Former minister for communications Denis Naughten was forced to resign last week over his contacts with Mr McCourt, the founder and chairman of US investment firm Granahan McCourt, during the NBP tender process. Granahan McCourt is the last bidder remaining for the NBP contract.
Mr Naughten has admitted to having several meetings with Mr McCourt, including a number of private dinners, at least one of which was at Mr McCourt's Co Clare home, during the process.
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has signalled that Dankse Bank's prestigious contract as the Government's banker could be at risk because of its involvement in a €200 billion international money laundering scandal, according to the Sunday Times. Officials from Donohoe's department have been in contract with Danske's local branch in Dublin as they monitor the unfolding scandal, which is being investigated by authorities around the world over alleged money laundering scandal, it said.Earlier this month, US authorities launched an investigation into Danske's activities in Estonia. The Baltic state has been under the regulatory spotlight after Danske Bank said payments totalling €200 billion, many of which it described as "suspicious", had been moved through its Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015.
Michael O'Flynn, the Cork property developer, has strongly criticised the chief executive of the State's new Land Development Agency. O' Flynn told the Sunday Business Post that the agency was trying to "eliminate the role of the developer", and said that chief executive John Coleman needed to clarify exactly what the agency was trying to achieve. O'Flynn was responding to ant article written in The Irish Times earlier this month, which he said raised questions about the scope and aims of the agency.
US brokerage giant Charles Schwab is weighing up opening a new European office in Dublin, the Sunday Times reports. It is understood that the company has begun exploring options to expand in Ireland. The institution registered a new Irish subsidiary called Charles Schwab Europe last week, according to the paper. Based in San Francisco and New York, the company was founded in 1971 by Charles R Schwab, and specialises in providing services for individuals and institutions including investing online.
According to the Sunday Independent, Ethiopian Airlines is set to axe its Dublin service to Los Angeles as it reorganises its European network. The airline currently flies from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to Los Angeles with a stopover in Dublin, where it picks up passengers in both directions.
But Dublin looks likely to lose out, with the airline rerouting the LA flight via Lagos in Nigeria. The airline, which is a member of the massive Star Alliance Group, has already stopped selling tickets online for the Dublin service after mid-December and removed it from its schedule.
* This article was amended on Monday, October 22nd, 2018.
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Tennessee had a smaller percentage of slaves than most other Southern states and was the last state to join the Confederacy. Consequently, many believe slavery was "not as bad" in Tennessee as it was in the rest of the South.
In this fascinating book, author Bill Carey explains how slavery was embedded in every level of Tennessee society; that many families which didn't own slaves leased them; that local governments used slave labor; that court officials routinely sold small children away from their families; and that professional slave traders operated in all parts of the state.
Primarily relying on newspapers and first-person accounts, Carey points out that slavery affected all levels of society and that every resident of antebellum Tennessee would have been accustomed to the sight and sound of enslaved "chain gangs" (known as coffles) being herded from one place to another.
- Data from more than 900 runaway slave ads published in Tennessee newspapers from 1792 until 1864.
- Advertisements for slave traders such as Isaac Bolton, Nathan Bedford Forrest and Rees W. Porter which were commonplace in their day but will strike current readers as disturbing.
- Precise descriptions of the 24 slaves bought by the government of Nashville in 1830 and taken away from their families in Virginia and Maryland.
- Proof that slaves were given away in several Tennessee lotteries--including one that raised money for state government.
- Evidence that a slave died in the construction of the Tennessee State Capitol.
- Detailed information about court-mandated slave sales on the steps of courthouses across the state.


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Q: What's the implementation of hashCode in java Object?
Possible Duplicate:
How is hashCode() calculated in Java

I found there's no implementation in hashCode() method of root class Object in Java:
public native int hashCode();

If I have an Object a and an Object b, how can I know the a.hashCode() and b.hashCode() value without using System.out.println()? Just by the hashCode implementation.
I have try to new two ArrayList objects and to my big surprise the hashCode() values are the same: both of them are 1.

A: The default hashCode is going to be implementation-specific. I suspect it's related to the memory address, but note that the VM moves objects around in memory (and, of course, the hashCode has to remain the same). So it won't be the actual memory address.

A: The default hashcode() implementation frequently but not always provides an integer based loosely on the memory address of the object, however the memory address can change.  This may vary based loosely upon the JVM implementation.

hashCode()
As you know this method provides the has code of an object. Basically
  the default implementation of hashCode() provided by Object is derived
  by mapping the memory address to an integer value. If look into the
  source of Object class , you will find the following code for the
  hashCode.
public native int hashCode();
It indicates that hashCode is the native implementation which provides
  the memory address to a certain extent. However it is possible to
  override the hashCode method in your implementation class.

http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/1006

A: hashCode is a native method which means that a system library is called internally. See Java Native Interface for more details.
There is a question on SO Why hashCode() and getClass() are native methods? Might be interesting for you.

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Every once in a while I lose what I like to refer to as my "oomph". You know what it is, you get up in the morning with a smile, all ready to attack the day. Well, I haven't been waking up with a smile and I certainly have no gumption to attack the day. I force myself out of bed, have a coffee, sit down, boot up the laptop and then stare at it. I have very little interest in reading emails, blogs, checking Facebook or Twitter.
Sometimes it seems I've had to much information thrown at me and it is time to shut it all down for a few days. I turn off the laptop, the television, and return to "old school" enjoyments. I open a book to read, I pick up my knitting or sewing, I ignore the outside world. By stepping back from everything, I have time for contemplation, self-reflection and hope my "oomph" returns.
What do you do to regain your oomph? Have you ever lost your oomp?
This entry was posted in Depression, Knitting and tagged Mental Health, mental-health, Reading, sewing on November 6, 2013 by AlwaysARedhead.


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Calling Trans Youth by Chosen Name can Drastically Reduce Chance of Suicide
Calling transgender youth by their chosen name can reduce their chance of dying by suicide by as much as 65 percent, according to the Journal of Adolescent Health.
In a study of 129 transgender and gender nonconforming youth, those who were able to use their own name in all situations were found to have 71 percent fewer indications of severe depression, 35 percent less thoughts of suicide, and 65 percent less attempted suicides than those who couldn't.
These results show the positive effect of using the chosen name of a transgender individual on their mental health, according to study author Stephen T. Russell.
"We showed that the more contexts or settings where [trans youth] were able to use their preferred name, the stronger their mental health was," Russell said. "It's practical to support young people in using the name that they choose. It's respectful and developmentally appropriate."
Similar studies have yielded similar results. In a 2014 study entitled "Suicide Attempts among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults" done by the Williams Institute, it was found that 41 percent of transgender people attempt suicide.
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Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren on Why '1923' Was "a Step Into the Unknown"
The iconic pair enter Taylor Sheridan's 'Yellowstone' universe as Jacob and Cara Dutton, making their mark on the expanding family tree.
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Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton and Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in '1923.' Courtesy of James Minchin III/Paramount+
Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren each took a leap of faith when signing on for 1923.
"We didn't read scripts before we signed up. Neither Harrison nor I," Mirren told The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the Paramount Network series' Dec. 18 premiere. "If Harrison was involved, I knew it would have a certain quality."
Mirren and Ford each spoke separately to THR, but when asked what drew them to Taylor Sheridan's latest series in Yellowstone's Dutton family saga, their answers were the same: each other.
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"He says, me. And I say exactly the same: Harrison," said Mirren when asked about reuniting with her Mosquito Coast co-star more than 30 years later, this time for the little screen. "I think we're both a bit more achey," she says with a laugh about what's changed for the pair of iconic actors. "We loved working together then, but we were very different. He was a huge movie star and I was sort of comparatively unknown. There was a big difference in our status." She adds, "I've caught up a little bit, luckily."
Mirren and Ford are the starring attraction in 1923, which is a prequel to Sheridan's megahit drama Yellowstone and the next chapter in the creator's expanding TV universe following spinoff 1883. They play Jacob and Cara Dutton, respectively, with Jacob being the patriarch of the Yellowstone Ranch and brother to James Dutton (Tim McGraw's character in 1883), and Cara being the matriarch.
But aside from putting faces to the names on the ever-expanding Dutton family tree, both Mirren and Ford say the sheer scope of the Sheridan's next Western is what motivated them to make the TV commitment.
"One of the hooks was Helen; she's been attached to the project before I was aboard. And I was attracted to the ambition of the piece," says Ford, reiterating that he didn't have a script when he signed on. "I had met with Taylor, who gave me a very brief outline of what he had in mind, and I went on faith and my experience with Yellowstone, 1883. He's produced a work of incredible ambition, scale, scope [and] cinematic ambition. Taylor thinks of each of these episodes as a one-hour movie. And that's the product that we're getting."
Mirren says she also trusted the quality of Sheridan's body of work when it came to the role, given how little she knew about the storyline at the onset. "It was a step into the unknown — off a diving board, into the water, without knowing what you're going to hit on the way down," she recalls. "And then the scripts arrived and we went, 'Oh, wow. Great start.' I was thrilled with the start of the whole thing."
Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in the 1923 premiere. Courtesy of Emerson Miller/Paramount+
Indeed, the first viewers see in the Dutton origin story is a flash-forward of Cara (Mirren) chasing down a man and killing him with a shotgun before he can kill her. "Violence has always haunted this family," warns a returning Dutton from 1883 in voiceover, the deceased Elsa (Isabel May). She connects the dots between the first chapter and 1923 when she informs viewers that her parents, James and Margaret Dutton (McGraw and Faith Hill), died in 1893, making orphans of John and Spencer Dutton (James Badge Dale and Brandon Sklenar). She also warns that another Dutton death is on the horizon.
With 1923 set to introduce this new generation, 1883 viewers will get their next chapter. But for the uninitiated viewer, the series also explores the early 20th century, when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the Mountain West, which the Duttons call home. And it's that arc of American history that excited Mirren.
"The Japanese are very good at remembering their ancestors and giving their ancestors credit. We tend to forget. Of course, we remember our grandparents, but that's about as far as it goes. When actually, we are all here because of a line of people who procreated and led us to this point. And when you think of the change between 1900 to 2000, it's so enormous. I think it's so great to investigate history through the eyes of a family," she explained.
After they began filming, in August, she said it was time for another leap of faith. "I think we shot three scripts and then we didn't know what was going to happen after that," she recalled. "So it's a voyage of discovery and adventure. I love it, it's like real life."
Ford also hedges his expectations, telling THR the "pleasure is the work itself." But given the baked-in audience and popularity of TV's hit series Yellowstone, 1923 — which premiered to a sizable audience following an episode of the Kevin Costner-starring drama — seems poised to stick around. The eight-episode season, unlike Yellowstone, which only airs on Paramount Network, will stream on Paramount+.
The Indiana Jones star, who is also set to take on his first streaming series with the forthcoming Apple series Shrinking, says he didn't have time to reach out to onscreen family members Costner or McGraw. "I admire what Kevin and Yellowstone group are doing. I admire what I saw of 1883. I didn't want to have other peoples' information. I wanted to have my own experience with Taylor," he says of his process with Sheridan. "Taylor Sheridan is an extraordinary writer and has an extraordinary imagination. A wealth of information to ground this in reality. The way he explores characters is very intriguing and interesting to me, so I really wanted to work with him."
He also didn't need to take advantage of the cowboy camp that Sheridan offers all of his actors to prepare for ranch life. (He was also shooting Shrinking at the time.) "I've owned horses for 40 years. I lived in Wyoming for 40 years. I'm still living there part-time. It's just getting back in contact with horses, really," he says.
Viewers only get a brief introduction to Jacob in the premiere, and Ford says he doesn't want to say much more. "I hate describing a character for an audience before they see it," he says. "My ambition for an audience is to have an experiential moment with the film. I want them to go in without anticipation and to be able to just enjoy what they're seeing, rather than be told what they're going to see."
But he does set the stage about where Jacob fits in the world of 1923: "He's 77 years of age. He is a rancher in a very complex time and place. Butte, Montana, which is where the bulk of the story takes place, in 1923 was the second-biggest city in America west of the Mississippi. There was a lot of change going on. It's just prior to Prohibition, just prior to the Depression. The competition for the grass between sheep and cattlemen is reaching conflict stage. There's a drought. The market for beef has kind of dissipated and railroads are very important, they haven't quite reached the Duttons' ranch; they're still driving cattle. And all of those produce economic decisions which make the viability of holding that land in the Dutton family under tension."
Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton for 1923.
One element that is already clear from the premiere is that the marriage is strong between Jacob and Cara, which isn't surprising given the chemistry and respect of the actors behind the union.
"Both of us since [Mosquito Coast] have worked constantly; we're both workers. I think now the body of that experience plus our age and everything we've been through — I've had my relationship with my husband, he's had his relationship with Calista [Flockhart], his wife — and that's made us into the adults we are now. I would say we are, at last, sort of adults. (Laughs.) It takes a long time to get to adulthood."
And Ford echoes that sentiment, while looking forward to the exploration ahead, as 1923 has a two-season order.
"I have been very satisfied and encouraged and challenged by the work at hand," he says. "We have another season, I hope, to get to know this character and see him in different circumstances. But I'm having a great time. I'm really enjoying it."
1923 also stars Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, Dale, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, Jennifer Ehle and Jerome Flynn. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions. New episodes release on Sundays.


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Installation Size: 12 metre diameter; 5 metre height; 150 sq metre area film studio.
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Step 1: Complaining against another party
Any person may provide information concerning an allegation of a breach of a prohibited practice to the Commission. To begin the procedure officially, you will need to complete and send Form CC1 to the Commission. When a complaint is received, the Commission directs an inspector to investigate the complaint.
Step 2: Joining in a case started by someone else with a similar complaint
After the Commission has received a complaint, it may publish a notice in the Government Gazette and/or other media, inviting any person who believes that the alleged practice has affected, or is affecting, a material interest of that person to file a complaint about the matter.
Step 3: Giving relevant information
The information that needs to be submitted to the Commission must contain the following:
Name of complainant.
Name of the party complained of, the respondent.
A brief description of the conduct giving rise to the complaint.
State whether the conduct is still continuing – if not, the date on which the conduct ceased.
Provide a written submission setting out, in detail, the complainant's cause for the complaint, how it arose, the parties involved, relevant dates and any other relevant information.
Provide contactable details for the complainant, i.e. postal address, fax number or email address.
Step 4: Protecting information given to the Commission
If the information sent to the Commission contains trade, business or industrial information that belongs to you or a firm, has a particular economic value, and is not generally available to or known by others – and you do not want it revealed to others – you may request that it should be kept confidential by completing .
This Form requires a party to specify, in detail, the precise description of the information for which confidentiality is sought and any existing limitations placed upon the use of that information. However, should a dispute arise as to the status of such information, the Commission may refer the matter to the Competition Tribunal for determination, in accordance with the provisions of the rules of proceedings at the Commission. A person or firm may request that their identity not be revealed. Whilst it is open to the Commission to agree to such a request, the party seeking Confidentiality for their identity must be informed that they cannot be granted status as a complainant in that matter, unless they waive their request for confidentiality and this is done in writing.
Step 5: Seeking interim relief
Any person who has lodged a complaint with the Commission concerning a restrictive practice, as explained above, may ask the Competition Tribunal for an interim relief order, whether or not a hearing or investigation has commenced in respect of the alleged prohibited practice. In order to succeed with the request for this relief, you will need to provide proof that the prohibited practice being complained of did occur as alleged, that the interim relief sought by you is most likely to prevent serious damage to your interest, and that the order would prevent the aims and objectives of this law being contravened.
Step 6: Where the Commission would not act
If the Commission declines to refer a complainant's case to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution, the complainant may refer, within 10 days after receiving a "Notice of Non-Referral" from the Commission, the matter to the Competition Tribunal at his/her own cost.
Step 7: Withdrawal of a Complaint
In terms of Rule 16 of the Act, at any time during an investigation, a complainant may withdraw a complaint lodged with the Commission. In such circumstances, the Commission will accept the withdrawal but may decide whether to continue investigating the complaint as if the Commissioner had initiated it or whether the complainant's withdrawal should be accepted and the matter non-referred/closed.


The world went into mourning when Diane Kruger – most famous for her role of Helen in the epic Troy – and Joshua Jackson – known forever in our hearts as Pacey from Dawson's Creek – called it quits after 10 years of coupledom. How will they manage? we wondered.
When you're Diane Kruger, the process of getting over your decade-long partner begins with a vacation in the sunny little island that we like to call home. Because who wouldn't feel like moving onwards and upwards when you're nestling in the hills and chilling in the sand?!
Here she looks out into the hills (possibly) pondering life and what lies ahead sans bae. Ella ain't a bad place to think, amiright?
Undeniably, though, Diane Kruger has taste! Look at her 'gramming her Lankan fruity snacks of rambutans and some mangosteens. You picked the perfect time of year to visit, girl!
We can think of nothing more conducive to recovery – mind, body, and soul.