Example: A few cows would not he a herd, Twenty five cows would be a hard.
(INTRANSITIVE) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
(INTRANSITIVE) To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
(INTRANSITIVE) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.


The fourth issue of the Wende magazine has about 60 pages and 13 articles, poems, etc. After an introduction follows a nice article about the form that souls appear in in Northern mythology and folklore. Next up in an interview with the Flemish Perchten/Krampus group "Hnikar" (Werkgroep Hagal that publishes "Wende" also has a similar group by now). The next article is not very pagan, it uses the book/film "Fight Club" to speak about some ideas of Julius Evola, but also other thinkers are mentioned. A tradition of "Wende" is an "etnobotanical" article, this time about the Pine Tree, so you will learn about the tree, but also its uses, place in myths and stories and so on. Two pages of Hagal founder Pyck speak about rebellious youth and a varriety of texts follow about ancient habbits, history, mythology, etc. For those who can read Dutch, a cheap but nice read.
For more information get in contact with Werkgroep Hagal.


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Ejnar Ask (även omskriven som Einar Ask) född 6 juni 1909, död 23 januari  1982, var en svensk bandyspelare. Ask verkade som elitbandyspelare från 1925 till 1952. Han blev känd som pålitlig målgörare med ett hårt skott, och hans ungefär 700 tävlingsmatcher resulterade i över 2 000 mål.

Biografi
Ejnar Ask föddes i Harnäs, det vill säga det legendariska SK Tirfings hemort. Familjen flyttade dock till Forsbacka när Einar var fyra år. Som 14-åring började han i Forsbackas juniorlag, och 1925 gjorde han debut i A-laget.

Ejnar Ask blev svensk mästare i bandy vid tre tillfällen. Efter guld med IFK Uppsala 1933 återkom han med ytterligare två SM-guld 1945 och 1946 med Sandvikens AIK.Uppsala 1933 och med Sandvikens AIK 1945 och 1946. Han spelade totalt tolv eller 13 A-landskamper.

I siffror
Klubbar: Forsbacka IK 1925–1930, IFK Uppsala 1931–1934, Sandvikens AIK 1935–1952
Position: centerforward, högerinner
SM-finaler: 7 + 2 omspel (1933–1934, 1940–1941, 1945–1946, 1950) + (1933, 1946)
SM-guld: 3 (1933, 1945–1946)
Allsvensk skyttekung: 1934 och 1949
Landskamper: 13
Landskampsmål: 23
Stor grabb: Nr 14

Källhänvisningar

Födda 1909
Avlidna 1982
Svenska bandyspelare
Mottagare av Stora grabbars och tjejers märke
Män
Spelare i Sandvikens AIK Bandy
Personer från Valbo socken

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John Bolton attacks ICC as 'illegitimate' which is 'already dead to us'
On Monday at the Federalist Society, National Security Advisor, John Bolton criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) and threatened sanctions against the legal body, calling it "illegitimate."
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"I'm here to make a major announcement on U.S. policy towards the International Criminal Court or ICC," Bolton began. "After years of effort by self-styled global governance advocates, the ICC a supranational tribunal that could supersede national sovereignties and directly prosecute individuals for alleged war crimes was agreed in 1998."
Bolton went on to proclaim that the U.S. will not cooperate with the ICC, even financially.
"We will provide no assistance to the ICC. And we certainly will not join the ICC," he said. "We will let the ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us."
An ICC prosecutor asked to investigate alleged crimes committed by members of the U.S. military who served in Afghanistan.
"Today, on the eve of September 11th, I want to deliver a clear and unambiguous message on behalf of the President of the United States," Bolton said. "The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court."
Bolton reportedly threatened to ban ICC judges and prosecutors from the U.S. and to impose sanctions on any funds they might have in the U.S. financial system.
Bolton admitted that "in theory, the ICC holds perpetrators of the most egregious atrocities accountable for their crimes, provides justice to the victims, and deters future abuses." However, in practice, he said the court "has been ineffective, unaccountable, and indeed, outright dangerous."
Bolton claims that the court was created to "contain the United States."
"The objective was not limited to targeting individual U.S. service members, but rather America's senior political leadership, and its relentless determination to keep our country secure," he said.
"[W]e will remember that cooperation when setting U.S. foreign assistance, military assistance and intelligence-sharing levels," Bolton said.
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Endearingly referred to as the "Mayor of Waimate," by event commentator Brian "Stotty" Stott - and one of the south's adopted champs, South Canterbury teenager Dylan Kennett impressed in his UCI World Cup debut, settling for fourth place in the individual pursuit in Scotland on Sunday 18 November.
Kennett, from Waimate, was fourth fastest in heats of the 4000m individual pursuit in an excellent 4:28.128 but could not better that in the medal ride against Spain's David Muntaner Juaneda at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow.
It was the first time the 17 year old world junior championship silver medallist has competed over the 4000m distance in open competition.
Muntaner Juaneda was also unable to better his morning ride, clocking 4:28.429 while Kennett managed 4:31.987.
"Backing up at this level was the challenge for a young rider like Dylan. He didn't have the legs in final and was not able to get on schedule from start," said BikeNZ coach Dayle Cheatley.
"He showed good fight in last kilo and I think he can be happy with making a final ride in his first world cup and riding a very solid qualifying effort. That was the same time Jesse Sergent did in his first international ride five years ago.
Olympic omnium gold medallist Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark) took out the gold medal in 4:20.875 with a comfortable win over Ireland's Martyn Irvine.
Kennett, BikeNZ's only rider at the World Cup, returns home later in the week before heading to Adelaide with the BikeNZ team for the Oceania Track Championships starting on Wednesday 28 November.
British cycling success at the Olympics has attracted large and exuberant audiences to the new velodrome, to be used for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, although local success has not been easily attained.
In men's competition Great Britain's only medal so far has been a silver in the team sprint behind Germany, with their hopes resting on double Olympic gold medallist Jason Kenny in the keirin later today and sprint tomorrow.
The women are more prominent, winning the team pursuit over Australia and team sprint, with strong chances in keirin and sprint.
Men 4000m individual pursuit, qualifying: Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark) 4:22.373, 1; Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 4:24.243, 2; David Muntaner Juaneda (Spain) 4:26.479, 3; Dylan Kennett (New Zealand) 4:28.128, 4.
Gold medal: Hansen 4:20.875, 1; Irvine 4:22.745, 2. Bronze medal: Muntaner Juaneda 4:28.429, 3; Kennett 4:31.987, 4.


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Top 5 Albums of 2008
Damn that was fast. 2008 is all but over, as I type this on the eve of 2009. Last year I started compiling my "Top 5" albums. For people that 'know music', this is them picking the five albums out of the zillion released in a given year that they like best. For me, I can only process so much music at a time, and so my "Top 5" are pretty much everything I liked from the year, organized in order of preference.
This year was better than last year in that I had more options. I thank, largely, two people: Ian Noble, my man on the bleeding edge of the indie music scene, as well Billy from The World Forgot. The latter is a music blog that is just fantastic, and the former is a person who could maintain a fantastic music blog (I will have to get on him about such a venture). Point being, this year I had to be a bit more discerning in my choices in order to get my top five in the order I liked.
Take a look/listen, and feel free to drop me a line with your thoughts. Hope you had a good year in terms of music, as well as life. Here's to another.
I figured that last year was a good enough precedent for the format of the Top 5, so I'll stick to it and only throw out two honorable mentions. That is, albums that were good, if not great, but didn't quite make the cut for one reason or another.
Perfect Symmetry
-Keane
Keane fascinates me. They busted it out in 2004 with the inaugural Hopes And Fears, their piano riffs and lack of guitars titillating emo nerds and mainstream music listeners alike. The follow up, 2006's Under the Iron Sea, was a distinct departure from that previous sound: altogether darker, this concept album was crafted to be some type of "sinister fairytale-world-gone-wrong" according to the band themselves. This second album didn't create the buzz of the first, I think mostly becuase it lacked the appeal-to-the-masses the previous one had. Nobody wants to play songs from that sinister fairytale world in the dentist's office…
This trend continued when Keane released Perfect Symmetry in October with little to no fanfare. I certainly missed the release, wholly ignorant of any released singles. A little investigation yielded the first single, 'Spiraling'.
Spiralling - Keane
Trading their first album's minimalism and the second one's brooding for a brazen infusion of synth, the band had caught my attention once more. Someone accused them of adopting an almost Killers-esque sound, and I must admit that's probably why I liked it so much. The album as a whole is a marriage of their classy and clear piano tracks, ie: 'Perfect Symmetry' with a healthy dose of synthesizers, 'Again and Again' something I have a hard time arguing with. It didn't quite make it to the Top 5 because there's no clear direction to the record as a whole, and while this unique sound really stands out in Spiraling in particular, the schtick gets old after 11 tracks.
Perfect Symmetry - Keane
Again And Again - Keane
-Fleet Foxes
I've got to restrain myself a bit here, or it will seem silly to relegate this terrific album to 'honorable mention' status. The truth of it is, this was one of Ian's top records of the year, since he first started listening to it during the summer. Hence I've been hearing about it since August, but I didn't get around to spending any time with it until I received it for Christmas! Tragic as that is, it's the truth.
Since Ian will be reviewing this in depth, and I already have two songs from them uploaded for his review, I'll offer the best one he didn't chose to post, which is 'Your Protector'. I like how haunting it is. I'm also particularly impressed with how much repetition they get away with, yet the song never gets boring! Please though, read Ian's Top 5, linked below, or at the very least the entry on Fleet Foxes. It's quality!
Your Protector - Fleet Foxes
This year was a pretty good year. I feel a little ashamed, because quite a few of these were shoe-inns. That is, bands I love dropped records that lived up to the image I had of them, and further bolstered the reasons I liked them in the first place. It's hard to compete with that, and like I said, I felt a tad bad about that. It means I'm predisposed against NEW music, and biased towards things I already like. But that's just the kindof listener I am: I'm a bit of a loyalist. (Within in reason though: please note the lack of Weezer on this list, despite me caving and purchasing The Red Album like a sucker…)
5: Vampire Weekend
-Vampire Weekend
This was a tough one. I didn't want Vampire Weekend to make my list. Everyone loves that band, and they love them too much. Can't deny it though, they put together a pretty amazing collection of songs, the vast majority of which are catchy as hell, for example, 'Oxford Comma', was an entry title earlier in the year. Below is another, 'M79'.
Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend
M79 - Vampire Weekend
And it's a funny thing, I haven't given that album a full listen since the start of May, and yet it still squeaked onto the list! I'm not sure, in the extended long-term, if it was a momentary infatuation, or if I'll get back into the record a few months down the line again, but damned if I didn't spend a lot of time listening to it in the first half of '08. My personal favorite of the entire album is the epic penultimate closer, 'Walcott', which tells the story of the eponymous hero fleeing for his life from something attempting to consume him.
Walcott - Vampire Weekend
The bit of trivia here is that it's from this song that Vampire Weekend derives their name. The band was formed when asked to score music to a short film of their friends concerning a vampire outbreak on the eastern cost, and the title of the film was Vampire Weekend! [NOTE: I think the real test of Vampire Weekend will be if they can put together anything nearly this good for their second effort. If they can't, I worry that this will amount to an album equivalent of a one-hit-wonder.]
4: Re-Arrange Us
-Mates of State
Numbers five and four are case-in-point that I do give new stuff a chance. Vampire Weekend made it on with their debut album, and Mates of State landed no. 4 when I'd never heard of them before! One of their tracks, 'Get Better', also was an entry title this fall:
Get Better - Mates of State
This album suffers from something that I see a lot of in the music I listen to: front-loading. All the best stuff is at the top, and the weaker material filters to the end of the record, making it really hard to go the distance some days. The unique thing is, despite this problem, the "front" is basically the first 7 tracks, with one exception. What that amounts to is at least 6 songs that I'd say are "single-worthy." They stand that well on their own, and also fit seamlessly with one another within the context of the record.
My Only Offer - Mates of State
This song, 'My Only Offer', far and away the best on the record, initially got me interested in the album. It contains a signature feature that I'm a sucker for: the interplay between male and female vocals, executed brilliantly all over the album. Pair that with the clear preference by the band towards up-tempo tunes, and you can hardly go wrong!
Unless they slow it down. Which they do. It seems to be this weird thing where if they drop the pace down to do anything less rapid, they trip over their own feet, and don't seem to know what to do with all the time, and consequently the last three tracks are pretty dull and boring. Would've been better to either mix in the less-good ones for consistency's sake, or drop them all together and have a powerhouse 6-track EP or something. That's just me though, I suppose.
All in all though, anything with a distribution that lands 3/5ths of the record in the "awesome" category is certainly worth anyone's time.
3: Viva La Vida
-Coldplay
I did not want to like this record, going into it. I liked 2005's X&Y a lot more than everyone else, plus I own the entire Coldplay catalog; it's beginning to get embarrassing. So when the Brian-Eno-produced Viva La Vida rolled out, I crossed my arms, threw my nose in the air, and defiantly said, "So, what?" As usual though, Chris Martin and his cronies had other plans.
For the purposes of this entry, I'm going to assume every living creature on the face of the earth has heard Viva La Vida and Violet Hill. These two singles received an almost obscene amount of radio airplay, even given how amazing they both are. 'Viva La Vida', the title track, was also an entry title this fall.
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Those two singles aside, when I first heard the album, I was taken aback in particular by the anthemic nature of 'Lost!', which I'm sure has since been catapulted into singled-dom since this album came out early in the summer.
Lost! - Coldplay
Which sortof gets at the crux of the whole Coldplay experience on Viva. It's EPIC! They go for the huge sounds: ecstatic (if somewhat reserved) highs juxtaposed with melodramatic lows. If you buy it, like I did, it works flawlessly. There is hardly a weak point in the album. If you don't want to believe Martin and Co. though, the whole thing comes off as faux and dishonest. Like they're putting on these emotions for the benefit of their record sales. …and while I can certainly see such a point of view, the optimist in me has to argue for the contrary.
Eno's influence is pretty apparent throughout. Some pretty classy touches, such as the opening instrumental, 'Life in Technicolor' and tail end of the fantastic closer, 'Death and All of His Friends', having the same melodies to serve as bookends make this more than a bunch of songs stuck on a CD. They're bound together with craft, and some real thought was put into how these sounds were organized.
Life In Technicolor - Coldplay
It's also worth noting that I've got to give this album props for being one of an elite few in which I actually LIKE the closing song. Historically, I feel like bands put their worst material towards the end, but save the most boring awful song for last. (Ian has officially called me out on this, positing that I've claimed so many exceptions to this rule that, in fact, the inverse is true. A detailed case study is in the works, so rest assured.) 'Death and All His Friends', the subtitle of this album (subtitle?! Yeah, I know. Coldplay is that pretentious/awesome) does not disappoint as a track unto itself, and is polished off with the bookending melody mentioned above.
Like I said before, if you don't buy into it, none of it will work. Give it a shot though. It took me all of 3 listens before I got over myself and was sold on this record. It's Coldplay's greatest achievement to date.
2: Narrow Stairs
-Death Cab for Cutie
Kindof a weird thing about Narrow Stairs is that I heard a lot of these songs live before I'd even purchased the record. The second weird thing is that I know that this record's position on my Top 5 is artificially inflated by my own personal experience with it, and I'll be the first to admit that. I was at a point in my life this summer that I needed to Get My Death Cab on, and Narrow Stairs swooped in, seemingly custom-fit to my melancholy and angst, driving in perfect synchronization my desire to mope and wallow.
That said, I still think it's a terrific record. My favorite song, the opening track, 'Bixby Canyon Bridge', is Death Cab speaking much more authoritatively than they ever have before. The distortion and sheer wall-of-noise component alone are a departure from their softer (some would say whiny) tone and demeanor.
Bixby Canyon Bridge - Death Cab For Cutie
While we're talking about tracks unto themselves, the uncut version of 'I Will Possess Your Heart' also takes the previously mentioned tone of confidence, albeit in what others have described as a "stalkerish" way. The radio edit truncates the four-minute buildup, and I guess I can live with that. It isn't as meaningful as the build in, say, Transatlanticism, so in that regard the song can exist without it, but the purist in me likes the full eight minutes. If for no other reason than it tried to challenge the paradigm of what a traditional 'single' is.
In the relative ranking of DCFC's other records, Narrow Stairs is a decided notch above Plans, whose low points were grossly mismatched with its highs (going from 'Your Heart is an Empty Room' to 'Crooked Teeth' is quite possibly the worst transition I can think of in recent memory), whereas here there is a much more cohesive story told: Tragedy at the start, fighting it, and slowing giving up to the sadness of it all, and finally reaching some degree of understanding. It must be noted though, that this falls short of the unitary masterpieces that was Transatlanticism, which is one of the best whole albums of music in the genre in the past decade.
Long Division - Death Cab For Cutie
'Long Division' provides a much better seventh-inning-stretch (breaking from the sadder, slower stuff for something with a quicker pace) than 'Crooked Teeth' did. 'Grapevine Fires' manages to be poignantly bittersweet without making you roll your eyes, which is a risk Ben Gibbard often runs.
Grapevine Fires - Death Cab For Cutie
As stated earlier, I liked this a lot more than most other people did, but even seeing past that, I can say with confidence that this is at least the second best album the band has ever put out, and that's got to count for something, given that it's their seventh album. Maintaining quality work is hard to do, but Death Cab gave it their best and was successful for the most part with Narrow Stairs.
1: Day & Age
-The Killers
I didn't know about this album until barely a month outside of its release, but within that month I crammed in all the anticipation I'd missed out on. I was not disappointed. From the powerhouse opening track to the surprisingly-not-awful-closer, this is classic Killers. Though it may not sound like it at first, they've reigned in the synth-fest that was Hot Fuss. Really. They have. It's also not as 'Big' (in that Bruce-Springsteen-kindof-way) as Sam's Town was. Day & Age splits the difference between the two, attempting to feather some kind of median, combining what they learned off of both albums and hoping for the best.
Surprisingly (or maybe not, considering your author here) they pull it off. If at all possible, they sound a bit more restrained and discerning, like they thought this one through to an extent previously unseen (particularly on the part of the entire band, sans Flowers, who really stepped it up a notch). Flowers belts his way through the record, the strength here being less the lyrics and more simply his voice (I've joked before that he could sing the alphabet, and I'd probably buy the single…). Enough talk though, the music! 'Joy Ride' served as the entry title that marked my return to blogging after a lengthy hiatus, and its funky beats do not leave one wanting.
Joy Ride - The Killers
Then you have the single, 'Human', which is quite possibly one of the weakest songs on the album. It just lacks the punch of a typical Killers single, to the extent that I've omitted posting it. Tracks like 'Joy Ride' or the opener, 'Losing Touch' are far better songs, and also do not grit on my nerves on account of grammar issues ("Are we human? / Or are we dancer?"). That's not to say I dislike 'Human'. I really have come to like it, and it's companion track, 'Spaceman'. They're both fine songs, I guess I'm just gloating a little because they're touted as the songs to get you to buy the album, and they aren't even the best material on there.
Losing Touch - The Killers
Even they less-big, lower-key songs are better. Remember 'Read My Mind' and 'My List' off of Sam's Town? In truth of the matter: snooze fest. They've been replaced by the likes of 'This Is Your Life' and 'Neon Tiger', which are fantastic songs in their own right, but also server as terrific rank-and-file songs in the album; that is, you wouldn't buy the record to hear these, but once you're bought it, you're damn glad they're on there.
Hands down, the best surprise on the album for me was 'A Dustland Fairytale'. The trademark Killers imagery of some sleezy, dusty southwest locale placed alongside this idea of a "kingdom under siege" struck me as particularly cool in the context of a rock song. The way this song is constructed is also pretty unique: it slowly builds with a stripped-down intro, then easing you into the second verse and picking up the pace. By the second chorus, you get that 'explosion' feeling coming from the guitar, and it all builds to the final repetition of the chorus, where the lyrics are modified to loop back to the content of the introduction, before throwing you out the backdoor of the song before you even know it's ended.
A Dustland Fairytale - The Killers
The closing two songs are probably the weakest, which is sad, and something I'd hoped the Killers were over (Sam's Town, for all of its alleged flaws, ended terrifically). However, they're not awful songs, they just stray into areas that are not the Killers' strong suit: 'The World We Live In' seems like an attempt at a song they'd play at the end of prom, and 'Goodnight, Travel Well' sounds like some sort of accidental mash-up between the Killers and Interpol. Now awful, but not the best. [Ed. Note (09/08/17) – I've since really come to appreciate 'Goodnight, Travel Well' with time.]
Like it or not, this is my band. I loved Hot Fuss the day it released, and thought I would never love another record as I did that one. While I wasn't paying attention, Sam's Town usurped it as my most-listened to album sometime in 2007. Given that I see Day & Age as a refinement on what was already good in that last record, I'd say it's on track to be my favorite Killers album to date.
For another take on 2008, check out Ian's Top Albums of 2008.
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Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Keep hope alive, work for unity, Makinde enjoins Nigerians
Victoria Ogunrinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Friday, implored every Nigerian to be patient and never give up as a result of the challenges the country is faced with at the moment, assuring that Nigeria will soon be a better place for everyone.
He added that Armed Forces Remembrance Day must be a constant reminder of the great sacrifices that our ex-servicemen and gallant fallen heroes made to secure our nation.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted Makinde as saying that the state will continually place priority on the welfare of the families of fallen heroes in the state.
The governor was represented by the Deputy Chief of Staff, Hon. Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, at a special Jumat Service to commemorate the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, held at the Oja'ba Central Mosque, Ibadan.
The governor said: "We really thank God that we still made this year. A lot of things happened in the year 2020 and this is 2021. It is actually a privilege to witness the second Jumat service in the year. So, I am using this as a platform to actually say congratulations to those of us that are alive and the families of the fallen heroes.
"I want to say it is the celebration of the Emblem and the remembrance of the fallen heroes. It is quite unfortunate that Nigeria is in a state that it is right now – insurgency and kidnapping everywhere. But despite all of these, those of us who are still alive still have cause to thank God and the message to every one of us is, Nigeria is still a great nation."
He explained that the present administration in Oyo State would continue to improve the welfare of relatives of deceased ex-servicemen, their widows, orphans and other loved ones.
Earlier in his sermon, the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Sheik Abdul-Ganiy Abubakr Agbotomokekere, said that the fallen heroes lost their lives for the peace and unity of Nigeria.
He urged all and sundry to always come to the aid of the families, widows and children of those who laid down their lives for the country.
He equally appealed to the Federal, State and Local Governments to prioritise the welfare of the families of the fallen heroes.
Also at the event, special prayer session was held for ex-servicemen with particular emphasis on the fallen heroes.
It was presided over by the Chief Imam of Ibadanland.
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Q: How to have headers, section headings, and figures expand into the margin? I am interested in the  following page layout.

*

*How to have headers in margins (up to margin)

*Is it possible to start section headings from margin

*How to set figures occupy the margins.

I can make an MWE as given below
    \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{scrbook}

\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

\usepackage[calcwidth]{titlesec}

%\titleformat{\section}[leftmargin]
%{\normalfont
%\sffamily\bfseries\filleft}
%{}{0pt}{}
%\titlespacing{\section}
%{4pc}{1.5ex plus .1ex minus .2ex}{1pc}

\newlength\mylen
\setlength\mylen{\dimexpr\oddsidemargin+1in+\hoffset\relax}

\titleformat{\section}
  {\normalfont\Large\bfseries}
  {\llap{\hspace*{-\mylen}\thesection\hfill}}{0em}{}
  [{\makebox[\linewidth][l]{%
    \hspace*{-\mylen}\rule{\dimexpr\textwidth+\mylen\relax}{1pt}}}]

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%
\usepackage{titleps}

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\newpagestyle{main}{
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%\widenhead[6pc][0pt]{0pt}{6pc} %for scrbook
%\widenhead[0pt][6pc]{6pc}{0pt} %for scrartcl
\headrule
\sethead
[\textbf{\thepage}]
[\textsl{Title of the Book}]
[]
{}
{\textsl{\chaptertitle}}
{\textbf{\thepage}}
}
\pagestyle{main}

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The output :
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Odd page

I want change the figure position to the margin...

Possible Solution
Place figures side by side, spill into outer margin

A: This fix includes several points:
1) \usepackage{calc}
2) New caption definition to make it left justified:
\newcommand\mycaption[1]{\caption{%
  \leftskip-\mylen#1\protect\rule{\textwidth-\mylen}{0in}}}

3) \leftskip the margin for the figure environment
\begin{figure}[hb]
\setlength\leftskip{\leftskip-\mylen}
\includegraphics[width=0.2\linewidth]{}
\mycaption{Figure caption}
\end{figure}

Caveat:  I didn't fix your pre-existing problem with margins on page 3.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{scrbook}

\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{calc}

\usepackage[calcwidth]{titlesec}

%\titleformat{\section}[leftmargin]
%{\normalfont
%\sffamily\bfseries\filleft}
%{}{0pt}{}
%\titlespacing{\section}
%{4pc}{1.5ex plus .1ex minus .2ex}{1pc}

\newlength\mylen
\setlength\mylen{\dimexpr\oddsidemargin+1in+\hoffset\relax}

\titleformat{\section}
  {\normalfont\Large\bfseries}
  {\llap{\hspace*{-\mylen}\thesection\hfill}}{0em}{}
  [{\makebox[\linewidth][l]{%
    \hspace*{-\mylen}\rule{\dimexpr\textwidth+\mylen\relax}{1pt}}}]

%titleps is alternate for fancyhdr
%
\usepackage{titleps}

%\newpagestyle{main}[\small\sffamily]{
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%\widenhead[6pc][0pt]{0pt}{6pc} %for scrbook
%\widenhead[0pt][6pc]{6pc}{0pt} %for scrartcl
\headrule
\sethead
[\textbf{\thepage}]
[\textsl{Title of the Book}]
[]
{}
{\textsl{\chaptertitle}}
{\textbf{\thepage}}
}
\pagestyle{main}

\renewpagestyle{plain}[\small\sffamily]{
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%\setfoot[\textbf{\thepage}]
\setfoot
[]
[]
[]
{}
{}
%{\textbf{\thepage}}
{}
%
\sethead
[\textbf{\thepage}]
[\textsl{Title of the Book}]
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{}
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}

\begin{document}

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\section{Section title}

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My Usual Game
The first thing we do, let's kill all the headcovers
By David Owen
My favorite headcover was made of black plush and had the Grateful Dead's red-white-and-blue "Steal Your Face" skull logo embroidered on it.
I got to play golf with Jim Furyk once, and before we teed off his caddie, Fluff Cowan, looked into my bag and said, "So, you're a fan of the boys, eh?" -- one of my proudest moments in the game. My 5-wood eventually wore a hole through the fabric, and I had to take that headcover out of service. The huge online store on the Dead's official website used to have lots of branded golf stuff, but not anymore.
Headcovers must be a product of the apparently irresistible human urge to clothe inanimate objects -- the same urge that gave us doilies, dust ruffles, chair skirts, and toilet seat covers. Most golfers probably assume that headcovers have an important protective function, but that seems unlikely. The purpose of a golf club is to be slung repeatedly at hard things lying on the ground, so why should you need to swaddle it just to carry it in a bag? Olden-days golfers -- whose clubs were made by hand and were therefore arguably worth special handling -- didn't use them:
So why do we? Chuck Furjanic, who is the author of Antique Golf Collectibles: A Price and Reference Guide, told me that headcovers date from at least the early 1910s. Nevertheless, I spent a pleasant afternoon flipping through the pages of most of the golf books in my office, and couldn't find a headcover in a photograph or illustration from earlier than 1935. Walter Hagen didn't use them (and Henry Cotton didn't either):
My research indicates that Bobby Jones won the Grand Slam without headcovers, that most golfers carried their woods naked until the late thirties or early forties, and that the headcovers of yesteryear started out looking like children's socks, then evolved into sweaters for weasels. No headcovers here:
My first metal woods -- a TaylorMade set, which I bought in 1991 -- came without headcovers. Their successors -- a trio of Big Berthas, purchased less than a year later -- came with huge ones, although they'd probably seem almost dinky today:
Those two transactions bracketed the beginning of the modern headcover era. Today, it's impossible to buy a wood or even a hybrid without also receiving a complicated sheath that appears to have been manufactured in the same Chinese factory that makes shoes for NBA players and props for George Lucas movies. Someone I played golf with once told me that getting rid of headcovers would speed up the game by twenty minutes a round, and I believe it. Putting a modern headcover back onto a modern driver can be as exasperating and time-consuming as putting a snowsuit onto a child.
Using headcovers on irons is still for beginners only, like using a clicker to count shots or carrying tees in a bandolier. And thank goodness for that. But who knows? A lot of people didn't think that soft spikes would catch on, either.
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Q: Is there something like flushing regex match special variable? I have the following sample code
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $b = "Size: 200 GB";
if ($b =~ /Size: (\d+) GB/) {
    my $match1 = $1;
    print "Match1 : $match1\n";
}

my $match2;
my $c = "Size:  GB";
$c =~ /Size: (\d+) GB/;
$match2 = $1;
print "Match2 : $match2\n";

If I run this code as-is, $match2 gets the value 200 because $1 is assigned 200 from the previous block. If $c = "Size: 400 GB", then $match2 becomes 400 because $1 values gets populated from  here: $c =~ /Size: (\d+) GB/;
I can solve this problem by putting an if statement like
    if ($c =~ /Size: (\d+) GB/) {
    $match2 = $1;
    }
But is there a better way to flush $1's value every time ?

A: You'll have to use the if() version. Since your $c regex doesn't the match anything, there's no capturing done, so the previous captures are left in place. This non-reset is by design, as per http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html#Capture-groups  :

NOTE: Failed matches in Perl do not reset the match variables, which makes it
      easier to write code that tests for a series of more specific cases and remembers
      the best match.

A: Use a "match in list context" to get the captures (if any):
my($match2) = $c =~ /Size: (\d+) GB/;

If the match fails, $match2 will get the undef value (ie. it will be "reset");

A: Check the match:
my $match2;
my $c = "Size:  GB";
if( $c =~ /Size: (\d+) GB/ ) {
   $match2 = $1;
   print "Match2 : $match2\n";
}

Otherwise, you don't know if the string really match the regular expression.

A: You can use and to only set the variable if there's a match:
my $match2;
$c =~ /Size: (\d+) GB/ and $match2 = $1;

If there's no match, $match2 will be undefined.


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What I Learned from Janie
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Before I speak about anything else in this new year, what I need to and what I want to talk about most, as you can imagine, is Janie. More than anything or anyone else, Janie fills my head and my heart.
The Sunday afternoon that Janie died suddenly and unexpectedly… all kinds of thoughts swirled in my head. I can't do the High Holy Days this year, I thought. How can I stand up and talk about the issues that usually concern me deeply. They have no meaning for me now. The saddest thought of all was "I am all alone now. Without Janie, I am all alone"
Two days later, hundreds attended Janie's funeral service. I did not feel alone. During the week of Shivah my home was filled with you, congregants, friends, colleagues. I didn't feel alone. Periodically, our little grandson Parker would walk in the room, knock something over and seeing his beautiful face and boundless energy, I couldn't feel alone. In reading every card that was sent, in receiving each name of the hundreds who donated to Janie's Memorial Fund, trees planted in Janie's memory, I felt lovingly embraced….. not alone.
After the week of Shivah, we continued with evening Minyans in the synagogue. The first night, I drove into the parking lot and wondered what else was going on that summer night. I walked into the chapel a few minutes before the Minyan would begin as I normally do throughout the year and the chapel was already full as it is normally not throughout the year. I was not alone. Comfort came in many ways and each way touched my heart.
To be honest, all of that comfort added together could not come close to equaling another day with Janie. We loved being alone together. But it was and remains a true comfort.
I learned from an insightful rabbi some years ago "love is wanting to give more than you every hope to receive in return." I tell this to just about every couple who sits in my study before their wedding. Our usual concept of love is 'what he does for me', 'how she makes me feel.' A greater love is what I do for her, how I make him feel, what I give is the truest expression of love. Of course no one wants to be in a relationship of unrequited love. It's got to be a two way street but the truest love is still wanting to give more than you ever hope to receive in return."
That was Janie. Janie gave me so much over all the years including these past years until the very end. So very much! Her very being made my life so much richer and brighter.
Janie gave so much to us. She made an indelible impact on our community in many ways.
As we were falling in love, we would talk for hours and hours each night. One discussion we never had was whether I would move to New York were we to get married. Janie had spent her entire life in the same zip code growing up and living as an adult on the upper East side of Manhattan and four years at Barnard College just above the Upper West Side. Her whole life and the girls' lives were in New York. As Janie came to spend time here, in Pennsylvania as she called it, Janie saw how much I love this community and synagogue and she came to love both as well.
This was a foreign world for the three girls. The first time they visited, they ranged from first to ninth grade. I told this story some twenty two years ago. Janie and the girls came to Bucks County during Passover. One day we went for a long walk and at one point, Samara, the youngest was tired and said "Can we call a cab?" We weren't that far from Tanners at that point. I said we can call a cow but we can't call a cab. That describes the culture shock from Manhattan to Richboro.
Janie quickly came to love our community too. Loving always meant giving for Janie and so she gave. She gave to the community as a whole and she gave quietly to so many individuals in our congregation.
It happened often that Janie and I would visit a Shivah house together. When we were leaving, the mourner would say goodbye and thank me politely and give Janie a great hug and thank her for all she had given them in that relatively brief period of time. I never said out loud "What am I chopped liver?" On the way to the car, I would say to Janie "I know that person for fifteen years and in fifteen minutes you developed a bond and gave such comfort that amazes me." It was part of Janie's magic.
In 1997 we began a project to write a new Torah. It was one of the most spiritual experiences we have ever had. We engaged a scribe in Israel by the name of Goldstein, who we visited during our first trip to Israel together. Hundreds of our members stood next to the scribe as he wrote a letter of their name in the Torah. We had a parade down Second Street Pike when we dedicated the Torah with hundreds of us led by a band, under a Huppah and joined by Christian clergy in the community. We raised a sizable endowment for Adult Education and we've been benefiting from that fund for the past 20 years. This was all Janie's idea.
For the past twenty years, our Sisterhood has been doing an incredible Shaloch Manos for Purim that touches every member of our synagogue. That was Janie's idea.
The heart of our annual Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial service is a candle light procession of those who lost relatives in the Shoah as Janie did or have relatives who survived that darkest time in human history as Janie did being a daughter of a survivor of Auschwitz. Janie brought that procession here from New York City.
Janie together with Roberta Gordon founded a women's Torah study group with such a firm foundation, it continues to function and flourish to the present time.
These past years, Janie was deprived of so much. You were all deprived of what else Janie could have given to our community over the past decade.
I said to Jordana during the week of Shivah that I needed to speak about Mom during the holidays. I don't think I can talk about anything else before Janie but I don't want it to be overly maudlin.
Jordana recommended that I might talk about the things I learned from Janie. I think Jordana recommended that for me knowing how much she and her sisters learned from their mommy.
I learned about trust from Janie in many ways. Some years ago, I gave a High Holy Day sermon based on the book and movie Seabisquit, that unexpected champion horse. I mentioned to Janie that I could use a Jewish joke about a horse though Jews and horses don't necessarily go together. Janie went upstairs and within minutes came back down with a joke she had printed out. I read it and reluctantly said "Janie, this isn't funny at all." We went back and forth and finally, Janie said, "it'll be funny, if you tell it right." It came the day of the sermon and how much I wanted to be proven wrong. I began the sermon with this joke. Janie was sitting to my right as always. I delivered the punch line and the laughter was tremendous. I looked over at Janie somewhat sheepishly as the laughter continued and grew louder. The laughter was loud but I heard a quiet voice inside simply saying "it's about trust."
I learned how to play a hand in cards from Janie. Janie would refer to herself as a survivor's daughter. This had great meaning for her. If her father Oscar Trencher could survive two years in the camps, she could deal with whatever life would throw at her. She not only talked the talk, she walked the walk. There is a well worn platitude: "we can't controll the cards we are dealt but we can control how we play them". This was no platitude for Janie. This phrase was her guiding light. Janie played one of the worst hands possible as well as anyone possibly could.
I learned from Janie about living as fully as possible in spite of it all. There is an expression in Hebrew למרות הכל in spite of it all. I have always been amazed by those who have led rich and loving lives in spite of it all. In spite of surviving the Holocaust, in spite of abuse as a child, in spite of terrible losses in life. Janie lived in spite of all the limitations this disease imposed on her. Janie worked hard going to physical therapy two times a week and doing yoga at home with her yoga instructor each week. למרות הכל in spite of it all, Janie never gave up.
Janie could no longer cook but she loved watching the cooking channel. Janie could hardly move but Dancing with the Stars was one of her favorite shows. Janie took delight in watching others excel in things she could no longer do. She didn't resent others because of her limitations. She lived with an amazing sense of equanimity in spite of it all.
Many of you have spoken to me about Janie's courage and how you have been inspired by her. I hope you might continue to think of Janie and continue to find inspiration from how she went on למרות הכל in spite of it all.
I learned about a deeper faith in G-d from Janie. Janie also had a profound belief in the world to come, a spiritual afterlife. I explored this topic repeatedly on my own in rabbinical school and taught classes on it over the years. Janie believed this with all of her heart and soul. I was privileged to share life with Janie these past two decades.
High Holy Day sermons usually develop over the course of some weeks even months. This is not really a sermon. It is more reflections of a love story that developed over the course of twenty three years since we met in the summer of 1996.
I want to conclude with a word of thanks to you who met Janie twenty three years ago. For twenty years before that, I was an unmarried rabbi as unusual as that is. Many of my waking hours were devoted to the synagogue. And then Janie came into my life. It could have been far different, but from her first visit, Janie felt embraced by everyone she met. There was no exception. Though Janie spent much of her professional life with Jewish communities, I don't think she ever came upon a community like ours. There are very few like ours.
In spite of all of Janie's limitations and in spite of however difficult moving was, whenever there was something special in the synagogue, Janie wanted to be here. Patti knew how much it meant to Janie, Patti fashioned her own schedule around Janie being able to be here whatever day or time that was. You gave Janie so very much. I am forever grateful.
To be honest, I don't know how to end this. Maybe because there is no ending. What I learned from Janie, how much I loved Janie has no ending. For me that story continues, even without Janie physically present, that story continues.
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The Forgotten Troubles 1920-1922: The McMahon Murders…..
Patrick Concannon on July 21, 2020, 7:00 am | Readers 10376
When one thinks about the Troubles in Northern Ireland one invariably recalls the horrors of 1969-1998 and the violence, often savage that embroiled our society. However, this was not the first vicious conflict that Northern Ireland had seen.
For my new series of articles, I thought I would look at a time period which has been mostly forgotten in Northern Ireland and largely written out of the War of Independence and Civil War period of 1919-1922. Northern Ireland was borne out of the Government of Ireland Act which was steadily making its way through the House of Commons in 1920. (1)
It was also however borne out of ferocious violence which centred particularly in Belfast but also embroiled the border regions right up until the outbreak of the Civil War in southern Ireland.
For my first article, I will discuss one of the most notorious events of the whole period, the murder of the McMahon family at their home in Kincaid Terrace, North Belfast. It was a murder that would shock even the most hardened of observers.
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London, on 6th December 1921 by the five plenipotentiaries negotiating on behalf of the Republican movement. They were Arthur Griffith who headed the negotiating team, Michael Collins, Eamon Duggan, Robert Barton and George Gavan Duffy. (2)
For Northern Nationalists it effectively cemented the partition which had been enacted by the Government of Ireland Act.
Despite this peace agreement, the violence witnessed in the first six months of 1922 in Northern Ireland was some of the most vicious seen throughout the whole period. Security powers had been transferred to the Stormont regime at the end of 1921.
The Ulster Special Constabulary was promptly recalled to act as the front line against any possible Free State incursion or Republican violence within Northern Ireland itself.
The next few months saw a huge rise in both death toll and injury with in-discriminate bombings and shootings. One set of incidents however soured North/South relationships considerably.
The Clones Affray
On 11th February 1922 a group of Ulster Special Constables (Northern Ireland's armed auxiliary police force) were making the journey from Belfast to Enniskillen as part of a group which was to reinforce the border patrols in the area.
Bridges had been blown up, and minor roads trenched or mined after the IRA had conducted a cross border raid kidnapping forty Loyalists. This was itself in retaliation for the Northern authorities' arrest of five IRA men in Derry, ostensibly travelling as part of a GAA team taking part in the Ulster final, but in reality, involved in a reconnaissance mission on Derry Gaol where three other IRA men faced the death penalty.
The route chosen by the A-Special's was one which in hindsight was clumsy at best. They arrived at Clones, in southern territory, and had to wait on another train to get them to their destination. Six of the Specials disembarked and remained on the platform whilst the others headed for the buffet.
In the meantime, the local IRA had been alerted and Matt Fitzpatrick, their commandant, made his way with others to the train station. There, they called on the Specials who to surrender but the latter opened fire in response and Fitzpatrick was shot dead. The other IRA men opened fire with Thompson submachine guns on the Specials crowded on the platform and in the carriages.
In the brief firefight which ensued, twelve Specials were shot, four killed and eight others injured along with several civilians.
The incident almost set off a huge confrontation between North and South, which was eventually calmed only when the British Government sent three British Army battalions to the border to assuage the concerns of Northern Ireland premier Sir James Craig and the IRA prisoners were set free, followed by the 26 captured Loyalists. (3)
The McMahons
It was against this backdrop of continuing and escalating violence that the attack on the McMahons occurred.
Some people may be aware of the McMahon murders. For others, this may be their first encounter with the massacre. Others still may know the names but not the circumstances and aftermath of their death.
The murder of the family and their lodger was committed on 24th March 1922. The dead consisted of Owen McMahon and his sons Thomas, Frank, Bernard and Patrick. Their lodger Edward McKinney was also murdered.
Owen McMahon came from a Co. Down farming background and had moved to Belfast where he had done very well out of engaging in business interests such as licensed premises which usually entailed running pubs. He was a Director of Glentoran football club, had been President of the Ivy Cycling Club and was quite well known in sporting circles in Belfast in particular.
Owen McMahon was one of Belfast's most prosperous businessmen. He and his family were largely seen as inoffensive and Nationalistic rather than Republican with Owen himself a personal friend of the less well known now but Nationalist titan of the time, Joe Devlin. (4)
Violent Attacks
On 23rd March 1922, USC officers Thomas Cunningham aged 22 and William Cairnside aged 21 were patrolling along Great Victoria Street when they were approached by IRA gunmen on foot who shot them both dead at close range. (5)
This event would provoke a ferocious response which would be carried out in a cool, calm and exceptionally cold manner. Initially, two innocent Catholics were shot dead in the Short Strand. (6) However, much worse was to come for the Nationalist community.
At 1am on the morning of 24th March a worksite at Carlisle Circus was approached by two men in Police uniform. A City council volunteer was guarding it, and he was persuaded by these Policemen to hand over his sledgehammer.
These two men met up with three others at the grounds of a large local residence known as Bruce's Demesne and proceeded towards the large Victorian home where the McMahon family were resident. (7)
The Murder Gang Strikes
The assailants hammered at the front door, then smashed the glass panel enabling them to open the locks and break through a secondary door which led to the hallway. Owen and his wife Eliza were awakened by this commotion and attempted to run downstairs when both were confronted by a man in Police uniform.
The male members of the McMahon family and their lodger were taken into the downstairs living room whilst the females who included Owens wife Eliza, daughter Lily and niece Mary were ushered into the first-floor drawing-room.
The male members of the family were told abruptly by the gang to say their prayers before firing was commenced. Frank McMahon aged 24; Patrick McMahon aged 25 and Thomas McMahon aged just 15 were killed almost instantaneously. Edward McKinney their Lodger aged 25 was also killed.
Owen McMahon would die in hospital a few hours later. His son Bernard would die on 2nd April meaning only John aged 30 and Michael aged 12 survived. Michael in fact had a lucky escape hiding under the dining table and then the sofa before being found by neighbours in a 'most frightful state". (8)
The female members of the family tried to raise the alarm by screaming murder but by the time help arrived the massacre was over. Indeed an RIC patrol was close by and quickly on the scene. The scene they encountered was indescribable. The gang responsible had made a quick getaway into the darkness from whence they came.
Funeral and Controversy
The next day the bodies of the McMahon's murdered were brought to St. Patrick's Church where hundreds would pay their respects to a family murdered in a wholly brutal and sectarian fashion. Thousands attended the funerals; estimates would be as high as 10,000. (9)
Edward McKinney was buried in Donegal. Michael Collins and the Provisional Government in the Free State demanded an enquiry which Sir James Craig would refuse.
It was clear to the Nationalist community however that members of the security forces had been involved in the attack. Indeed John McMahon would state: "four of the five men were dressed in the uniform of the RIC, but from their appearance I know they are Specials, not regular RIC, one was in plain clothes". (10)
This gang was indeed part of a mixed force of RIC and B-Specials operating out of Brown Square Barracks in the Shankill Road. The alleged leaders of this gang, one of the so-called Cromwell Clubs were District Inspector John Nixon from County Cavan and his superior County Inspector Richard Harrison from Kilkenny. This was established during a Free State investigation into the McMahon killings and many other sectarian murders in Belfast.
The Free State had received affidavits from 12 RIC members who informed them of the murder gang, its leaders and members. Indeed it was also established that there were allegedly three Cromwell Clubs set up in Belfast by the Unionist Party with the purpose of carrying out reprisals after IRA murders of Policemen and Specials.
In all there were twelve members of the Harrison/Nixon so-called murder gang and many other innocent Catholics would fall foul to the Cromwell Clubs. (11)
The McMahon murders would see the British attempt to bring Nationalist leaders of the South and Unionist leaders of the North together to reach some kind of agreement to prevent the rampant sectarian violence engulfing Belfast in particular although not exclusively. This would end six days after the McMahon murders in the Collins/Craig Pact. (12)
It was a genuine attempt to find a solution, although in the end, ineffective. Violence continued right up until the summer. Over 200 people would lose their lives in Belfast alone during the first six months of 1922, and over 1000 were injured. The IRA would attempt a province-wide offensive in May 1922, and the Belfast Brigade was at the heart of this violence.
This offensive fell apart amongst confusion and recrimination and will be the subject of a future article in the series. By June 1922 and the breakout of civil war in the Free State, the Northern IRA was dejected, and many of its members moved south.
DI Nixon and Later Years
DI Nixon would go on to receive an MBE in 1923 for 'valuable service rendered by him during the troubled period', despite being overlooked for promotion towards the end of 1922.
There was also an attempt to ask Nixon to resign his post in the RUC after the Troubles had quietened. This failed after Nixon and others refused and instead he was offered a position in the Canadian Police. This also failed.
Nixon remained in the RUC and received his MBE in the New Year honours list. He was however dismissed in 1924 after making a Political speech at a local Orange AGM in Clifton Street Orange Hall.
Numerous threats were made against Unionist Politicians for this act and the Orange Order and numerous Loyalist community groups voiced their opposition as did a number of Unionist MP's. (13)
Nixon was elected as Councillor for the Court Ward in Belfast before going on to have a successful career as an Independent Unionist Politician MP and was elected for Belfast Woodvale in 1929.
He would hold that seat until his death aged 71 in 1949 still denying the allegations about his activities during the Troubles. County Inspector Richard Harrison was promoted to Belfast City Commissioner after the formation of the RUC and lived until the age of 99 dying in 1982. He lived to witness another generation engulfed in violence.
The latter-day murders of members of the Reavey and O'Dowd families are well known in Northern Ireland (14) but the murder of a prosperous Catholic family 54 years before has mostly been forgotten by the public at large.
The McMahon Murders were every bit as chilling, every bit as brutal and every bit as extreme as anything that happened in the more recent troubles.
As Owen McMahon and his sons and lodger retired to bed that spring evening in March 1922, not one could have envisaged the appalling fate that would await them a few hours later in what became one of the most notorious events of the whole period.
They would be chosen their executioners told Owen McMahon for one simple reason, "they were papists, and he was a respected papist, a papist prominent as such and looked upon as a leader of papists in the city". (15)
That was enough to condemn the McMahon family, murdered in one of the coldest and most brutal attacks of the time.
To see the content of the Government of Ireland Act click here: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/goi231220.htm
For more on the Treaty see here, https://www.theirishstory.com/2011/12/06/today-in-irish-history-6-december-1921-the-anglo-irish-treaty-is-signed/#.XxMOzyhKjIU
Lynch: The Northern IRA and the Early Years of Partition
Belfast Telegraph 26th March 1922
http://policerollofhonour.org.uk/forces/n_ireland/usc/usc_roll.htm
Parkinson, Belfast's Unholy War p229
Irish News March 25th 1922
See Belfast History Project on the McMahon Murders http://www.belfasthistoryproject.com/mcmahon-family-murders/
See Belfast History Project on the McMahon Murders
12)For the Craig/Collins pact see here. http://sarasmichaelcollinssite.com/mcccagreement.htm
13) Parkinson, Belfast's Unholy War p238
14) The Reavy and O'Dowd murders were committed on 4th January 1976 by the so called 'Glennane Gang' which consisted of Loyalist Paramilitaries, RUC Officers and UDR soldiers. For more information on their deaths see Lost Lives p609-611
15) Wilson, Irish Historical Studies, Vol 37, No.145 May 2010, p96
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Home Cinema Joy Can Be Yours - Just Seek Out Some Cheap Thrills (Part 1) : Pioneer VSX-922
You'll be amazed at the genuinely cinema-like quality you can get from an entry-level AV receiver. Try one of these three and you won't go far wrong…
An AV receiver is one of the most important parts of a home cinema setup, working as the messenger between the speakers and their audio source. It directs the speakers to do the right things at the right time, puts the much-needed oomph into your system when required, and picks out the finer details that are lost when a soundtrack is played through a TV's built-in speakers.
But not many of us have laces to spend on a home cinema setup. Luckily the affordable end of the market is getting ever more competitive, with pricier options sharing more and more of their features with far cheaper models.
It's this constant pushing of the bar that makes the sub-$889 sector so interesting, not to mention constantly changing. On test we have the Sony DTR-DH820, a 2011 Award winner for Best Budget Home Cinema Amplifier, the Yamaha RX-V373 – the product that knocked the Sony from its Award perch last year and the Pioneer VSX-922, a mid-range amp that can be had at a bargain.
Pioneer VSX-922
When we first reviewed the VSX-922 last year, it scored a respectable four stars. That dropped to three towards the end of the year as competition stiffened. But now it's available at bargain prices in the market, and it's become a mid-level amp in an entry-level market. We need to take another look.
For, of course, the 922 is packed with features not usually seen in amps made for this price point. A seven-channel amp with a claimed 105W of power per channel, it also offers dual subwoofer outputs, giving you extra flexibility for your setup.
Network connectivity is possible via wired Ethernet connection or Pioneer's optional USB Wi-Fi dongle. Then you're able to take advantage of internet radio capability, AirPlay compatibility for Apple devices, or DLNA for streaming from any DLNA-supported gadget in your home. It will even stream high-res 24 bit/192kHz files should you have any stored on your computer or NAS drive.
This Pioneer has seen its price slashed in half and it's a serious contender as a result
As for inputs, you get a generous six HDMI ports and two USB ports one for the Wi-Fi dongle, a second for connecting an external iDevice or USB key.
Speaker setup is easy enough with the included microphone. The auto calibration procedure is easily the most thorough on test, lasting around 10 minutes and making for a very accurate setup. There's also a free-to-download app that can help you – among other things make sound field adjustments, switch between connected sources, control bass and treble levels and adjust video parameters. It's a clear and easy-to-use app and, should you wish, can largely make the included remote redundant.
Excellent power for the price
At the price, we wanted a more powerful sound from the VSX-922, but in this test it sounds much bigger than its competition. In the sand storm scene of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, the sound of the sand whips up all around you with an impressive level of detail, putting you right in the middle of the storm. Sound spreads naturally throughout the room, jumping between the speakers with a striking level of accuracy, and delivering an experience that sounds all the more realistic because of it.
The Kremlin explosion scene is also a great way of showing off what this amp can do. There's real force and precision behind every one of the blasts, and even when things get busy and rubble showers down around you, the VSX-922 remains focused and composed.
Music is also delivered with great timing and precision, be it a movie soundtrack or CD. The treble is crisp, dialogue is clear and well defined, and there's real oomph in the lower frequencies
Music is also delivered with great timing and precision, be it a movie soundtrack or CD. The treble is crisp, dialogue is clear and well defined, and there's real oomph in the lower frequencies. It's not the last word in excitement – the Yamaha probably pips it when it comes to conveying more subtle dynamics but its performance in most other areas goes a long way to make up for this.
It's hard not to keep referring to this Pioneer's price drop. At its original price point it was being far outclassed by its competitors; but when considered in this lot, this is a seriously impressive package with so much to like.
Auto calibration
MCACC (Multichannel Acoustic Calibration System) is Pioneer's auto-set-up software. It's been developed with the help of Air Studios in London. The system not only sets speaker sizes, distance and level, but can also equalize the output from each channel. The process takes several minutes but is pretty accurate.
For: Feature-packed; network functionality; detailed, powerful, accurately placed sound
Against: It doesn't have the very last word in dynamics or subtlety
Verdict: A highly specified all-round performer that excels at this level
Pioneer VSX-922 specs
· Channels/power: 7/105W
· HDMI in/out: 6/1
· Component in/out: 1/1
· Optical digital in: 1
· Ethernet/Wi-Fi: Yes/optional
· Tuner/presets: FM/ MW/internet/63
· Video Up conversion: Yes
· Auto set-up: Yes
· 3D/4K capable: Yes/No
· Weight: 9.8kg
· Dimensions (H x W x D): 17 x 44 x 36cm
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