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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Yes, the Household Charge has made the New York Times:
Among them [not paying the Household Charge] are Gerry McKeever, 56, and his wife, Annie, who moved to the Dublin satellite town of Kildare during the decade-long boom that began in the mid-1990s known as the Celtic Tiger era, and who say their home is now worth less than half of the purchase price. They have two young children, high mortgage payments, child care costs and increasing fuel bills for the 70-mile round-trip commute to work in the capital.
“Many people are sitting tight rather than actively going out protesting,” he said. “This is sullen, peasant discontent in the finest Irish tradition. This is the revolt of the graybeards.”
Perhaps most significant is the coincidence that on the same day the household tax is due, Irish taxpayers will have to pay $4 billion to make good on some of the monumental debts run up by the failed Anglo Irish Bank.
Growing Antitax Movement Shows Irish Stoicism Wearing Thin (Douglas Dalby, New York Times)
Near The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, within the last hour.
Anyone?
In the interests of gender balance here’s a half-naked dude.
123 Films
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Another slickly animated minimalist quiz from Evan Seitz – a follow up to ABC cinema. The challenge is to name all the film titles in real time as the animation plays out.
Not that easy.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2WylVJB4AY
Or is this quite irksome?
Is this is how Scientologists feel?
Contrition
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At a press conference earlier at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, to unveil the Vatican report on clerical child abuse in Ireland, were from top: Papal Nuncio Charles Brown, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and Cardinal Sean Brady.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
He’s studying law now.
Which, considering the alternative…
Man Ran Barefoot Through Knock Claiming He Was Jesus (Mayo News)
(Jesus Christ by Leonardo da Vinci)
Killer Vase
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Designer Sara Ebert’s In Case Vase (which shatters to expose a series of sharp serrated cutting edges) – one of many dual purpose furnishings on show at ‘Threat: Objects For Defense And Protection’ an exhibition at Present Company in Williamsburg by the American Design Club.
Kiel Mead, one of the founders of the club, jokes, “This show is evil, but there’s also something so playful about it.”When asked to explain the inspiration for the Threat theme, Mead describes the sudden moment of fear and suspicion that an intruder has entered the home. “You’ve just heard something in the other room. What would you want to grab to defend yourself?”
The climactic Qui-Gon/Obi Wan/Darth Maul battle from The Phantom Menace, exposed for the mincing health and safety conscious paso doble that it is.
(NB: all other lightsaber battles in the saga are entirely realistic)
Dr Paul Mooney, president of the National College of Ireland from 2007-2010.
He wants to shake up third level education.
Why
Firstly, the culture is not supportive of teaching.
Secondly, the senior teams are seldom skilled in the area of performance management.
Thirdly, there is no effective management system which drives performance.
Oh.