regan | Permalink.
Mary "Minnie" Foley, 1875-76
Minnie was my great-grandmother, and according to my grandma she absolutely hated the nickname "Minnie". Please forgive me, Great Grandmother, but I think it is a cute name, and since your real name Mary is shared by at least 75% of the women in your family tree, I chose to call you Minnie.
Minnie Foley was born in Fisherville, New Hampshire on January 2, 1875. She was the fourth of five children born to Patrick Foley and Mary Crowley (their eldest son did not survive infancy.) Patrick emigrated to the United States from Kilmichael, County Cork in 1864. Mary came a year earlier in 1863, also from County Cork.
Minnie was baptized on January 24, 1875 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Concord, New Hampshire. John Foley and Mary Casey were her godparents.
Three years later, Minnie and her family moved west to Clontarf, Minnesota with several other Irish families from the Concord, New Hampshire area, including the Regan family. John Regan and Patrick Foley emigrated together in 1864 from Kilmichael. The families settled on farms in Tara township. Minnie and Nellie Regan were best friends from a very young age.
First-Generation American Girls: Minnie and Nellie in about 1886
My grandma told me that Minnie worked hard her entire life, and that included working on the family farm in Tara Township while she was growing up. Her sister Maggie worked inside, while Minnie and her younger brother Jackie worked outside. My grandma confessed, she wasn't sure where Minnie's older brother Tim worked!
The McMahons, an Irish family from County Fermanagh, lived about a mile from the Foleys in Tara. Minnie married Thomas McMahon at St. Malachy Catholic Church in Clontarf on June 28, 1904. Minnie's sister Maggie and Tom's brother Frank were their witnesses. I imagine Minnie and Hoosie (as Tom is referred to in Minnie's autograph book) having secret meetings over hay bales and missing chickens during their courtship…
Minnie and Tom raised seven children and after giving farming all they had the McMahons moved to Minneapolis in 1925.
When she died in 1945, Minnie was living with my grandma, her husband John Regan, and their new baby (and my mother) Eileen. My grandma said that Minnie was smitten with Eileen. Minnie would say that she had never known a baby to sleep as much and as well as little Eileen. Minnie marvelled at how Eileen would even fall asleep with a bottle in her mouth.
In many ways things came full circle for Minnie. Also living with my grandma in 1945 was Neil Regan, Nellie's older brother and my grandpa's father. Eighty years earlier Patrick Foley and John Regan had journeyed to the United States. After Fisherville, New Hampshire and Clontarf, Minnesota, the families came together again in Minneapolis…a long way from Kilmichael.
In my grandma's recipe book are a few recipes attributed to Minnie, her "Ma" – I think I will make "Ma's Spice Cake" in Minnie's honor today.
Nellie Regan Byrne and Minnie Foley McMahon, 1942
One of the Foleys: What do you think?
Unidentified from the Foley family collection
Several years ago, my mother received a trio of photographs from her cousin Lorna. Lorna knew that two of the photos were her great-grandparents (see below), but she had no idea about the identity of the woman pictured above. All that Lorna could offer was, "Well, I am sure she's one of the Foleys…"
Do you think she could be this guy's mother?
This is my great-great-grandfather Patrick Foley who arrived in America in 1864. He came from Kilmichael Parish, County Cork and settled in Fisherville, New Hampshire before heading West to Clontarf, Minnesota in the late 1870s.
Or, could the caped woman be this lady's mother?
Mary Crowley married Patrick Foley on November 13, 1869 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Providence, Rhode Island. Mary also came from County Cork. Patrick and Mary's photographs are tin-types.
I really can't tell who she is, nor do I know where the photo was taken. If anyone has input or information regarding these photos, please leave a comment. I would love to know more about the costume in the first photograph, and if you see any resemblance.
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Above: Army Logistics University, Fort Lee, VA. Below: Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, VA.
According to information available from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, two 2005 Base Realignment and Closure projects, managed by Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, recently earned multiple 2009 industry association awards for excellence in design-build construction.
McGraw-Hill's Mid-Atlantic Construction magazine awarded the Army Logistics University (ALU) at Fort Lee, Va., with the Award of Merit in the Government/Public category and a Special Jury Award for Project Management.
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) honored Norfolk District contractor Tompkins Builders, Inc., with the 2009 Design-Build Excellence Award in Public Sector Buildings category, for its work on the $50 million Sustainment Center of Excellence or SCOE project at Fort Lee.


Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has already distinguished itself from the previous Star Wars cinematic entries by being the first of the "Anthology" spinoff movies and taking on a grittier tone. However, it also drew a lot of attention earlier this year for its summer reshoots, as reports and rumors raged back and forth about just how much of the movie was being changed. That clamor has since died down, but with three months to go until Rogue One's release, another behind-the-scenes changed has been revealed, with the movie getting a new composer.
The Grand Budapest Hotel's Alexandre Desplat was originally supposed to score Rogue One, but THR just dropped the news that Michael Giacchino has been hired to replace him. The reason for the switch was the recent reshoots, which subsequently altered the scoring schedule and resulted in Desplat no longer being available. Since Giacchino had already worked on various projects at Disney and its other divisions, the company decided to bring him aboard to take on the job. Giacchino is the first person to score a live action Star Wars movie other than John Williams, who is keeping himself busy with the new sequel trilogy.
While Rogue One marks Michael Giacchino's first time scoring a Star Wars movie, it isn't his first time working on something connected to the franchise. He previously wrote the music for the Star Tours -- The Adventures Continue attraction at the various Disney theme parks. Fun fact, Giacchino also cameoed as a stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was directed by his friend J.J. Abrams. Outside of a galaxy far, far away, his music can be heard in blockbusters like The Incredibles, the Star Trek reboot series, Ratatouille, Up, Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol, Jurassic World, and Zootopia. His other upcoming theatrical contributions include Doctor Strange (his first Marvel movie), War for the Planet of the Apes and The Incredibles 2.
Taking place shortly before the events of A New Hope, Rogue One will follow Felicity Jones' Jyn Erso and her Rebel allies as they attempt to secure the plans for the Death Star while avoiding Imperial director Orson Krennic's (played by Ben Mendelsohn) forces. The movie's reshoots lasted for five weeks this past summer, and were managed by Michael Clayton director Tony Gilroy (who also contributed rewrites). While early rumors claimed up to 40% of Rogue One would be reshot, Disney later stated that the changes primarily had to do with "clarity and character development." Gilroy is also reportedly working on the final cut of the movie with director Gareth Edwards, so the two of them will presumably be listening to Michael Giacchino's music together and deciding which tunes go in, one of the last post-production tasks that needs to be completed.


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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Review
Chloe is back! That's right, this adventure is all about the fan-favourite companion from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Find out what we thought in our Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Review!
Release Date August 22, 2017
Genre Action/Adventure
Platforms PS4
Developer Naughty Dog
Price $39.99 US
ESRB Rating Teen
Players 1-10 Players
*A copy of this game was provided by PlayStation to FYIG for review purposes*
I've been an Uncharted fan since the very first game in the series. It's been a series that is near and dear to my heart since then. The quality of these games has gotten better and better with each release. More than that, it combines every gameplay element that I enjoy in a video game from puzzles, to story, to action, to adventure. With that said, I was really excited to see that we were seeing a new Uncharted story just a year after the release of Uncharted 4. I was even more excited when finding out that it would feature one of my favourite characters, Chloe Frazer. Let's find out if my excitement is justified.
Chloe Frazer is the star of this adventure.
For those who think you're getting a brand-new full-length Uncharted game, that's not quite what you're going to get here. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is a shorter game clocking in at around 8-10 hours depending on your skill level. This game was originally intended to be downloadable DLC for Uncharted 4, but it ended up becoming its own standalone game set in the Uncharted 4 universe. The story focuses on different characters and a different adventure entirely from Uncharted 4, just to make things very clear.
I think the question on a lot of people's minds about the Uncharted series is whether or not the series can survive without Nathan Drake. The answer is a resounding yes. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy stars Chloe Frazer who first appeared in Uncharted 2. Chloe brings a fresh new direction to the series as she's known more for looking out for herself than the selfless Nathan Drake. This creates some suspense as you go through the story because you never know if or when that part of her is going to come out.
Chloe and Nadine make a great team in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.
Chloe is joined on her adventure by Nadine Ross who was a secondary antagonist in Uncharted 4. The dynamic between these two ladies is a bit of a different dynamic than that of Sully and Drake or Elena and Drake. These two know more about each other's reputations than they actually know about each other. This leads to some fun banter between the two as they go along their journey and learn more about each other. The evolution of their relationship was one of the most enjoyable parts of the game. Nadine really felt like an integral part of the game providing tips and help. She even teams up with Chloe every now and then to perform cool tandem takedowns which were really fun to pull off.
Chloe can perform all the moves that Nathan Drake has been performing all these years with a few new twists. Chloe can now pick locked doors and weapons cases to gain valuable new weapons and treasures. This system is fairly simple involving rolling the analog stick and holding it in the sweet spot until a meter turns green. You may have to hit 3 different sweet spots to unlock one door/case. Most of these instances are in places where enemies are about to hit your position, so it can be nerve-wracking, but it's a nice new addition to the series. I'm kind of surprised we haven't seen mechanic this until now. Also new to the game are Photo Ops. These are vantage points that Chloe can take a picture of with her phone camera and some even provide new dialog and story details.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy did something a little bit different by including a big free-roaming area in the Western Ghats. Naughty Dog touts that this is the biggest free-roam environment in the series' history and I can believe it. Chloe and Nadine can drive around in the 4×4 and find treasure, do side-missions, or follow the main missions. I actually really enjoyed this area, but I'm glad the whole game wasn't like that. There are so many games that are open-world, I like that Uncharted sticks to a linear path for the most part. With that being said, having a bit of both was the best of both worlds and I didn't feel like I had that daunting feeling that full open-worlds tend to give me.
The world is full of animals like flamingos and monkeys.
I really liked the combat and AI in Lost Legacy. It was similar to Uncharted 4, but the AI felt even smarter than in that game. Enemies turn white when they're starting to detect you, yellow when they think they've detected you, and orange when they have detected you. This makes using stealth so easy and so rewarding. You know exactly how much rope the game is giving you and what you can do before detection. When you get detected, though, look out. These enemies don't play around, enemies will flank you as RPG are launched at you from others. Cover is more important than ever.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy includes the full multiplayer portion of Uncharted 4 (including all DLC that has been released since the UC4 launch) which is pretty amazing to me. The multiplayer is really addictive once you get playing it and I think this is going to bolster the player base of the online modes. A new mode has also made it into the game with the introduction of Survival Arena mode. There are also new Lost Legacy character skins and the villain, Asav, is now playable in multiplayer.
Chloe taking out an enemy with her kicks.
One of the best-looking games on PS4 None.
Good story that keeps you on your toes
Lock-pick mechanic is a welcome addition
To be honest, I didn't expect much from Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, but this game really surprised me. Naughty Dog managed to fit all the amazing set pieces, puzzles, platforming, and combat into a quick 8-10 hour experience and tell a good story along with it. This is Uncharted at its core and I love that. I don't know where the series is heading after this game, but I'm really glad we had this smaller game to tide us over. I have nothing bad to say about this one, it was everything I expected and more and I can't wait to go back into it and find the rest of the treasure that I've missed. I'd recommend it to everyone!
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49ers faithful take note, facing the Cowboys should make you nervous
Sports // 49ers
Jan. 18, 2023 Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 9:56 a.m.
Niners fans react in final minutes of last year's 23-17 NFC wild-card playoff win over the Cowboys in Dallas. The teams meet again Sunday at Levi's Stadium.
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San Francisco 49ers' Jimmie Ward pressures Dallas Cowboys' Dak Prescott into an incompletion on 4th and 11 in 4th quarter of Niners' 23-17 win during NFL NFC Wild Card Playoff game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Sunday, January 16, 2022.
San Francisco 49ers' Brock Purdy passes to Christian McCaffrey against Seattle Seahawks during 2nd quarter of NFC Wild Card Playoffs in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, January 14, 2023.
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On Saturday night, it felt so right.
In the afterglow of a spectacular second half that propelled the second-seeded San Francisco 49ers into the divisional round of the NFC playoffs, it was easy for the fans to get engrossed in the euphoria.
And why not? The Niners had just won their 11th game in a row, vanquishing the rival Seahawks for the third time this season. Rookie quarterback Brock Purdy had aced his latest test, throwing for a career-best 332 yards and three touchdowns. The third-seeded Vikings, a team many suspected as a fraud, were likely headed to Levi's for a beatdown.
It was a great time to be alive.
Snap back to reality, 49ers faithful. It turns out the Dallas Cowboys are coming to town, and your Sunday just got a lot more stressful.
The fifth-seeded Cowboys, as those who watched their Monday night mauling of Tom Brady and the Buccaneers can attest, are a very good team that appears to be peaking at the right time. They're certainly more formidable than the Vikings, who got eliminated by the sixth-seeded Giants on Sunday.
Realistically, the Niners have faced only one opponent of the Cowboys' caliber this season: the Kansas City Chiefs, who obliterated S.F. in an October game at Levi's that feels like a lifetime ago.
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Are the Niners strong enough to defeat the Cowboys at their best? Absolutely. Is it a lock?
Just keep telling yourselves that.
Real 49ers fans, or at least those who have either been alive a while or know their NFL history, would never take the Cowboys lightly. The scars are too gnarly — on both sides of the rivalry, for what it's worth — to discount the possibility of another trauma.
The Niners were on the verge of reaching their first Super Bowl in the early '70s, but the Tom Landry-coached Cowboys eliminated them from the playoffs in three consecutive seasons. The first two (1970 and '71) were NFC Championship Game losses. The next year's divisional-round defeat was particularly painful. Vic Washington returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, sending the Candlestick crowd into a frenzy. The 49ers jumped out to a 21-3 lead and were up by 12 late in the fourth quarter until Roger Staubach, aided by an onside-kick recovery, broke hundreds of thousands of hearts with two touchdown passes in the final two minutes.
That was the same day as the Immaculate Reception, by the way — a day that shall live in Bay Area football infamy.
We all know about the 1981 NFC Championship Game at Candlestick, featuring The Catch, which launched one dynasty (the Niners would win four Super Bowls in the '80s) and effectively ended another (though Landry's Cowboys did make it back to the next season's conference title game).
Those were the Niners' glory days, to be sure. The early '90s, however, featured another protracted Holy War with the self-anointed America's Team. Dallas' shocking upset victory in the '92 NFC Championship Game at Candlestick, and its resounding triumph in the following year's rematch at Texas Stadium, shook the Niners' franchise to its core, creating an existential crisis. San Francisco subsequently loaded up, vanquished the two-time defending champions in the '94 NFC title game at Candlestick and brought home its fifth and final Lombardi Trophy, as Steve Young morphed from "Not Joe" to first-ballot Hall of Famer.
None of it was easy. Much of it was very, very messy.
Imagine the head coach of one team (Jimmy Johnson) guaranteeing victory on the radio, three nights before a conference title game, declaring, "And you can put it in 3-inch headlines." Imagine the other team's head coach (George Seifert) responding, "Well, the man's got balls, I'll tell you that. I don't know if they're brass or papier-mâché. We'll find out here pretty soon." Picture pre-game fights. Envision Jerry Rice, at midfield, refusing to shake the hand of Staubach, the Cowboys' honorary captain, before the coin toss.
All of that happened in January 1994. And those were just the broad strokes.
There've been other Niners-Cowboys brouhahas over the years, most notably during a September 2000 game at Texas Stadium, when then-Niners receiver Terrell Owens celebrated two touchdowns by striking a pose on the star logo at midfield, the latter provoking a melee.
Granted, none of that historical intrigue has any bearing on what will go down Sunday, other than to haunt each team's fans with bad flashbacks.
However, many current Niners and Cowboys have fresh recollections of last year's first-round playoff game between the teams at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, a 23-17 San Francisco victory that featured a surreal climax. The Cowboys, attempting to set up a last-gasp shot to the end zone, mismanaged the clock, with Dak Prescott unsuccessfully attempting to spike the ball after a quarterback draw.
In the aftermath, it was tempting to clown the Cowboys for another postseason flameout. Since 1996, when they won their third championship in four seasons by capturing Super Bowl XXX, Jerry Jones' team has won just five playoff games and has not advanced beyond the divisional round.
Here's the catch: These Cowboys are no joke. The fifth of those victories, Monday night's 31-14 thrashing of the Bucs in Tampa, showcased a team that looks well-rounded, well-coached and highly motivated.
Prescott, now in his seventh season, played the game of his life, completing 25 of 33 passes for 305 yards, with four touchdowns and no interceptions. The Purdy fairy tale has been captivating, but Prescott is a serious dude capable of rolling into Levi's and blowing the Niners' house down.
The Cowboys also have a relentless group of pass rushers, led by second-year ubermenace Micah Parsons, who'll make it harder for Purdy to extend plays. They're the rare team that might have a shot at running the ball on the Niners' top-ranked defense, and they're coached by a seasoned pro in Mike McCarthy, who has some huge postseason conquests in his past. This could be the team that Jones, the organization's 80-year-old owner and chief football decision-maker, has been dreaming of since the mid-'90s — his chance to scream "How 'Bout Them Cowboys?" on a podium for the first time in more than a quarter-century.
The only glaring weakness Dallas displayed Monday was at kicker as Brett Maher had one of the worst performances in the history of his position, missing four consecutive extra-point tries. Think Chuck Knoblauch meets Steve Sax meets David Duval, with a touch of Rick Ankiel. On Wednesday, the Cowboys signed Tristan Vizcaino to the practice squad, which might mean Maher won't kick on Sunday. If Maher does take the field at Levi's, he should be greeted by a standing ovation.
That would be one way for 49ers fans to release some of their pent-up anxiety, because those who are honest with themselves have been stressed out since Monday night.
They have their reasons. The Niners will face their toughest test in months. Their quarterback will be making his seventh career start, against a franchise that has inflicted so much pain on his scarlet-and-gold-wearing predecessors.
Like John Brodie, Joe Montana, Steve Young and Jimmy Garoppolo before him, Purdy is going to have to confront America's Team.
It's a rite of passage, but let's be honest: You wish he were lining up against the Vikings.
Michael Silver is a columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle. Email: mike.silver@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @MikeSilver
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Michael Silver joined The San Francisco Chronicle as a sports columnist in 2022. A Bay Area native and graduate of UC Berkeley, Silver is best known for his work at Sports Illustrated and as a columnist at Yahoo! Sports before he joined the NFL Network in 2013, where he earned multiple Emmy nominations for his feature contributions.
Silver has also written for GQ and Rolling Stone, and authored books on Pro Football Hall of Famers Jerry Rice ("Rice") and Kurt Warner ("All Things Possible") as well as NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman ("Walk On The Wild Side") and 12-time Olympic swimming medalist Natalie Coughlin ("Golden Girl"). He is also a contributor to Bally Sports national NFL coverage.
Silver is a partner at Backstage Media, which is developing unscripted programming across numerous platforms. He also regularly interviews some of football's most compelling personalities on his podcast, "Open Mike," in conjunction with The Volume, a network featuring shows hosted by Colin Cowherd and Draymond Green.


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use std::{
    collections::HashMap,
    ops::Add,
    process::{Child, Command},
    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
    time::{Duration, SystemTime},
};

use crate::{
    error::CmdqError,
    execution::{delay, MAX_RETRIES},
    queue::InMemoryQueue,
    Task, TaskRunResult,
};

pub struct TaskScheduler {
    queue: Arc<InMemoryQueue>,
    num_workers: usize,
    //running_tasks: HashMap<String, Child>,
    num_running_tasks: Arc<Mutex<usize>>,
}

impl TaskScheduler {
    pub fn new(queue: Arc<InMemoryQueue>, num_workers: usize) -> Self {
        TaskScheduler {
            queue: queue.clone(),
            num_workers: num_workers,
            //running_tasks:
            num_running_tasks: Arc::new(Mutex::new(0)),
        }
    }
    pub fn run(&self) {
        let task_scheduler = Arc::new(self);

        std::thread::scope(|s| {
            let scheduler = task_scheduler.clone();
            s.spawn(move || loop {
                scheduler.run_loop();
                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(10));
            });
        });
        // std::thread::spawn(move || loop {
        //     self.run_loop();
        //     std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(10));
        // });
    }
    pub fn run_loop(&self) {
        while *self.num_running_tasks.lock().unwrap() < self.num_workers {
            let task_opt = self.queue.pop_next();
            let queue = self.queue.clone();
            let num_running_tasks = self.num_running_tasks.clone();

            if let Some(task) = task_opt {
                std::thread::spawn(move || {
                    {
                        let mut num_running_tasks = num_running_tasks.lock().unwrap();
                        *num_running_tasks += 1;
                    }
                    run_task(task, queue);

                    {
                        let mut num_running_tasks = num_running_tasks.lock().unwrap();
                        *num_running_tasks -= 1;
                    }
                });
            } else {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

fn run_task(task: Task, queue: Arc<InMemoryQueue>) {
    println!("Running task {:?}", task);
    if task.tries > 1
        && task
            .last_attempt
            .map(|last_attempt| last_attempt.add(delay(task.tries as u32)) > SystemTime::now())
            .unwrap_or(false)
    {
        println!("Task not ready yet");
        if let Err(err) = queue.update(&task.id, TaskRunResult::Skipped) {
            println!("Error writing skipped task result");
        }
        return;
    }

    if task.tries > MAX_RETRIES {
        println!("Task was retried more than {}, skipping", MAX_RETRIES);
        return;
    }

    // TODO change to child and save child to enable killing tasks
    // See https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/process/struct.Child.html#method.wait_with_output on how to capture the output piped while the process is running
    let output_res = Command::new(&task.command.program)
        .args(&task.command.args)
        .current_dir(task.command.path)
        .output();

    // TODO write error to task
    let write_res = match output_res {
        Ok(output) => {
            println!("{:?}", output);
            if output.status.success() {
                queue.update(&task.id, TaskRunResult::Completed)
            } else {
                queue.update(&task.id, TaskRunResult::Failed)
            }
        }
        Err(_err) => queue.update(&task.id, TaskRunResult::Failed),
    };
    if write_res.is_err() {
        println!("Error writing task result");
    }
}


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THE CLIENTELE, "Strange Geometry"
With so much attention directed at post-punk British acts such as Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs, London's the Clientele may be unfortunately destined for the margins.
With so much attention directed at post-punk British acts such as Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs, London's the Clientele may be unfortunately destined for the margins. Their music is dreamy pop with nostalgic references to the 1960s, where love is sometimes sunny, sometimes dreary, but always something of concern. Not exactly body-moving anthems, but in terms of songwriting and presentation, the Clientele is probably the U.K.'s best export at the moment, albeit the quietest.
"Strange" Geometry is the group's second proper album, a follow up to 2003's "The Violet Light." That release was solid, but not quite what fans of the brilliant singles collection "The Suburban Light" had hoped for. This one, however, is. The album weaves through narratives of attainment, paranoia and geometrical confusion -- a man's journey through urban life and a breakup, where feelings change almost inevitably, like day changing to night (which is also a reoccurring theme).
The addition of a string section and acoustic guitar provide added depth on tracks like the stellar "Geometry of Lawns," "Impossible" and "E.M.P.T.Y.," while the band's trademark chime sounds better than ever on opener "Since K Got Over Me" and the largely instrumental "K" (noticing a theme here?). Another new twist is the Pulp-style spoken word confessional "Losing Haringey," set to some of the prettiest music of the Clientele's career.
If it sounds sad and depressing, it's somehow not. In the end, "Strange Geometry" is a hauntingly beautiful album with tender, melodic pop arrangements that really make a lasting impression. Like Nick Drake, who has clearly been an influence on the band's sound, the Clientele has quietly amassed a superb catalog with little fanfare.


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Q: Responsive layout in Android I want to make a responsive design in Android i.e. I need such a layout in which I will add views programmatically and they will adjust them according to screen size.
For example:
I want to add 10 views in a layout
When I add them if there is place for only three views per line then automatically they get adjust in four rows and three columns i.e

[0,0] [0,1] [0,2]
[1,0] [1,1] [1,2]
[2,0] [2,1] [2,2]
[3,0]

But as in landscape mode, there is more space vertically

[0,0] [0,1] [0,2] [0,3] [0,4]
[1,0] [1,1] [1,2] [1,3] [1,4]

A: Use flexbox layout
In builde.gradle add
dependencies {
...
compile 'com.google.android:flexbox:0.3.0'
}

and use it in the layout xml. i.e.
<com.google.android.flexbox.FlexboxLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:alignItems="center"
    app:alignContent="center"
    app:flexDirection="row"
    app:flexWrap="wrap">

   ...
</com.google.android.flexbox.FlexboxLayout>

A: It seems the Flexbox solution worked for you, however there is another approach that can provide a different avenue for this problem.  In case you are not aware, you can actually define different XML layout files with the same name - 1 for portrait mode, and another for landscape mode.
When creating a new layout file, if you right click on the layout directory and select New > Layout resource file you can configure the orientation here.  In the Available qualifiers section, scroll down to Orientation and add it to the file.  At this point, you will be able to choose the orientation for this layout and, if you name the file the same name as the opposite orientation, your app will automatically inflate the view that is appropriate for the device's current orientation.  Android Studio will also understand the different layout orientations you have chosen while in the editor, and the screen you see in the Design tab will be adjusted accordingly i.e. the landscape layout file will have more room vertically to build the UI with.
Note that this adds a level of complexity to the application itself in the sense that the activity lifecycles will need to be accounted for since the views are now being destroyed and re-drawn by the OS in response to when the user switches the orientation of their device.
Hope this helps either in this situation or in some other situation where you want to accomplish different layouts based on device orientation!

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