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The Irish house mafia  TG Lurgan presents:

‘Is breá liom Gaeilge ach…’

Nil aon subtitles.

Aisteoirí:Príomhoide – Séamus Ó Fionnagáin; Múinteoir – Fiachra Ó hEochaidh; Jason – Cian Gormley; Scríofa & Stiúrtha ag: Eamonn McManus; Stiúrthóir Fótagrafaíochta; Josef Hrehorow – Treelight Pictures; Riarthóir Fuaime; David Qualter – Treelight Pictures; Eagarthóireacht: Eamonn McManus;Grip: Caomhán Ó Foighil; Ceol Nuachumtha; Éanan Patterson; Ceol sna teidil chreidiúna: “Ná bí buartha” – Stiofán Ó Fearail

 

Thanks Herbert Rowan

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What you may need to know:

1. Pedro Almodóvar began his filmmaking career as the Spanish John Waters (Pink Flamingos John Waters, as opposed to ‘I am crying, writing this’ John Waters) before maturing into an Oscar winning serious filmmaker.

2. Now it’s all come full circle.

3. Unlike nearly every other European filmmaker since the dawn of time, Almodóvar has resisted the temptation to do an American movie. Smart move.

4. Random Banderas alert @ 1’20.

5. Even more random Cruz spotting @ 1’22.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Camper than a fortnight at Butlins.

Release Date: May 3

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The buke is here.

Three copies, yes just THREE, copies of the Aidan Coughlan-helmed Broadsheet Book Of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland (New Island), arrived late on Friday from de printers.

Here’s the back of the buke:

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With tea, doily and illustration by Annie West.

More as we get them.

The Broadsheet Book Of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland Edited By Aidan Coughlan (New Island)

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He’s been at the typewriter.

At the core of the Government’s strategy is the creation of jobs for our people. While the unemployment problem has stabilised, I acknowledge that far too many people cannot find work, or have had to leave the country to get a job. Our aim is to make Ireland, by 2016, the best small country in the world in which to do business and to create jobs.

 

Enda Kenny, Together We Have Started To Turn The Tide (Enda Kenny, Irish Times)

Meanwhile…

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The Working Abroad Expo in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin, on Saturday.

(Wanderley Massafelli, Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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Anyone?

Lines close at 10am.

Update:

The painting is by James Arthur O’Connor (1792-1841) and entitled ‘View of Irishtown from  Sandymount’.

Sibling of Daedalus writes:

The gabled end on the left is Cranfield’s Baths (remembered in the name of Cranfield Road, Sandymount). Only well-off people could use the baths.  The locals shown in the picture wouldn’t have been let inside the place.
The church is St Matthew’s Church and that’s Clontarf and Raheny on the other side of the bay. You can also see on the right a sloping gangway on the South Wall with a gaggle of passengers waiting for a ferry to the mainland or perhaps for an eastbound ship.

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Robotics manufacturer Boston Dynamics sez:

BigDog handles heavy objects. The goal is to use the strength of the legs and torso to help power motions of the arm. This sort of dynamic, whole-body approach to manipulation is used routinely by human athletes and will enhance the performance of advanced robots. Boston Dynamics is developing the control and actuation techniques needed for dynamic manipulation. The cinderblock weighs about 35 lbs and the best throw is a bit more than 17 ft. The research is funded by the Army Research Laboratory’s RCTA program.

Previously: Cheetahbot Catches Up

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(Hat tip: Andrew Sheridan)

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