ISIS claims to kill over 130 and injure 300+. Is this just status quo or more of the same old from this fanatical group? How is the west suppose to work with within the constraints of a group who doesn't care if they kill there own or foreigners?
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#22
General discussion / BorderLives
June 04, 2014, 04:32:00 AM
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-27680017
http://borderlives.eu/project
Border Lives short films look at everyday life during the TroublesBorder road near Belleek Disruption was a feature of everyday life on border roads like this one near Belleek.
Life on a border line
Six short films looking at everyday life along the border during the Troubles and beyond are being screened in the areas where they were shot.
While the phrase 'bandit country' became shorthand for many who saw the area as little more than a hotbed of violence and general lawlessness under the shadow of heavily armed checkpoints, people living there still had to go about their daily routine.
Border Lives aims to tell the stories behind the headlines, featuring interviews with 90 people who testify how the conflict led to fear and isolation as well as humour and community spirit.
The project's director, Conor McGale said the films were "essential viewing for people who want to understand the reality of life in the border area during the Troubles and beyond".
"Here we saw ordinary lives played out before an extraordinary background," he said.
A helicopter lands in the Army base beside Crossmaglen Rangers' GAA pitch A helicopter lands in the Army base beside Crossmaglen Rangers' GAA pitch
"There is a strong and varied series of contributions, ranging from the honest and heartfelt testimonies of people from the Protestant communities and Orange Order background who spoke of their sense of isolation and fear, to the experience of people near Clones in County Monaghan, whose economic disadvantage caused by the closed roads in their area made a deep impression on their lives."
"
Start Quote
People lived their lives quietly while one of the most deeply entrenched conflicts in western European history unfolded around them"
End Quote
Conor McGale
Border Lives project director
Screenings are taking place at a series of venues along both sides of the border in June, beginning on Tuesday in Newry, County Down.
The films will later feature on a website created for the project.
"We met some great characters and heard some deeply moving stories," said Mr McGale.
One of the films is about the Protestant experience in south Armagh, and people there who belonged to the Orange Order.
Among the 14 people from Markethill, Newtownhamilton and Keady who were interviewed are a retired RUC officer and a man whose father was killed by the IRA.
Another film switches focus towards Forkhill, Crossmaglen and Camlough - areas seen as republican strongholds - and hears people's differing perspectives of what it was like during the Troubles and how things have changed.
A former IRA member talks about what it was like growing up in the area, a former police officer who served in nearby Bessbrook talks about working there and other interviewees talk about how social life, sport and music brought people together.
Man pushes buggy across farmland The films encompass many aspects of border life from the Troubles to the present day
The third film crosses the border into the Republic of Ireland, with people in Clones talking about how disruption affected them financially and why some Protestant families migrated from County Monaghan to Northern Ireland.
A group of former republican prisoners and families talk about being subjected to harassment and intimidation while some Protestants speak of their feeling of being left behind as a result of partition.
Carlton Hotel in Belleek Carlton Hotel in Belleek was badly damaged in a bomb attack
Another film touches upon the economic impact of the border, with interviewees talking about smuggling, customs and road closures.
Among the 19 interviewees in Belleek and Garrison in County Fermanagh, Ballyshannon in County Donegal, and Rossinver, County Leitrim, is a woman who talks about watching a soldier dying outside her house.
The films were produced by Tyrone Donegal Partnership and funded by the Special EU Programmes Body's Peace III programme.
Mr McGale said: "This project captures life away from the headlines and the TV news bulletins, where people lived their lives quietly while one of the most deeply entrenched conflicts in western European history unfolded around them."
http://borderlives.eu/project
Border Lives short films look at everyday life during the TroublesBorder road near Belleek Disruption was a feature of everyday life on border roads like this one near Belleek.
Life on a border line
Six short films looking at everyday life along the border during the Troubles and beyond are being screened in the areas where they were shot.
While the phrase 'bandit country' became shorthand for many who saw the area as little more than a hotbed of violence and general lawlessness under the shadow of heavily armed checkpoints, people living there still had to go about their daily routine.
Border Lives aims to tell the stories behind the headlines, featuring interviews with 90 people who testify how the conflict led to fear and isolation as well as humour and community spirit.
The project's director, Conor McGale said the films were "essential viewing for people who want to understand the reality of life in the border area during the Troubles and beyond".
"Here we saw ordinary lives played out before an extraordinary background," he said.
A helicopter lands in the Army base beside Crossmaglen Rangers' GAA pitch A helicopter lands in the Army base beside Crossmaglen Rangers' GAA pitch
"There is a strong and varied series of contributions, ranging from the honest and heartfelt testimonies of people from the Protestant communities and Orange Order background who spoke of their sense of isolation and fear, to the experience of people near Clones in County Monaghan, whose economic disadvantage caused by the closed roads in their area made a deep impression on their lives."
"
Start Quote
People lived their lives quietly while one of the most deeply entrenched conflicts in western European history unfolded around them"
End Quote
Conor McGale
Border Lives project director
Screenings are taking place at a series of venues along both sides of the border in June, beginning on Tuesday in Newry, County Down.
The films will later feature on a website created for the project.
"We met some great characters and heard some deeply moving stories," said Mr McGale.
One of the films is about the Protestant experience in south Armagh, and people there who belonged to the Orange Order.
Among the 14 people from Markethill, Newtownhamilton and Keady who were interviewed are a retired RUC officer and a man whose father was killed by the IRA.
Another film switches focus towards Forkhill, Crossmaglen and Camlough - areas seen as republican strongholds - and hears people's differing perspectives of what it was like during the Troubles and how things have changed.
A former IRA member talks about what it was like growing up in the area, a former police officer who served in nearby Bessbrook talks about working there and other interviewees talk about how social life, sport and music brought people together.
Man pushes buggy across farmland The films encompass many aspects of border life from the Troubles to the present day
The third film crosses the border into the Republic of Ireland, with people in Clones talking about how disruption affected them financially and why some Protestant families migrated from County Monaghan to Northern Ireland.
A group of former republican prisoners and families talk about being subjected to harassment and intimidation while some Protestants speak of their feeling of being left behind as a result of partition.
Carlton Hotel in Belleek Carlton Hotel in Belleek was badly damaged in a bomb attack
Another film touches upon the economic impact of the border, with interviewees talking about smuggling, customs and road closures.
Among the 19 interviewees in Belleek and Garrison in County Fermanagh, Ballyshannon in County Donegal, and Rossinver, County Leitrim, is a woman who talks about watching a soldier dying outside her house.
The films were produced by Tyrone Donegal Partnership and funded by the Special EU Programmes Body's Peace III programme.
Mr McGale said: "This project captures life away from the headlines and the TV news bulletins, where people lived their lives quietly while one of the most deeply entrenched conflicts in western European history unfolded around them."
#23
General discussion / France and UK will Run Out of Fossil Fuel in the next 5 Years
May 17, 2014, 03:00:28 AM
Sobering thoughts
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/16/5723880/france-uk-run-out-of-fossil-fuels-next-five-years
The UK will run out of its own gas, coal, and oil within the next five years, according to a report released by the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University. And France, which continues to rely heavily on nuclear energy, could run out of its remaining fossils fuels within the next year, reports the BBC. This means that the two countries could soon become completely reliant on global fossil fuel suppliers such as Russia, Norway, and Qatar.
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the UK has 4.5 years of coal left
The report, which outlines worldwide fossil fuel vulnerabilities, paints a varying picture of Europe's natural resources. Given the UK's current rate of fossil fuel consumption and its current known reserves, the country is said to have 5.2 years of oil, 4.5 years of coal, and three years of gas left. In contrast, Germany — a country that's willing to bulldoze a village to get at its coal reserves — has 250 years of coal left. And Russia, the report says, has more than 500 years of coal at its disposal.
"Much of the discussion about 'Peak Oil' overlooks the fact that oil is unevenly distributed globally," the researchers write in the report. They note that Kuwait has more than 700 years of oil left, but countries like Japan have very little, which means they are highly vulnerable to market fluctuations. Overall, however, "the clearest conclusion to be drawn is the vulnerability of Europe," the researchers write, because current oil reserves and consumption rates indicate that the region has the lowest number of years left.
"oil is unevenly distributed globally"
The report wasn't well received by some energy specialists. Jim Skea, a sustainable energy expert at Imperial College London, told the BBC that some of the findings "seemed unlikely." And even if the numbers are accurate, they are largely "irrelevant," he said, given the UK's current stable supply of imported energy.
But Aled Jones, director of the Global Sustainability Institute, told the BBC that "the EU is becoming ever more reliant on our resource-rich neighbours," and that this dependency will only become more prevalent "unless decisive action is taken." A greater push toward the development of wind and solar energy would go a long way, Jones suggests. Unfortunately, the UK really doesn't seem poised for such a move; just last month, the government announced cuts in solar farm subsidies.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/16/5723880/france-uk-run-out-of-fossil-fuels-next-five-years
The UK will run out of its own gas, coal, and oil within the next five years, according to a report released by the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University. And France, which continues to rely heavily on nuclear energy, could run out of its remaining fossils fuels within the next year, reports the BBC. This means that the two countries could soon become completely reliant on global fossil fuel suppliers such as Russia, Norway, and Qatar.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
the UK has 4.5 years of coal left
The report, which outlines worldwide fossil fuel vulnerabilities, paints a varying picture of Europe's natural resources. Given the UK's current rate of fossil fuel consumption and its current known reserves, the country is said to have 5.2 years of oil, 4.5 years of coal, and three years of gas left. In contrast, Germany — a country that's willing to bulldoze a village to get at its coal reserves — has 250 years of coal left. And Russia, the report says, has more than 500 years of coal at its disposal.
"Much of the discussion about 'Peak Oil' overlooks the fact that oil is unevenly distributed globally," the researchers write in the report. They note that Kuwait has more than 700 years of oil left, but countries like Japan have very little, which means they are highly vulnerable to market fluctuations. Overall, however, "the clearest conclusion to be drawn is the vulnerability of Europe," the researchers write, because current oil reserves and consumption rates indicate that the region has the lowest number of years left.
"oil is unevenly distributed globally"
The report wasn't well received by some energy specialists. Jim Skea, a sustainable energy expert at Imperial College London, told the BBC that some of the findings "seemed unlikely." And even if the numbers are accurate, they are largely "irrelevant," he said, given the UK's current stable supply of imported energy.
But Aled Jones, director of the Global Sustainability Institute, told the BBC that "the EU is becoming ever more reliant on our resource-rich neighbours," and that this dependency will only become more prevalent "unless decisive action is taken." A greater push toward the development of wind and solar energy would go a long way, Jones suggests. Unfortunately, the UK really doesn't seem poised for such a move; just last month, the government announced cuts in solar farm subsidies.
#24
General discussion / New Saints
April 27, 2014, 09:17:40 AM
Anyone following the new Saints being inducted? Seems the Catholic Church is pushing the Theology Virtue a little quicker to push a PR agenda throughout the world quicker than normal.
#25
General discussion / A Leprechaun In Alabama USA
March 18, 2014, 03:48:08 AM #26
General discussion / The new Match Game
December 05, 2013, 03:24:32 PM
Match the arrestee to their crime/occupation
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/time-waster/match-arrestee-their-reported-occupation-20
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/time-waster/match-arrestee-their-reported-occupation-20
#27
General discussion / Now this is what Youtube was made for
November 27, 2013, 02:15:28 AM
There are 18 segments, each one better than the one before!!!
Funny Scary Snowman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edavGZ4UoIU&list=SPP9pz8ZegwgDOaESdr1omgbfr69Dx2Vrj
Funny Scary Snowman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edavGZ4UoIU&list=SPP9pz8ZegwgDOaESdr1omgbfr69Dx2Vrj
#28
General discussion / US Open 2013
June 10, 2013, 07:10:39 PM
Here are the latest odds
It's U.S. Open week, and odds continue to change for who is expected to win this second major championship of 2013.
The last time we looked he was a 7/2 favorite and then moved to a 9/2 favorite after his play at Memorial, and it looks like the final numbers will have Woods at 4/1.
Some odds we like? Phil Mickelson at 20/1 doesn't seem like a bad value after his play at the St. Jude, and I don't hate Dustin Johnson at 40/1 considering he got a good warm-up last week as well.
What value do you see here? Odds are after the jump.
ODDS TO WIN:
TIGER WOODS 4/1
RORY McILROY 20/1
PHIL MICKELSON 20/1
ADAM SCOTT 20/1
MATT KUCHAR 20/1
LEE WESTWOOD 25/1
GRAEME McDOWELL 25/1
JUSTIN ROSE 25/1
BRANDT SNEDEKER 30/1
LUKE DONALD 30/1
CHARL SCHWARTZEL 30/1
DUSTIN JOHNSON 40/1
SERGIO GARCIA 40/1
JASON DAY 40/1
KEEGAN BRADLEY 40/1
STEVE STRICKER 40/1
JASON DUFNER 40/1
JIM FURYK 40/1
WEBB SIMPSON 40/1
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN 50/1
HUNTER MAHAN 50/1
BUBBA WATSON 60/1
RICKIE FOWLER 60/1
NICK WATNEY 80/1
IAN POULTER 80/1
THORBJORN OLESEN 100/1
BILL HAAS 80/1
BO VAN PELT 80/1
MARTIN KAYMER 80/1
PETER HANSON 80/1
HENRIK STENSON 60/1
PADRAIG HARRINGTON 60/1
ANGEL CABRERA 60/1
TIM CLARK 80/1
ERNIE ELS 80/1
FREDDIE JACOBSON 125/1
GEOFF OGILVY 150/1
NICOLAS COLSAERTS 125/1
K.J. CHOI 125/1
ZACH JOHNSON 60/1
MARTIN LAIRD 125/1
RYAN MOORE 100/1
FRANCESCO MOLINARI 100/1
MATTEO MANASSERO 60/1
GONZALO FERNANDEZ-CASTANO 200/1
STEWART CINK 150/1
AARON BADDELEY 250/1
BRANDEN GRACE 150/1
DAVID TOMS 150/1
JOHN SENDEN 150/1
CARL PETTERSSON 150/1
GEORGE COETZEE 150/1
ROBERT GARRIGUS 150/1
SCOTT PIERCY 150/1
Y.E. YANG 200/1
JOHN HUH 150/1
MARCEL SIEM 200/1
MARC LEISHMAN 125/1
MICHAEL THOMPSON 150/1
RUSSELL HENLEY 125/1
LUCAS GLOVER 150/1
KEVIN CHAPPELL 80/1
LUKE GUTHRIE 250/1
ROBERT KARLSSON 150/1
KEVIN STREELMAN 100/1
PAUL LAWRIE 250/1
MARCUS FRASER 300/1
KYLE STANLEY 150/1
PAUL CASEY 200/1
JAMIE DONALDSON 250/1
DARREN CLARKE 300/1
JOHN PETERSON 300/1
CASEY WITTENBERG 250/1
HIROYUKI FUJITA 500/1
MICHAEL CAMPBELL 500/1
MICHAEL WEAVER 1000/1
STEVEN FOX 2000/1
FIELD (all others) 8/1
Just for pure return a 10 on Petterson, Leishman, Baddeley or YE Yang would not seem to be out of place.
It's U.S. Open week, and odds continue to change for who is expected to win this second major championship of 2013.
The last time we looked he was a 7/2 favorite and then moved to a 9/2 favorite after his play at Memorial, and it looks like the final numbers will have Woods at 4/1.
Some odds we like? Phil Mickelson at 20/1 doesn't seem like a bad value after his play at the St. Jude, and I don't hate Dustin Johnson at 40/1 considering he got a good warm-up last week as well.
What value do you see here? Odds are after the jump.
ODDS TO WIN:
TIGER WOODS 4/1
RORY McILROY 20/1
PHIL MICKELSON 20/1
ADAM SCOTT 20/1
MATT KUCHAR 20/1
LEE WESTWOOD 25/1
GRAEME McDOWELL 25/1
JUSTIN ROSE 25/1
BRANDT SNEDEKER 30/1
LUKE DONALD 30/1
CHARL SCHWARTZEL 30/1
DUSTIN JOHNSON 40/1
SERGIO GARCIA 40/1
JASON DAY 40/1
KEEGAN BRADLEY 40/1
STEVE STRICKER 40/1
JASON DUFNER 40/1
JIM FURYK 40/1
WEBB SIMPSON 40/1
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN 50/1
HUNTER MAHAN 50/1
BUBBA WATSON 60/1
RICKIE FOWLER 60/1
NICK WATNEY 80/1
IAN POULTER 80/1
THORBJORN OLESEN 100/1
BILL HAAS 80/1
BO VAN PELT 80/1
MARTIN KAYMER 80/1
PETER HANSON 80/1
HENRIK STENSON 60/1
PADRAIG HARRINGTON 60/1
ANGEL CABRERA 60/1
TIM CLARK 80/1
ERNIE ELS 80/1
FREDDIE JACOBSON 125/1
GEOFF OGILVY 150/1
NICOLAS COLSAERTS 125/1
K.J. CHOI 125/1
ZACH JOHNSON 60/1
MARTIN LAIRD 125/1
RYAN MOORE 100/1
FRANCESCO MOLINARI 100/1
MATTEO MANASSERO 60/1
GONZALO FERNANDEZ-CASTANO 200/1
STEWART CINK 150/1
AARON BADDELEY 250/1
BRANDEN GRACE 150/1
DAVID TOMS 150/1
JOHN SENDEN 150/1
CARL PETTERSSON 150/1
GEORGE COETZEE 150/1
ROBERT GARRIGUS 150/1
SCOTT PIERCY 150/1
Y.E. YANG 200/1
JOHN HUH 150/1
MARCEL SIEM 200/1
MARC LEISHMAN 125/1
MICHAEL THOMPSON 150/1
RUSSELL HENLEY 125/1
LUCAS GLOVER 150/1
KEVIN CHAPPELL 80/1
LUKE GUTHRIE 250/1
ROBERT KARLSSON 150/1
KEVIN STREELMAN 100/1
PAUL LAWRIE 250/1
MARCUS FRASER 300/1
KYLE STANLEY 150/1
PAUL CASEY 200/1
JAMIE DONALDSON 250/1
DARREN CLARKE 300/1
JOHN PETERSON 300/1
CASEY WITTENBERG 250/1
HIROYUKI FUJITA 500/1
MICHAEL CAMPBELL 500/1
MICHAEL WEAVER 1000/1
STEVEN FOX 2000/1
FIELD (all others) 8/1
Just for pure return a 10 on Petterson, Leishman, Baddeley or YE Yang would not seem to be out of place.
#29
General discussion / Somethings are better left in the Past
May 04, 2013, 05:41:32 AM
Watching jimmy Kimmel here in the States and was looking forward to see my youth on the screen.......New Order.
Hate to say it but watching Bernard Sumner sing Bizarre Love Triangle was like watching bad Karaoke at the senior center.
Sometimes the past should stay there.
Hate to say it but watching Bernard Sumner sing Bizarre Love Triangle was like watching bad Karaoke at the senior center.
Sometimes the past should stay there.
#30
General discussion / You Win BIG
April 14, 2013, 07:32:16 AM
Talking to a few lads earlier tonight about what you would do if you won the lottery.
What would you do if you won 5 million?
Give it to family and friends, keep it for yourself, help a charity or whatever.
Would like to hear thoughts and no I didn't win............yet!
What would you do if you won 5 million?
Give it to family and friends, keep it for yourself, help a charity or whatever.
Would like to hear thoughts and no I didn't win............yet!
#32
General discussion / Jobs, Jobs and Jobs !!!
January 21, 2013, 01:40:23 AM
I have not seen anyone posting in the past few months about losing their job, is it picking back up or is everyone just moving to OZ/Canada?
A few people and myself were talking about which industries are picking up and which ones were ready to take off in the next couple of years. It seems the trades/construction is the unanimous number one pick for regrowth due to its horrible decline over the last 5 or so years. Next followed the Green Industries, Healthcare, Banking/Finance, Funeral Services, Logistics/Transportation, Supply Chain Management, IT, Energy and Agriculture in no particular order.
What positions/industries do you see employment growth in the next 3-7 years?
A few people and myself were talking about which industries are picking up and which ones were ready to take off in the next couple of years. It seems the trades/construction is the unanimous number one pick for regrowth due to its horrible decline over the last 5 or so years. Next followed the Green Industries, Healthcare, Banking/Finance, Funeral Services, Logistics/Transportation, Supply Chain Management, IT, Energy and Agriculture in no particular order.
What positions/industries do you see employment growth in the next 3-7 years?
#33
General discussion / Grenade at Soccer Match
September 21, 2012, 08:03:50 AM
http://www.inquisitr.com/338086/soccer-grenade-in-iran-nearly-blows-up-players-hand-video/
Lucky fella by a few seconds
Lucky fella by a few seconds
#34
General discussion / Go West Young Man
February 28, 2012, 07:22:40 PM
All the way to the west coast of Canada.............
Canada employers to discuss plans for sourcing Irish construction workers
26/02/2012 - 13:36:10
A delegation from Canada will be in Ireland this week scouting for workers.
Senior Canadian government officials and representatives from two construction associations are visiting Dublin in a bid to try and fill job vacancies in construction and related sectors.
There are a projected 335,000 job opportunities coming up in British Columbia and Alberta between now and 2014, with the biggest demand relating to trades including carpenters, electricians and welders.
The Canadian delegation will hold talks with a number of bodies including the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Education and DIT while it is in Dublin this week.
Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/canada-employers-to-discuss-plans-for-sourcing-irish-construction-workers-541284.html#ixzz1nhptkUXl
Canada employers to discuss plans for sourcing Irish construction workers
26/02/2012 - 13:36:10
A delegation from Canada will be in Ireland this week scouting for workers.
Senior Canadian government officials and representatives from two construction associations are visiting Dublin in a bid to try and fill job vacancies in construction and related sectors.
There are a projected 335,000 job opportunities coming up in British Columbia and Alberta between now and 2014, with the biggest demand relating to trades including carpenters, electricians and welders.
The Canadian delegation will hold talks with a number of bodies including the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Education and DIT while it is in Dublin this week.
Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/canada-employers-to-discuss-plans-for-sourcing-irish-construction-workers-541284.html#ixzz1nhptkUXl
#35
General discussion / Job Search Sites
February 27, 2012, 04:11:22 AM
Which websites sems to have the best job postings?
Post them here.
Post them here.
#36
General discussion / Man sues Hermitage Golf Club for Lowering his Handicap
February 23, 2012, 01:09:38 AM
This could have been in the WTF or Golf threads but I think it needs its own thread.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/mans-sues-golf-club-13-2-million-lowering-175136549.html
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Man sues golf club for $13.2 million for lowering handicap.
.By Jonathan Wall | Devil Ball Golf – 7 hours ago.. .
How much is your handicap worth to you? For one golfer in Ireland, it's apparently worth €10m (about $13.2 million USD). In a bizarre story that, honestly, belongs in The Onion, 75-year-old golfer Thomas Talbot is suing his former club, Hermitage Golf Club, after the handicap secretary reduced his handicap by 7.7 shots between 1999 and 2004.
As the Irish Independent reported, Talbot claimed the handicap reduction took a personal toll on him over the last six years, as friends at his former club refused to play with him and labeled him a cheat.
The golf club claimed that based on GUI Rule 19, it had an obligation to lower his handicap if it felt it was too high relative to his ability on the course. But Talbot didn't see it that way, and so here we are ... talking about a guy suing his golf club for a lowered handicap. A LOWERED handicap.
"This case has been going on for the past six years. It has been hugely stressful. I didn't care so much about the handicap issue, it is more the principle of it.
"I'd turn up for a competition and there would be nobody to play with. I have learned the hard way that friends are a funny species -- they're never there when you want them.["]
On one hand, I feel bad for Talbot because playing golf with friends is one of the best things on earth. But on the other hand, I want to know how he went five years without questioning his handicap. If this was such a big deal back then, why didn't he just talk to someone at the club and get things cleared up? That's the real question that needs to be answered.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/mans-sues-golf-club-13-2-million-lowering-175136549.html
..
Man sues golf club for $13.2 million for lowering handicap.
.By Jonathan Wall | Devil Ball Golf – 7 hours ago.. .
How much is your handicap worth to you? For one golfer in Ireland, it's apparently worth €10m (about $13.2 million USD). In a bizarre story that, honestly, belongs in The Onion, 75-year-old golfer Thomas Talbot is suing his former club, Hermitage Golf Club, after the handicap secretary reduced his handicap by 7.7 shots between 1999 and 2004.
As the Irish Independent reported, Talbot claimed the handicap reduction took a personal toll on him over the last six years, as friends at his former club refused to play with him and labeled him a cheat.
The golf club claimed that based on GUI Rule 19, it had an obligation to lower his handicap if it felt it was too high relative to his ability on the course. But Talbot didn't see it that way, and so here we are ... talking about a guy suing his golf club for a lowered handicap. A LOWERED handicap.
"This case has been going on for the past six years. It has been hugely stressful. I didn't care so much about the handicap issue, it is more the principle of it.
"I'd turn up for a competition and there would be nobody to play with. I have learned the hard way that friends are a funny species -- they're never there when you want them.["]
On one hand, I feel bad for Talbot because playing golf with friends is one of the best things on earth. But on the other hand, I want to know how he went five years without questioning his handicap. If this was such a big deal back then, why didn't he just talk to someone at the club and get things cleared up? That's the real question that needs to be answered.
#37
General discussion / Heart Breaking Video of an 18yo
December 29, 2011, 12:12:02 PM
This kid of 18 made a video about his fight with heart disease one week before his death. If you scroll down mid page you can view it with the link.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2079098/Ben-Breedlove-Video-sick-teenager-life-1-week-died.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2079098/Ben-Breedlove-Video-sick-teenager-life-1-week-died.html
#38
General discussion / Goal Keeper gets Red Card defending himself
December 22, 2011, 04:22:35 AM
Didn't see this on here
Goal Keeper gets a red card after a fan jumps onto the field and tries to attack him.
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/DTotD-Pitch-invader-attacks-Alkmaar-keeper-get?urn=sow-wp7668
Goal Keeper gets a red card after a fan jumps onto the field and tries to attack him.
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/DTotD-Pitch-invader-attacks-Alkmaar-keeper-get?urn=sow-wp7668
#39
General discussion / Ireland bails on the Vatican
November 05, 2011, 03:46:34 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-stunned-irish-embassy-closure-131052801.html
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic Ireland's stunning decision to close its embassy to the Vatican is a huge blow to the Holy See's prestige and may be followed by other countries which feel the missions are too expensive, diplomatic sources said on Friday.
The closure brought relations between Ireland and the Vatican, once ironclad allies, to an all-time low following the row earlier this year over the Irish Church's handling of sex abuse cases and accusations that the Vatican had encouraged secrecy.
Ireland will now be the only major country of ancient Catholic tradition without an embassy to the Vatican.
"This is really bad for the Vatican because Ireland is the first big Catholic country to do this and because of what Catholicism means in Irish history," said a Vatican diplomatic source who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
He said Ireland informed the Vatican shortly before the announcement was made on Thursday night.
Dublin's foreign ministry said the embassy was being closed because "it yields no economic return" and that relations would be continued with an ambassador in Dublin.
The source said the Vatican was "extremely irritated" by the wording equating diplomatic missions with economic return, particularly as the Vatican sees its diplomatic role as promoting human values.
Diplomats said the Irish move might sway others to follow suit to save money because double diplomatic presences in Rome are expensive.
It was the latest crack in relations that had been seen as rock solid until a few years ago.
DAMNING REPORT
In July, the Vatican took the highly unusual step of recalling its ambassador to Ireland after Prime Minister Enda Kenny accused the Holy See of obstructing investigations into sexual abuse by priests.
The Irish parliament passed a motion deploring the Vatican's role in "undermining child protection frameworks" following publication of a damning report on the diocese of Cloyne.
The Cloyne report said Irish clerics concealed from the authorities the sexual abuse of children by priests as recently as 2009, after the Vatican disparaged Irish child protection guidelines in a letter to Irish bishops.
While Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore denied the embassy closure was linked to the row over sexual abuse, Rome-based diplomats said they believed it probably played a major role.
"All things being equal, I really doubt the mission to the Vatican would have been on the list to get the axe without the fallout from the sex abuse scandal," one ambassador to the Vatican said, on condition of anonymity.
Cardinal Sean Brady, the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, said he was profoundly disappointed by the decision and hoped the government would "revisit" it.
"This decision seems to show little regard for the important role played by the Holy See in international relations and of the historic ties between the Irish people and the Holy See over many centuries," Brady said in a statement.
The Vatican has been an internationally recognized sovereign city-state since 1929, when Italy compensated the Catholic Church for a vast area of central Italy known as the Papal States that was taken by the state at Italian unification in 1860.
It has diplomatic relations with 179 countries. About 80 have resident ambassadors and the rest are based in other European cities.
The Vatican guards its diplomatic independence fiercely and in the past has resisted moves by some countries to locate their envoys to the Holy See inside their embassies to Italy.
Dublin said it was closing its mission to the Vatican along with those in Iran and East Timor to help meet its fiscal goals under an EU-IMF bailout. The closures will save the government 1.25 million euros ($1.725 million) a year.
(Additional reporting by Carmel Crimmins and Conor Humphries in Dublin; Editing by Tim Pearce)
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic Ireland's stunning decision to close its embassy to the Vatican is a huge blow to the Holy See's prestige and may be followed by other countries which feel the missions are too expensive, diplomatic sources said on Friday.
The closure brought relations between Ireland and the Vatican, once ironclad allies, to an all-time low following the row earlier this year over the Irish Church's handling of sex abuse cases and accusations that the Vatican had encouraged secrecy.
Ireland will now be the only major country of ancient Catholic tradition without an embassy to the Vatican.
"This is really bad for the Vatican because Ireland is the first big Catholic country to do this and because of what Catholicism means in Irish history," said a Vatican diplomatic source who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
He said Ireland informed the Vatican shortly before the announcement was made on Thursday night.
Dublin's foreign ministry said the embassy was being closed because "it yields no economic return" and that relations would be continued with an ambassador in Dublin.
The source said the Vatican was "extremely irritated" by the wording equating diplomatic missions with economic return, particularly as the Vatican sees its diplomatic role as promoting human values.
Diplomats said the Irish move might sway others to follow suit to save money because double diplomatic presences in Rome are expensive.
It was the latest crack in relations that had been seen as rock solid until a few years ago.
DAMNING REPORT
In July, the Vatican took the highly unusual step of recalling its ambassador to Ireland after Prime Minister Enda Kenny accused the Holy See of obstructing investigations into sexual abuse by priests.
The Irish parliament passed a motion deploring the Vatican's role in "undermining child protection frameworks" following publication of a damning report on the diocese of Cloyne.
The Cloyne report said Irish clerics concealed from the authorities the sexual abuse of children by priests as recently as 2009, after the Vatican disparaged Irish child protection guidelines in a letter to Irish bishops.
While Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore denied the embassy closure was linked to the row over sexual abuse, Rome-based diplomats said they believed it probably played a major role.
"All things being equal, I really doubt the mission to the Vatican would have been on the list to get the axe without the fallout from the sex abuse scandal," one ambassador to the Vatican said, on condition of anonymity.
Cardinal Sean Brady, the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, said he was profoundly disappointed by the decision and hoped the government would "revisit" it.
"This decision seems to show little regard for the important role played by the Holy See in international relations and of the historic ties between the Irish people and the Holy See over many centuries," Brady said in a statement.
The Vatican has been an internationally recognized sovereign city-state since 1929, when Italy compensated the Catholic Church for a vast area of central Italy known as the Papal States that was taken by the state at Italian unification in 1860.
It has diplomatic relations with 179 countries. About 80 have resident ambassadors and the rest are based in other European cities.
The Vatican guards its diplomatic independence fiercely and in the past has resisted moves by some countries to locate their envoys to the Holy See inside their embassies to Italy.
Dublin said it was closing its mission to the Vatican along with those in Iran and East Timor to help meet its fiscal goals under an EU-IMF bailout. The closures will save the government 1.25 million euros ($1.725 million) a year.
(Additional reporting by Carmel Crimmins and Conor Humphries in Dublin; Editing by Tim Pearce)
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General discussion / Kidnappins, Coverup and the Catholic Church
October 28, 2011, 01:50:30 AM
This could be under the WTF thread but thought it needed its own.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/around-the-world-abc-news/ninos-rabados-spain-stolen-children-135154171.html
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/around-the-world-abc-news/ninos-rabados-spain-stolen-children-135154171.html