Yes. You just saw that.
Muffin, who disappeared without a trace from Mark Bennet’s sick mother’s side this morning, is alive and as well as a one-eyed Shih Tzu living in Muillngar can be.
Mark writes:
Muffin has been found safe and sound. A nice guy took her in and passed on his details to the local shop. All good now.
WE don’t wish to make light of a senseless tragedy.
But.
Jdawg writes:
Sky News has been showing a clip of an interview with this witness called Rusty Shaklefore about the Boston Bombings. Anyway, I’m a bit of a King of the Hill fan and Rusty Shakleford was an alias used by Dale Gribble the conspiracy nut.I don’t think anybody has copped on to it at Sky News. It’s been on a loop since 6am.
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Reading that?
Cara (left) and Oscar, Killeen’s bar/confectionary, Shannonbri
Sneaky human fingers photobomb is sneaky.
Thanks Corina Slattery
Update:
Oscar as he appears on a poster on the wall of Killeen’s. Younger then, Oscar sought out the company of older men, with predictably disastrous results. These two didn’t speak for years.
On April 1, David Quinn, of the Iona Institute, above, blogged about the institute’s stance on same-sex marriages, citing a paper from US-based organisation Child Trends to support its view.
He wrote:
“That paper, called ‘Marriage from a Child’s Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children and What Can We Do About It, is a summary of studies which show that children tend to fare best when raised by their own biological parents in a low-conflict marriage. This same paper goes on to say: “There is thus value in promoting strong, stable marriage between biological parents. This is our position. Take this away, and it is very hard to find any reason to give marriage special status.
The Iona Institute used this paper as part of its submission against the legalisation of same-sex marriage to the Constitutional Convention.
But Dr Peter Stafford has taken a look at the Child Trends report and finds the Iona Institute may have misled the convention
He writes:
“The authors of the Child Trends report adopted best practice regarding transparency and had anticipated that their report might be used to reach such an incorrect conclusion. The following appears on the front page of their report.
“This Child Trends brief summarizes research conducted in 2002, when neither same-sex parents nor adoptive parents were identified in large national surveys. Therefore, no conclusions can be drawn from this research about the wellbeing of children raised by same-sex parents or adoptive parents.”
Does the Child Trend report conclude that marriage between a man and a woman is best for children? No. Why? The timing of the report meant that the data doesn’t support such a conclusion. Does the Child Care report conclude that the definition of marriage should be maintained? No. Why? That conclusion is beyond the scope of the data. The Iona Institute seem to have wilfully ignored the authors’ own acknowledgement of the limitations of their research and presented this study as evidence to support their assertion. By adopting very poor standards of research, the Iona Institute allowed the Constitutional Convention to believe that the Child Trend report concluded something which it very clearly did not claim to do so, and which the data would not allow it to do.”
On the uses of research in debates about marriage (David Quinn, Iona Institute)
Evidence-based research: Rarely pure and never simple (Dr Peter Stafford)
(Hadyn West/Photocall Ireland)
Sam Stephenson‘s soon-to-be-vacated Central Bank on Dame Street.
Of course it really should be razed to allow light flood in to Temple Bar.
Alternatively…
A centre for ants!?
No,
David Lawless writes:
I recently proposed a change in use to the now infamous Central Bank on Dame street. The project seeks to install a varied program on each of the banks seven floors which correlate with the seven deadly sins.
The project was entered in an architectural ideas competition and went on to win the student prize (and featured in the Irish Times and Morning Ireland). A lot of people have been asking after the project and want to know more. I feel a piece and feedback in a ‘social affairs column‘ [our inverted commas] would be of fun and interest. At least it’s something new on the topic of young Irish architecture away from poor job prospects and food parcels Many thanks and much appreciated.
(James Horan/Photocall Ireland)
The PK Crowd
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From the RTE archives, Pat Kenny with a ‘computer’ during one of the General Elections of 1982.
Then it was considered clunky, overpriced and appealing to a tiny niche market.
But enough about Pat.
Name that computer, anyone?
Watch here
#Savita jury verdict – Unanimous medical misadventure & endorses each of 9 of Coroner’s recommendations #RTE news
— Fergal Bowers (@FergalBowers) April 19, 2013
#Savita Inquest: Coroner tells Praveen. You showed tremendous loyalty & love to your wife. All of Ireland followed the case.
— Fergal Bowers (@FergalBowers) April 19, 2013
#Savita: Coroner says verdict does not mean deficiencies or systems failures contributed to her death.
— Fergal Bowers (@FergalBowers) April 19, 2013
Praveen Halappanavar, spoke to the media after the verdict. The following is a transcript of some of what he said. The reporters’ questions were inaudible from RTÉ’s report and therefore couldn’t be transcribed.
On remaining questions:
“There are still some questions that need to be answered. I’m still not convinced, or, you know, I haven’t got my answers yet why Savita died. I do have responsibility. I mean Savita’s parents, I owe it to them, I owe it to Savita. They want to know the truth so I will, I will get to the bottom of the truth and there is no way in looking back and I haven’t really thought about going back (to India) at the minute.”
On the inquest jury:
“Well, in fairness, you know, the jury is like a layman, people who don’t have any medical background or..I guess I am, you know, in a way, I know where they are coming from, it’s not that easy to understand the guidelines and you know to go through all that, you know? It’s been a full, busy week of inquest, so, yeah, I understand the complexity of it.”
On potential further action:
“Well, of course, as I said it’s not, you know I haven’t got all the answers yet so I will, you know, take it further.”
On accountability:
“Basically, that’s what the family wants, you know? I was talking to Savita’s father, he was asking me, somebody has to take the responsibility. When a patient walks in, you can’t just blame, you know, the midwife blames the consultant, the consultant blames the law. It’s never going to end, you know what I mean? So, somebody has to take the ownership of a patient when they walk into a hospital.”
On the gardaí, coroner and jury:
“Also I’d like to take the opportunity to thank the gardaí, the coroner and the jury. I know it’s been a very, a busy week and a very busy schedule aswell also. And also I’d like to thank all my friends, you know, I think I’ve been very fortunate enough to have some of the best friends. You know, I never thought I could come this far without the support from the guys. And yeah, thank you.”
Dr CVR, a friend of the Halappanavar family added:
“Just on behalf of Praveen and Savita’s friends, I’d like to thank the coroner and the jury and the gardaí for what they have done, for their time and patience and their effort. And, it’s still mind-boggling to all of us, how a person goes into a hospital, walking, and comes out in a box, for something that was an entirely preventable death. And as Dr Peter Boylan also stated, you know, her life would have been saved. The role of hospitals or medical personnel is to change the natural history of the disease and that didn’t seem to have occurred, you know? The …..without significant intervention. So, we don’t have Savita today. And, if she was treated properly, I mean this has nothing to do with pro-abortion or anti-abortion or anything like that. You know, all she wanted, all she needed was treatment. If she was treated properly, we wouldn’t be here. We would be doing something else today. Thank you.”
(Laura Hutton/Photocall ireland) (RTÉ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_fk_d9TcWbk
Candice Gordon – Before Sunset Ends.
Dublin-reared, Berlin-based, Joplin/Waits-influenced Candice Gordon releases a six-song mini-album produced by Shane MacGowan on May 6. This is the title track.
And she returns to Ireland to play The Workman’s Club, Dublin on May 1; Bourke’s, Limerick, May 2, and Monroe’s, Galway, May 5.
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