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Below is a synopsis of the article which will appear in full in the Kildare Nationalist next week.
Michael Smyth was born at Rosetown, Athgarvan, Newbridge, on 9 March 1888 to Terrance and Anne Smyth, both of whom were born at Rosetown. He was educated at Two-Mile-House National School though his mother had taught him to read and write at home.
By 1911, still at Rosetown, Michael was a postman and became actively involved in the Labour Party/ITGWU shortly after being elected as a Labour member to Kildare Co. Council and also Newbridge Town Commission/Council in 1920. He remained a Co. Councillor for some 38 years, standing down in 1967.
He became Secretary of the new Company of Volunteers formed in Athgarvan in June 1914. A split occurred and a new company of Irish Volunteers was formed with Michael as Company Captain in September of 1915. He was deputed to buy arms and ammunition but found it difficult to get them from the Curragh Camp. He became Secretary of the National Volunteers and arranged to buy weapons and ammunition from them for some £300 – some of these were sent to Dublin in March 1916.
Michael had mobilised the Athgarvan Comapny on Sunday of Easter Week but saw the countermanding order and did not march to Dublin. They remained mobilised for the week, awaiting further instructions. He was arrested on 2 May and lodged in Hare Park, the Curragh. From there he was brought to Richmond barracks on 8 May and deported to Wandsworth Jail on 2 June and interned in Frongoch Camp on 26th June – number 1124, Hut 24, North Camp. He was tried at Wormwood Scrubs Prison for receiving ‘£300 in German gold’ to buy arms, found guilty and sentenced to two years in jail. Returned to Frongoch, he took part in a hunger strike in November and was detained in South Camp Frongoch until 23 December 1916 when the general release of prisoners was made.
At home in Ireland he once again became active in the cause – he was appointed Kildare Battalion Commandant in December 1920 as the War of Independence raged. He received a Death Notice ‘By Oder H.M.F.’ (Her Majesty’s Forces) to force him to desist from these activities.
Arrested on 3 July 1920 by a party of Black and Tans Michael was badly beaten and imprisoned at Newbridge Barracks from 7-13 July. He was transferred to the Curragh and later to Mountjoy in October until he was released on 14 January 1922 as part of the General Amnesty. Michael remained neutral during the Irish Civil War.
He remained in politics becoming one of the driving forces of Labour in Co. Kildare and was elected to the Senate in 1943.
On 17 Oct 1934 he married Miss Annie Murphy, daughter of Mrs Alice Murphy and the late Patrick Murphy, Belan Avenue, Moone. His best man was Senator William Cummins and Michael and Anne honeymooned in London.
Newington House is in the townland of Christianstown (Ord. S. 17) and the parish of Feihcullen, which is partly in the barony of East Offaly, but chiefly in that of Connell. Feighcullen comprises 3,835 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. According to the Tithe Applotment Books of 1826 Newington House, the residence of Samuel Neale, comprised 131.2.0 ARP with a rateable value of £13.5s.41/2d. In the entry for Feighcullen in Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary of 1837 ‘the gentlemen’s seats are Newington’ House, the residence of Samuel Neale, Esq. According to Griffith’s Valuation of 1853 the occupier of Christianstown was Sarah E. Neale and the lessor Samuel Neale, whose house, offices and land comprised approximately 507 acres at an annual rateable valuation of £414.
The Kildare Observer of 22 September 1883 carried an advertisement for a midwife, which referred to Joseph Manly Neale, Esq., M.D., Newington House, as Honorary Secretary of the Robertstown and Kilmeague Dispensary District. In 1887 J. Manly Neale, Newington House, was nominated as a land valuer by the Irish Land Commission. In April 1899 Dr. J.M. Neale was appointed warden of the Robertstown Dispensary District. Dr. Neale seemed to be a collector of archaeological artefacts as the Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society mentioned, on two separate occasions, that he had in his ‘possession’ a granite cap or top-stone of a sculptured Celtic cross and ‘a panel belonging to the Wellesley monument, which was carried off, and is now used as an ornament in the garden’.
The 1901 census returns for Newington – a first class house with twenty rooms – are as follows: Joseph Manly Neale (63); Irish Church; head of the family, who was born in Co. Kildare. His wife was born in Dublin. They had two daughters and one son – Samuel (23) – all born in Co. Kildare. A series of advertisements and meadow sales from 1910 to 1928 established that Newington was the residence of J.M. Neale in 1910 and Samuel Neale from 1911. It is assumed then that J.M. Neale died before the 1911 census as in the returns Samuel was described as a farmer and head of the family, while his mother was described as a widow.
'In the goods of Samuel Neale, late of Newington, Newbridge, in the County of Kildare, Gentleman, deceased.
All persons claiming to be creditors of the above-named deceased, who died on 21st March, 1947, are hereby requested to forward particulars of their claims (in writing) forthwith to the undersigned Solicitors for the Exequtrix.
Mrs. Samuel Neale was a prominent member of the Kildare Archaeological Society until her death. Newington House was sold and later demolished and a new residence built on the property.
Everything had to be done neatly. There were periodic inspections for tunnels. All operations were kept as secret as possible in case of spying. We agreed that whichever tunnel was through first would be made available to the other teams, so that all could escape at the same time.
After a few weeks we got word that one was ready. The escape was planned for that night. Newbridge was an old cavalry barracks. There was a large manhole in the square. It was connected with an old main sewer. The authorities had shown nervousness about this, thus drawing attention to its possibilities. The sewer ran right through the centre block, into the Liffey about 300 yards away. The tunnel was dug from a ground floor room into the sewer.
Each block of four rooms was self-contained and each room held nearly twenty men. Word was passed to everybody who knew of the tunnel. No person could leave his block, by order on penalty of being fired on by the sentries. At about seven each night a whistle was blown and each man had to withdraw from the square to (presumably) his own block until morning. There was no check afterwards, however, on the occupants of each block.
The tunnel was not in our block and a few minutes before whistle time we got ready to move in silently to the escape block. A message was however passed to us that the escape had been postponed until the following night. When the whistle blew we went to our own rooms.
The following morning whilst in bed somebody whispered in my ear that 70 men had escaped. It was true. The information given to us at the critical moment the night before was wrong. We moved into the empty escape room and took it over.
The authorities knew nothing of the escape. It was in our favour that the day was Sunday. The prisoners here, as in Limerick, also looked after themselves. The soldiers merely acted as guards on the outside.
On Sunday usually, there was little or no connection between them and us. Before an hour, the escape was known to all the prisoners. It was made clear, however – with the aid of butchers’ knives from the cookhouse – that drastic measures would be taken against anybody trying to pass out information. As it happened, no information was passed out.
We knew nothing of the working of this tunnel – all who did were gone. A wiry, diminutive lad – Hussey of Killarney – was selected to make an inspection that morning. He came back, leaving his shoes outside – perhaps that he would have an excuse of going out for them again, or to prove that he had made the journey.
We decided to escape that night. We found it would be impossible to get away by day. And now we had a bit of trouble. We prisoners had our own commanding officer. He now approached us and claimed the right to take over control, as he was anxious that a batch of key Dublinmen would escape first. We very reluctantly agreed on condition that ours should be the second batch.
When the whistle blew in the evening for everybody to go to their blocks, there were up to two hundred men in the escape block. We waited. An hour passed. We wondered what was delaying the first party. They were patiently waiting in a ring round the tunnel entrance in the escape room.
At last the O/C called for attention. It was now about 8.30. The escape was called on, he said. He had definite information, he said, that there was an armoured car outside with machine guns trained on the mouth of the tunnel. Naturally and very correctly, of course, he refused to be responsible for sending unarmed men to their deaths. After the order his men fell back from round the coveted spot. We edged in and took their places. At that moment we felt responsible to no-one but to our individual selves. Turning to them I said “Are we going to drop it?” There was no doubt about their “No”. I lifted the neat square board that covered the hole, and threw it aside – the bed underneath which it was hidden had already been moved earlier that night. Hussey, the guide, went first, and each of us who had elected to come followed him.
After about a dozen feet, we got into the sewer. We were able to crawl without difficulty on our hands and knees. The distance seemed long. It seemed to take over an hour. The noise made by the crawling line – about 25 of us – seemed very loud. We passed under a sentry box. It seemed almost incredible that he could not hear us.
Tom O’Brien had a new blue suit on. Earlier in the night he had carefully wound a cloth round the legs to preserve it. He was after me, I kept asking him how his suit was. It was unnecessary to ask.The knees of our trousers were soon worn through, and then the skin began to come off at the knees and palms.
There was a disused sawmill on the bank of the river. The sewer passed beneath it. The architects of the tunnel knew their geography well and they bored right up into the mill house. The entrance to the river had been blocked with iron bars by the Free State authorities. We waited to give a helping hand until all were up. We decided that five of us should make the first attempt to cross the river – the others to wait until they were sure that everything was in order, and then come as they wished.
We crawled out in single file, turned to the right along the bank for a hundred yards, in order to avoid going too close to where we knew there was an outpost, and then struck straight across the river. The river was high enough to cleanse us after the sewer. O’Brien carried his cigarettes and matches in safety under his cap. Suddenly a light shone down on us, along the river. We froze, crouching where we were, expectantly. It slowly lifted, turned aside, and passed on. It was probably the light of a car travelling the Naas road.
We climbed a steep bank on the other side, into a large field. Then we were free.
Never again do I hope to experience the exultation I felt going up that field – the joy of being free.
When we reached the top of the field, we were together. Suddenly from behind, I heard my first name called. I waited. A young lad came running up, 15-years-old Tully O’Sullivan of Tralee. He asked me to take him with us.
Thinking he would be too great a liability to us and to himself I advised him to go back and link up with another party. He pleaded and I consented. Just then another figure loomed up. Nash from Newcastle West. He like O’Sullivan had also stolen after us, and he pleaded to be allowed accompany us. He had been wounded previously and on that account, perhaps we consented.
*** … us glowed the huge wall of light, forming a ring of death in the barbed wire around the camp.
We didn’t bless the whitethorn hedges – favoured by the farmers in Kildare and Dublin – through we had to force our way.
After about an hour we heard continuous bursts of gunfire coming from the direction of the camp. We knew the escape had been discovered. We later learned that one party of escapees – not the one that came with us – had been caught under fire. We heard afterwards that some were killed and wounded. One wounded man, swept down the river, got into a friendly house and escaped. Some went back through the sewer again. We heard also that one went astray in a smaller offshoot and got stuck there.
There were Free State posts at Naas and Blessington. It was important that we go between them. Our star carried us right through. When daylight came we approached a house for food. The poor woman had no bread. She baked us a cake on the griddle. We ate and rested in a nearby wood until nightfall.
*** … the village of Brittas. Somebody had a half crown. We bought a few bottles of stout and set out again by road.
Shortly after leaving the village, we met four officers on a sidecar – probably from the aerodrome at Tallaght! They looked at us, and we looked at them. They said nothing and passed on. We thought they must suspect us and might organise a search party. We took to the fields again.
Then Allman hurt his knee crossing a fence. We could go no further. We looked for the light of a house, but could see none. We came on a field of hay left out to feed sheep or cattle for the winter. We made a bed in a dry dyke and slept until morning.
That day we got into Rathfarnham. The two Dublin lads and I slept for a week in a loft of a cow byre. The other four found refuge – through the help of a friendly priest in a barn. The gardener supplied food. They were closeted at hand for a week, as they had to remain, as they had to remain there until Allman’s knee was better.
Then one bright Thursday afternoon, armed with one service rifle, three Webley revolvers, a bottle of iodine and some bandages and a very good map of Ireland we turned our faces to the South, out by the Hell Fire Club, down across the Dublin Mountains on our journey home. There were five of us: Allman, Hussey, Nash, O’Sullivan and myself (four Kerrymen, one from Limerick).
As we came off the mountains on the road near Glencree we heard the sound of a bugle call. We immediately took cover in a ditch, and sent young O’Sullivan forward to investigate. Being young he was not likely to be suspected. He reported back that it was a Reformatory, run by a religious order – on semi-military lines, I presume, hence the bugle.
We knocked at the door and asked for our dinner. The Superior was called and we could see that he did not like our appearance. We had to certify that our arms were for defence only (like all great nations do).
He admitted us and provided us with a very fine dinner. He didn’t seem to like our side. It was dusk when we left Glencree, and followed a grass grown road made to subjugate Michael O’Dwyer, many miles long and wide, running through a huge glen. We were tired and there was no house except the broken-down block houses sight. That night we slept under a large overhanging rock. The night was cold and there were showers of sleet. It was the end of October.
We had no overcoats and our summer clothing was thin and scanty. (We from Kerry had no connection with our homes since capture). Some of us had no shirts. They had worn out in prison, and we had made ourselves instead a sort of long undergarment, from army blankets. We slept fitfully through a very long night, huddled on top of each other, for warmth.
At daybreak, we found we were only a short distance from a house surrounded by trees. It looked big, and we suspected a military post, as we had one marked on our map in the locality. We spread out and closed in cautiously.
*** … carded slings were scattered in the open hall. The soldiers had been there and had gone.
We knocked up the caretaker – it was a shooting lodge. He lit a fire and we thawed out. He made a huge container of tea and gave us all the bread he had - not much. He said he had to bring the flour six miles from Laragh on his back.
After a few hours we set out again, keeping as far as possible to the mountains. It was safer that way. To us, mountains were a natural safeguard. They had always been our main chance of survival. We made straight for Mount Leinster, up a sheep track, over the top and down near Borris-in–Ossory.
From there straight to Slievenamon and then to the Galtees. Rivers were a difficulty – bridges are usually on or near town, and they were occupied. We forded the Slaney, and crossed the Barrow by boat. We approached the Nore about a mile underneath Thomastown and were shown a ford. It was in flood and looked high and wide.
As we sought a place to cross, we saw a party of soldiers on the other side. They saw us and retreated towards Thomastown – we guessed for reinforcements.
We had no alternative now. We got into the water and crossed. Here young O’Sullivan was nearly drowned. He was being carried off when somebody pulled him out by the hair.
We slept in outhouses, stables, in the kitchens of farm labourers’ houses. Somehow, they understood human needs and frailties better than their richer neighbours. We developed an amazing brand of lice. Their quantity and quality in such a comparatively short time was truly phenomenal.
Once (in Carlow), we approached a very large residence for our dinner. The owner had a title of some sort, and we wanted to give him a chance to atone for some of the sins of his ancestors by contributing something to the Republic. He took us into a parlour, and produced a bottle of whiskey. He probably suspected who we were, because he showed us a newspaper which gave account of the big Newbridge escape.
His good lady assisted the maids to wait on us, and presented us with a towel and soap on our departure. We found the offer slightly embarrassing.
So far we hadn’t met any of our own, and when we did it nearly proved our undoing. We went astray on the Galtees, and instead of going west we turned north into the glen of Aherlow. We struck on a Republican doing sentry duty for a Column, east of Galbally. We met the members of the Column (McCormack’s) in nearby farm-houses and were entertained royally.
*** …We made a vow that we would not rest in bed again till we reached home in Kerry.
It was Saturday night at 7 o’clock when we started out again on the last lap. We met a rabbit trapper and we pressed him into our service. He took us out of the mountains and put us on the road.
We went on by Milford, Broadford, skirted around Charleville, which was occupied. Travelling all night, we arrived in Tullylease in County Cork about 11 o’clock, and we met the people as they were coming out from Mass.We parted with Nash at Rockchapel.
At Brosna (Kerry), we said good-bye to Hussey and Pat Allman. We were to meet again. In Pat I was reminded of what I had read was not yet 20, and was then of Red Hugh O’Donnell. He was not yet 20, and was then a Battalion Commander. He had already shown before his capture, and was later to prove himself a born leader and a very brave man.
Even his fine physique could not save him, however. In four years he was dead from much hardship and many wounds.
At about one o’clock on Monday morning we reached home – Knocknagoshel, a little hill-top village beyond the Cork-Kerry-Limerick border. I knocked on the house of a friend, Charlie O’Donoghue. He got up, opened the door. He passed no remark, motioned us to sit down. He put the fire together and hung an oven. He sliced the bacon. He made the tea. We ate and went to bed.
To-morrow was another day. If we had only known it, what had happened was but a very little episode of what was to come- all part of the uneasy pangs of a nation being born.
What percentage loss of population did Kildare town experience during the famine decade 1841-1851? Why do you think Maynooth was chosen in 1795 as the location for the Royal College of St. Patrick? How does historic Maynooth or Kildare compare to other Irish towns? The answer to these and many other questions can be found in Reading the Maps: A guide to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas. This is a user’s guide to the 23 atlases that have been published in this series. The book compares and contrasts the development of 21 towns around the country.
• This new publication from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Royal Irish Academy uses an historical and geographical approach to understand the evolution of Irish towns and cities through the ages.
• The book is richly illustrated with maps, historical plans, views, illustrations, reconstructions and photographs with several featuring Kildare.
• It explores themes such as ‘buying and selling’ and ‘amusements and pastimes’ and has chapters dealing with particular periods of urban development in Ireland from the monastic town to the nineteenth-century resort town.
• Reading the Maps is a book for everyone but also a particularly useful tool for teachers and students, with ‘test yourself’ boxes to encourage reflection and further study.
• Previously in the atlases the stories of these towns were told individually; now in Reading the Maps they are told collectively as well.
• The authors Dr Jacinta Prunty and Professor Howard Clarke are both editors of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series and have published widely on Irish towns and map history.
The answer to these and many other questions can be found in Reading the Maps: A guide to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas. This is a user’s guide to the 23 atlases that have been published in this series. The book compares and contrasts the development of 21 towns around the country.
The reorganisation of St. Patrick’s Fife and Drum Band, Droichead Nua, may not be of more than passing interest to younger readers, but for many older people it will recall many memories. The history of the band stretches back to 1848 and over that century-plus of music making many members of well-known Droichead Nua families were associated with the band.
In recent years, Droichead Nua people have seldom heard their town band for it has been an up-hill fight by the few members to prevent total disintegration. Never once, however, have they failed to greet each New Year with a parade through the town on New Year’s Eve.
Over the past few years, they have been helped out by the few surviving members of the Bishopwood Band, who find themselves in the same position as St. Patrick’s.
Down through the years, St. Patrick’s Fife and Drum Band was closely associated with the independence movement - the staff in use now had its first outing at Parnell’s funeral and the bass drum was presented by the Volunteers in 1914. In 1918, the band played at Sinn Fein victory celebrations all over the county for many years played at the Wolfe Tone commemoration at Bodenstown.
At the close of the last century, when the population of Droichead Nua was little over 1,000, the town could boast of three bands – St. Conleth’s Brass and Reed Band, The Parnell Band, and St. Patrick’s Fife and Drum Band. On the death of Parnell, the Parnell Band joined with St. Patrick’s.
One of the best known Kildare horses of the early fifties, Indian Hemp, bread at Ardenode Stud, Ballymore Eustace, by Captain Spencer Freeman, died of a heart ailment early this year at California, USA.Bread in 1949, Indian Hemp, sired earners of more than £1.7 million, including £36,00 earner, T. V. Lark which is 14th in the list of leading earners. Capt. Freeman sold him as a yearling at Newmarket for over £7,000 to Sir Humohery de Trafford.Raced by Sir. Humphrey and trained by Marcus Marsh, Indian Hemp, at two won the Windsor Castle and Tattersalls Sales Stakes, was second in the Exeter Stakes and third in the royal Lodge Stakes. He was ranked at 121 pounds on the free handicap, 12 pounds below the high weighted Windy City II.Max Bell, the Canadian industrialist, bought Indian Hemp privately after he came third in the Newmarket Stakes, at three. After being beaten by a neck in the King Edward VII Stakes at Ascot, he travelled to the US in ’52 for the Washington DC International but was unplaced. In 1952 he won the Yerba Buena Handicap, came second in the lakes and Flowers and San Pasqual Handicaps, and was third in the Hawthorne Gold Cup, Washington Park, Charles E. Bidell, Tanforan, Chicago and Bay Meadows handicaps.After winning seven races and earning £42,500 he was retired in 1955. Syncicated in 1960, he was eventually moved to Mrs. Connie M, Ring’s Three Rings Ranch near Beaumont, California, where he died. Other big earners sired by Indian Hemp, include Linitt, Mr. Wag, Old Moses, Hempen, Judge Savage and Prince Hemp.Indian Hemp was among seven foals from stakes – placed Sabzy, a daughter of Stardust which Capt. Spencer Freeman sold to C.H. Jones and Son in 1954 for almost £1,000. Sazby produced four winners in the US from five reported foals, including the dams of All I Can and Starry Prince, stakes winners.
The Guy Williams Lecture on ‘Royalty in Kildare - From Henry II in 1171 to Elizabeth II in 2011’ will take place at 8pm in Aras Bhride (Parish Centre), Kildare Town, on Tuesday night, 21 June.
There will be a poetry and story night with local writer Mae Leonard at 7.30pm on Thursday night.
Just a reminder: the next meeting of the Newbridge Local History Group will take place in Sarsfield GAA clubhouse, Roseberry Room, on Tuesday 21 June at 8.30pm.
This meeting will consist of a slide show selection of the photos we have collected during the year so far - aerial photos, street scenes and the changing face of Newbridge down the years will feature in the presentation. Looking forward to seeing you all there.
meeting of the Newbridge Local History Group will take place in Sarsfield GAA clubhouse, Roseberry Room, on Tuesday 21 June at 8.30pm.
A man who played a vital role in building the House of Shaw into the largest commercial group of its kind died last week at his residence at Cardenton, Athy, aged over 90 years. He was Mr. Samuel Victor Shaw, native of Mountmellick.
The commercial empire he left behind started in Mountmellick about 1864, when his father, Henry Shaw, set up a successful little drapery. Henry’s widow took over in the 1890s, and with the help of her children opened in Portlaoise a large general drapery and footware store as an extension of the business. Her son William, managed the new premises.
In 1902 a slim fair-haired boy arrived in Athy to serve his time to drapery at the Duke St. establishment of John A. Duncan. His name: Samuel V. Shaw. His hours were long, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., and for his labours he received 2/6 (12 1/2p) a month pocket money. When he had completed his apprenticeship his mother sent him to London to learn tailoring. Before he left he urged her and his brother, William, to buy Duncan’s business if it went up for sale. In 1914 a telegram he received in London from his mother summoned him home; Duncan’s premises had come on the market, and had passed into the ownership of the Shaw family.
On his return to Ireland he entered into the family business, and when his brother, William died in 1929 took over the running of the Athy branch. Under his guidance, Shaws acquired a second premises in Duke Street and entered into the hardware/furniture business. A further development in the Shaw family was in 1934 when the firm was registered as a limited private company, Shaw & Sons, and he became its managing director. His mother had died some years previously.
Under his skilful management the firm grew very much larger. It acquired the Waterford City concern, Robinson, Ledley & Ferguson, in 1940 opened a branch in Carlow in 1949, and took over the big Gaze & Jessops business in Portlaoise in 1954, and developed it further as a general hardware, farm and machinery and furniture business. His next venture on behalf of the Shaw group was to open a branch in Roscrea in 1964, and in the last decade extended their activities by opening a branch in Ballymun. Actively engaged with him in the group extensions in recent years were his sons, Billy, Mervyn and Trevor. Up to the time of his death last week, he continued to act as the group’s chief executive and signed the bulk of the cheques.
The late Mr. Shaw had many qualities that contributed to his tremendous success as a business magnate. These included a spirit of enterprise, a quiet tenacity, a feeling for the exact requirement of the customers, and a capacity to ensure that these requirements were met with civility and at attractive prices. Everybody who had dealings with him found him to be a charming, affable man of extraordinarily even temperament, and possessed of a delightful sense of humour. He tool pleasure in meeting customers on the shop floor and exchanging a few friendly words.
Outside of the group responsibilities he found relaxation and exercise in attending to his farm and in tending his garden. For years he was a prominent exhibitor of pure bread Hereford cattle at the RDS Show, and won many major awards, including the championship of the Show. A first class gardener, he took pride in his produce; vegetables and flowers. To him the simple things in life mattered greatly. He stood very high in the community, a man for whom there was deep admiration and respect, and a great deal of affections,. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, sons, Billy, Mervyn and Trevor, and daughters Mrs. Betty Kelso and Miss Rosaleen Shaw. After Burial Service in Athy Methodist Church, he was interred in the family plot in Rosnalls Cemetery, Laois.
The new scheme of 130 houses proposed to be built between the Caragh Road and the Canal Basin , was again discussed at the meeting of the Naas Urban Council on Tuesday night. A lengthy debate took place as regards the Old Gaol and a resolution was passed eventually, that it be acquired and demolished. Mr. M.J. O’Donoghue inquired that now that the Town Planner was back from when would the proposed 130 houses scheme commence. The Chairman (Mr. MI. Fitzsimons) said that apparently more land was required. Town Clerk (Mr. Whyte – Negotiations are going on. I understand that the Town Planner has been with the Department and that the Department has approved in principle the lay-out and that now it is only a matter of completing the documents. Mr. O’Donoghue – Any chance of starting development work in the near future? Chairman – We must get the loan sanctioned. Town Clerk – The big job is the preparation of the bills of quantities. Until that is done we cannot advertise. Mr. Tom Dowling said that it was apparently intended to acquire the field at the rear of Mr. Noel Dowling’s house and also the small piece of road behind Mr. Frank Dowling’s new grocery store. “I was under the impression,” added Mr. Dowling, “that the gaol site would also be developed”. Town Clerk – No. Mr. S. Curran – I thought that a ball alley was to be built there. Mr. O’Donoghue said that the acquisition of Messrs. Dowling’ lands was a new one to him. He thought that they had acquired all the land that they required eighteen months or two years ago.
The Town Clerk said that the land was necessary to provide an outlet to the main road. Mr. Jack Lawler – I was under the impression that the old Gaol was to be taken down. Surely it isn’t intended to build 130 houses up against that? They should be ten miles away from a structure like that. Mr. Dowling – I think that it is a great eyesore there. Mr. O’Donoghue – It should be taken away. Mr. Dowling – It would make a marvellous building site. Mr. Daly – Would there be any chance of a contractor demolishing it for stone? Chairman – They would be no good for building purposes. Mr. O’Donoghue – Send one of the stones to instead of the Lia Fail (laughter). Mr. Jack Lawler said that they should draw the attention of the Town Planner to this anomaly – that they did not approve of the new scheme unless the Old Gaol was taken down. Mr. O’Donoghue – Put that in the form of a resolution and the Council will back it. Town Clerk – The Council have already approved of the scheme, but we didn’t know that we would have to acquire further land.
Dear Sir – On behalf of myself and my friends I find a little time to write to you a few lines concerning the “Leinster Leader” and how we all here look forward to receiving it from home. It is indeed a treat to read all the brightly edited news and to know how all our Gaelic games and sports are progressing in the county.
During my twelve months in Palestine the “Leinster Leader” was a welcome gift from home, and even to the present day we all look forward to receiving it. The Battalion is at present stationed in Egypt, and now that our duties have been reduced a great deal, we find more time to read the news from the homeland. I most sincerely hope I shall continue to receive it throughout my active service duties in the Middle East.
I would like to mention that during my service in Austria, 1945-46 with 1st Battalion, Irish Fusiliers, I and other Kildare soldiers were always on the look-out for the “Leader.” It helped to dispel the loneliness and brought us again in contact with our friends and people. I hope the good work will continue to reach those of us in exile.
I would like to thank all connected with the “Leinster Leader” for such a fine production and such a welcome gift to those abroad. – I remain yours faithfully, J. Kelly, late of 475, Ballymanny Cottages, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
Gunner D. Finn, a member of Round Towers GFC, was one of the most popular men in his Company, every Monday that the 33rd Battalion was in the Congo – that was the day the Leinster Leader arrived.
“The Club arranged with us to have the paper sent each week. Everyone wanted to read it, and it went the rounds of the whole Company,” he said on his return.
Now the Leinster Leader is going out weekly, at the request of the Club to his brother, Trooper L. Finn, of the Armoured Car Group in the 34th Battalion.
The attention of all those interested in horse breeding, jumping and agriculture generally, is drawn to the advertisement in this week’s issue of the County Kildare Hunt Horse and Farmers’ Association Show, which is being held at Tipper Road, Naas, on Monday, 2nd August. Over £300 in cash prizes is being offered and as will be seen from the advertisement, very valuable premiums have been provided by the Royal Dublin Society for hunter stock. The County Kildare Committee of Agriculture have also given a grant of £50 towards the prize funds.
There are classes to suit all interested in farming, while classes for vegetables, flowers and fruit ensure that all gardening enthusiasts are provided for. Nation-wide interest will be centred in the open jumping competitions, and we are glad to state that the Army School of Equitation are giving a display of jumping.
After the Show a dance will be held in Mrs. Lawlor’s Ballroom, the music for which will be supplied by Billy Carter and his Band.
The Committee have asked us to remind those interested that completed entry forms should be returned on or before the 15th instant to the Hon. Secretary at 42 Main Street, Naas.
“There are seventeen people living in a two-bedroomed house (three families) in New Row,” commented Mr. Wm. Daly at the meeting of the Naas Urban Council on Tuesday night, when a letter was read from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children drawing the attention of the Council to two families who were badly in need of houses in the urban area. It was decided to draw the attention of the County Manager to the matter.
For services with the R.A.F. in Palestine, Squadron Leader C. Harrington, M.B.E., of Natal, South Africa, who was born at Newbridge, Co. Kildare, was mentioned in despatches. He joined the R.A.F. in 1921 and was commissioned in 1941. He was made M.B.E. in 1943.
The monthly meeting of above was held in Kill National School. The Brigade Secretary, Mr. J. C. Delaney was present and gave a detailed account of resolutions which came before the Brigade meeting in Newbridge on Sunday 27th, ult. These resolutions dealt with medals, re-opening of pension claims, acquisition and division of estates, vesting of tenants in occupation over a number of years.
A lengthy discussion took place on the attitude adopted by the Land Commission towards Branch members, after which it was decided that immediate and direct action be taken.
The Brigade Secretary was directed to contact representatives from Straffan, Kilcock, Maynooth, Leixlip, Celbridge and Clane, so that they may come within the ambit of the association. It is however, a matter for regret that the Association of Old I.R.A. men was not in existence years ago, holding as it were a watching brief for all its members for just and equitable treatment.
on Thursday 23 June at 6.30 p.m.
We would like to invite you to the official launch of The Civil War in Kildare by James Durney on Thursday 23 June at 6.30 p.m.
1. That the Government be pressed to introduce a Measure embodying the chief, if not all the recommendations of the Viceregal and Royal Commissions on Poor Law Reform.
2. That a District Relief Board be established for Naas No.1 and Naas No. 2 Districts, consisting of Ten Members of the present Board of Guardians and Five Members of the County Council, with a Sub-Relief Committee of Seven acting under them, in the following Districts:- Naas, Newbridge, Kilcullen, Kildare, Clane, Ballymore-Eustace, and Blessington, for the purpose of selecting the number of deserving poor in each.
3. That the district Relief Board have the power of granting from the rates weekly pensions from 2s. to 5s. in all cases of deserving poor under the age of 70, and for this purpose and arrangement be entered into with the Postmaster-General so as to have all such pensions paid by the same method as at present adopted in paying the “Old Age Government Pensioners,” that is by cash order books payable at any Post Office, the County Council, on receipt from the Postmaster-General, to transmit twice in each year the amount stated therein required to meet all such pension payments.
4. That the present salaries of Doctors and Midwives, rents and allowances to caretakers of Dispensaries, be paid quarterly in future by the County Council.
5. That the present District Hospital be managed by a Board of Local Governors, as is at present done in the case of the Kildare Infirmary, and a set annual sum allowed for same from the rates by the County Council.
6. That the unused portion of the Naas Workhouse be sub-let at the existing head rents charged (a) for Workshops or Factories for the purpose of employing the people; (b) a County Agricultural Technical Schools; (c) a Sanatoria, or other useful purpose.
7. That the destitute weak-minded people at present located at the Workhouse be transferred to an Asylum, the cost of maintenance to be discharged by the County Council, and levied as a county charge in future.
8. That the Clerk of the Union, so far as Union charges are concerned, be directed to only raise in his estimates the required amount for three months – for instance, from the 31st March to the 30th June, 1910.
9. That all future instalments of loans charged against the Guardians be paid by the County Council, and raised by them as a Poor Rate.
10. All classes in Ireland agree upon the proposition that the eminence of the Poor Law system on the existing standard is both inefficient and unenomical. The poor Law relief, as at present administered, has only a demoralising effect, while it involves a reckless waste of money and time.
It is ludicrous to have able-bodied men and women supported out of the rates in sheer idleness. These we would propose to be ejected from the Workhouse. As for the remaining inmates, those of them who feel able to leave the House, and having a doctor’s certificate to that effect, we will give them 5s. a week conditionally – that is, they are neither to beg, steal, get drunk or, in other words, break the law; for three-serious convictions of any of the above-named will deprive them of their weekly allowance. And the sick poor we would suggest that the Hospital be renovated, and keep apartments for paying patients, and likewise to see that both paying patients and poor will be better treated than heretofore. Then as is mentioned in No. 6 of this Scheme, that every hole and corner of this vast establishment be utilised to the best advantage, so that, after some little time, it is our conviction, that this Naas Workhouse, instead of being a drag on the ratepayers, will turn into a paying institution.
Now we, the members of this Committee, consider it may not be in our power to abolish the Union just now. However, we feel that at least two good results will come from this motion. First, it will hurry up the Viceregal or some other Commission to action; and, secondly, it will prove conclusively to the world that there has been, not a fraudulent, but a terrible waste of money in the Naas Union.
That the master and several relieving officers furnish a correct report under the following headings – (1) number, age, name and former address of all able-bodied inmates at present in Naas Workhouse, male and female, stating the period resident therein; (2) number, name, age and address (if any) of all children at present in the workhouse; (3) number, name, age and address of all people receiving outdoor relief in Naas Nos. 1 and 2 districts; (4) a return of the amount paid in temporary relief by the relieving officers of the union in their several districts for the year ended 30th September, 1909.
The Clerk said the usual course was to have an important report like that printed and sent out to members, to be considered at another meeting.
The Chairman said what he considered would be the best way would be to send copies of the scheme to the members of Parliament for the county.
The Clerk said it would be first necessary that the suggestions should have the approval of the board.
Mr. J.S. O’Grady said they had no particular information in connection with the matter. They had nothing to show that the cost under the proposed scheme would be less than the present cost. Finance was the whole thing, and financial information they should have before them (hear, hear).
The Chairman said the committee considered that under the new scheme proposed the cost would be about half what it is at present.
The Great People of Caragh. Through the Arches of Time.
This book is a pictorial record of our families and neighbours, the way they lived and a snapshot of Caragh in times past.
An open invitation is extended to one and all and we look forward to seeing you there.
showing that they are still alive and well today.
interested that anything we receive will be returned to its owner.
It is winter, 1863. Rosanna Doyle, hopeful of a happy future with her soldier lover John, takes off to the Curragh camp to surprise him. But life still has some tough lessons for Rosanna to learn and she finds herself forced to join Bridget and the other ‘wren’ women of the Curragh plains. Making their homes in the furze bushes surrounding the camp, the wrens survive by offering their services to the soldiers.
Another, more distinguished, visitor is there that same winter; pressman Richard Tone has been commissioned by the great Charles Dickens to write about the women and he soon becomes engrossed in their lives.
Grounded in historical fact and based on his acclaimed radio play, Rosanna Nightwalker, and subsequent novel The Only Glow of the Day, Kildare writer Martin Malone has written a stage play of great power and tenderness which will be brought to life on the Moat stage by All Ireland winning director Barbara Sheridan.
Calling all Cycling Enthusiasts & Budding Historians!
An exhibition of historical photographs and information about bicycles and cycling down through the ages, running at Newbridge Community Library from 7th to 25th June.
In November 2010 Wordwell Books published a book of photographs of public art all around Ireland called By the way. Ann Lane, the author of the book, travelled over 16,000 miles to list 760 sites and take hundreds of photographs. The book was well recieved and since its publication Ann has been toying with the idea of a slightly follow-up book, a sort of hidden Ireland type.
'If there were any local sites/images/commemorations/beautiful hidden scene or scenic road/private gardens/quirky things in your area that you might feel would be attractive to foreign tourists - or indeed anybody - I would be delighted to hear about it/them. If there is a background story about the item that would, of course, be significant - especially if there is any legend involved. Having it publicised could help tourism in your area. I would certainly plan to include tribute statues, i.e., Bill Clinton in Ballybunion, Joe Dolan, etc., but I would have to know the artisyt of those pieces because they have to be credited in each case.
Sallins Catholic Church will be opened to-morrow (Sunday). His Lordship Most Rev. Dr. Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, will officiate at the opening ceremony, which will consist of the blessing and dedication of the Church and the celebration of Mass.
The occasion will be one of great importance and rejoicing to the people of Sallins and district, who heretofore attended Mass at Naas, many being obliged to travel long distances, often under the most distressing weather conditions. The inhabitants old and young, have at last seen the realisation of their hopes for practically at their doors has been erected a house of worship, a compact little structure, admirably suited to their needs.
It is now more than fifteen years since the people of Sallins petitioned the Parish Priest for the privilege of having a weekly Mass celebrated in the village, and Very Rev. Fr. Norris, with that keen perception of the spiritual needs of his flock, which has been an unfailing characteristic of his pastorate, saw at once the necessity for a auxiliary Church, and gave to the petition his full support. Having obtained the sanction of the ecclesiastical authorities a committee was formed under his parentage and a collection was made for the purpose of giving effect to the project. Foremost amongst the committee were the late Mr. P.J. Healy, the late Mr. Patrick Byrne, Mr. Thos. Fleming and Mr. J.J. Flanagan, the energetic Chairman. In a remarkably short space of time the sum of £400 was realised.
Fr. Norris then conceived the idea of having a better and more up-to-date schools for the district and informed the committee of his intention to press the National Board of Education for a grant in aid of this purpose. In the early part of 1914 he was promised the necessary financial assistance and a site having been acquired the plans and specifications for the new schools were prepared. But the intervention of the world war upset all these arrangements. One of the immediate effects of the outbreak of war was the cancellation of the promised grants and the revered pastor and his willing co-operators – the people of the district – were thrown back on their own resources. Had his plans materialised he proposed that after the erection of the new schools, equipped on modern lines, the old ones should by a serious of alterations and additions be converted into a chapel of ease.
As a result of the rapid increase of the cost of building during the war years, the whole matter was left in the abeyance until 1923 when Fr. Norris and Mr. J.J. Flannigan made a new start. This time it was decided to utilise the site acquired on the first occasion for the erection of a wood and iron structure to serve as a house of worship. Tenders were invited from the leading firms in this class of building and eventually the execution of the work was entrusted to Messers. Harrison and Co. Camberwell, London. Fr. Norris now informed the committee that instead of building on the site given by G.S. and W.R. Co. he would be prepared to give the site of the school garden and adjacent ruins which he had secured some time previously. This generous offer was availed of and the clearing of the site and the laying of the concrete foundations were commenced – also the front entrance and boundary walls. Messrs. Harrison had completed their contract by February 21st 1924.
The church as finished looks rather plain in contrast to the fine examples of cut stone erected in more favoured localities. It is approached by two wide roadways. One known as School Lane – leading – from the main road affords a pleasant view of the little building with its fine entrance, and grounds planted with evergreen shrubs, and the other leads on to the Grand Canal, facilitating the parishioners in every way. These roadways have been re-surfaced and drained by the County Council, during recent weeks.
On entering one is struck by the happy arrangement of having two entrance gates and also two doors to correspond with those in the porch. The porch partition has two swing doors leading into the interior of the Church. There is also a small wicket gate and a passage for use of the officiating priest from the entrance to the vestry. The body of the Church appears much more spacious than one would imagine from its exterior aspect. It is fully seventy feet in breadth and has actual seating accommodation for 400 people.
The seats were made by Mr. T. Corcoran, contractor, Naas, and are the gift of Fr. Norris. The Church is perfectly lighted and ventilated and the Stations of the Cross look very beautiful and artistic in their oak frames, spaced as they are in the bays between each window, which is dedicated to the memory of the late Patrick and Mary Boushel, of two very worthy parishioners, is a perfect specimen of its kind. The central figure is the sacred Heart with the supporting figures of Our Lady and St. Joseph. The Alter, artistically designed, and made of pitch pine, well polished, is the gift of the late Miss Condron, Eadstown, and was made by the eminent firm of Messers Scott, Dublin, who also furnished the credence Table and Prieu-Dieu. The Communion Rail, of brass, was erected by the well known firm of Messrs. Gunning and Sons, Fleet Street, Dublin whose fine work may be seen in many Churches throughout the land. They also supplied the fine Sanctuary lamp, massive brass Candelabra and the sacred vessels and Crucifix for the Alter. On the right and left of the Chancel Arch hang two very fine pictorial representations one of the National Apostle and the other of St. Brigid. These were presented by Mrs. B. Hourihane, N.T., Sallins, in memory of her deceased husband, the late Hon. Secretary of the Church Committee. The vestries are convenient and well furnished in everything pertaining to the needs of a Church, thanks to the generosity and care of Fr. Norris who also gave the beautiful sacred vessels and vestments.
The bell which was erected by Mr. D. Corcoran, Naas, is the gift of the Very Rev. W. Lockhart, P.P., Eadstown. The people of Sallins are sincerely grateful to all concerned for the erection of a Church in their midst, fulfilling a requirement so ardently desired. To their revered pastor. Very Rev. Fr. Norris, a sense of lasting obligation is felt, for it is recognised that the earnestness and zeal with which he co-operated made success ultimately possible. He never once lost sight of the project, even when the pressure of the economic conditions compelled the committee to make an indefinite postponement of the work. On the occasion of his golden jubilee last year Fr. Norris presented the money gifts received from his parishioners to the Sallins Church Fund. A debt of gratitude is also due to Mrs. Reddy for the generous measure of her support, which went a long way, to the Chairman and members of the committee who were indefatigable, and to the farmers and others of the district whose carts, horses, etc., were readily placed at the disposal of the contractors.
Mr. D. Smyth, contractor, Sallins had charge of the carpentry section of the work, which he executed with his usual efficiency.
The soldierly figure of Mr Peter Lawlor of Pacelli Road, Naas, erect to the last despite his 79 years is gone from the scene. He died last week at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Athy. His career was an unusually colourful and varied one with long service at home and overseas. Native of Halverstown, Naas, he was a former O.C. Cavalry Corps at Plunkett Barracks, Curragh Camp. He was to retain a link with the Army stretching over four decades. From O.C. in 1924 to the time when he retired from his job at the cavalry workshops, 43 years later, he was held in deservedly high esteem. Peter fought in the Dardanelles with the 1st Australians (the famous Dinkums) in the first World War and joined Michael Collins on his return to Ireland. He got his commission as Commandant in 1922.
His career as a soldier also embraced service with Franco’s forces in the Spanish Civil War as an officer. A much-travelled man, he worked in various parts of Canada and in eleven of the States of America. He went to New Zealand in 1911 and returned to Ireland after World War I. He also served with the Old I.R.A. for a period.
The date of his death coincided with the 50th anniversary of the death of Michael Collins. Peter was extremely proud of the fact that it was Collins who bestowed on him the insignia of rank as Commandant in the National Army. He was a loyal supporter of the Labour Party.
Mr. Lawler is survived by his wife, Mrs. Barbara Lawler, who has been a patient at the County Hospital for some time, son, Frank and daughter, Jean who is a public health nurse in Peckham, London. Military honours were accorded at the funeral to St. Corban’s Cemetery, Naas, following Requiem Maas on Thursday. The attendance included officers of the Cavalry Corps and many former comrades, as well as a big representation of the townspeople. Rev. Fr. Ramsbottom, C.C., officiated at the graveside. With him while receiving the remains on Wednesday evening were Very Rev. J. McDonald, P.P., Kill, and Rev. D. Hogan, C.C., Kill.
Newbridge railway station opened in 1846 when the Great Southern and Western Railway line reached the town. Newbridge was then an important military centre, having its own cavalry barracks and being less than three miles from the celebrated camp on the Curragh. The railway station in Newbridge was kept busy with constant troop movements, but it was also a place for meetings, sales and unfortunately, accidents.
The first stationmaster mentioned in newspaper records was Mr. Hynes, who, according to the Irish Times of 15 June 1860, was presented in June 1859 with a silver cup from the officers of the 3rd Light Dragoons. The following year the same gentleman was presented with a lever watch by Colonel Sullivan and the officers of the 5th Royal Lancers, ‘for his uniform attention to those regiments whilst stationed at Newbridge’. A court case covered in the Kildare Observer of 17 December 1881 regarding an unpaid fare mentioned Martin Tighe, Newbridge stationmaster, as the main witness. Mr. Tighe is also mentioned in Slater’s Directory of 1881 as being the stationmaster in Newbridge. In a court case covered in the Kildare Observer of 7 October 1882 we find that hay, the property of Jonathan Tarlson, stationmaster, Newbridge, was burned. In his evidence Mr. Tarlson said he had bought the hay from the late stationmaster, Martin Tighe, six months previous.
The coverage of the funeral of local man Thomas Farrell in the Kildare Observer of 20 November 1897 mentioned Mr. J. Breen, stationmaster, Newbridge, as being one of those present. The 1901 Census returns for 17 Charlotte Street, Newbridge, give Thomas Manifold as the stationmaster in Newbridge. Thomas Manifold (44) was born in King’s County and was married to Eliza, who was ten years his junior. They had two children – Honora (18) and Mary (8), both born in Co. Cork. Manifold is still stationmaster a year later as he is mentioned as in attendance at the funeral of Peter Sullivan in the Kildare Observer of 4 October 1902. The 1911 Census returns for 2 Piercetown, Newbridge, give Patrick O’Reilly as the stationmaster in Newbridge. Patrick O’Reilly (46) was born in Waterford City and had then being married to his Tipperary-born wife, Maryanne (40), for fifteen years.


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As Thor: Ragnarok begins production, we take a look at everything we know about the story, cast, director and its overall connection to the MCU.
While some fans are against Captain America joining Hydra, here's why the twist is one of the most exciting things to ever happen at Marvel.
Jurassic World Turns One: What Did We Learn & What's Next?
Take a look at how Jurassic World reinvigorated Steven Spielberg's classic franchise exactly one year after its release in theaters last June.
While it hit number one at the box office, X-Men: Apocalypse could have been a true summer phenomenon with the help of Deadpool, and here's why.
Though Spider-Man: Homecoming doesn't start shooting until later this year, we actually know quite a bit about the Marvel reboot.
Doctor Strange will open up a new corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe when it hits theaters this November.
From The Pick of Destiny to The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. These movies were labeled bad by fans, but have they matured gracefully?
From Joaquin Phoenix to Ryan Gosling, there are some actors who just aren't ready to succumb to the comic book movie genre.
From Spider-Man to Black Panther and that big airport fight, Captain America: Civil War proves to be the most exciting Marvel movie to date.
While Captain America: Civil War features The Avengers we love, Suicide Squad is bringing something fresh and exciting to screens this summer.
From Spring Breakers to Piranha 3D, we count down all the greatest Spring Break parties ever committed to film.

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2 Kings 18:11 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
At that time the king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and placed them in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
The king of Assyria took the Israelites away as prisoners; he forced some of them to live in the town of Halah, others to live near the Habor River in the territory of Gozan, and still others to live in towns where the Median people lived.
The Assyrian emperor took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners and settled some of them in the city of Halah, some near the Habor River in the district of Gozan, and some in the cities of Media.
The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
The king of Assyria took the Israelites to Assyria as captives. He put them in Halah, along the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land I gave their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them--the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them."
And the king of Assyria sent the Rab-shakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer's Field.
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Verse 11. - And the King of Assyria - i.e. Sargon - did carry away Israel unto Assyria - the empire, not the country - and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Modes (see the comment on 2 Kings 17:6).

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caused a horrendous traffic jam for days, thousands of kids could't to school, ambulances were stuck and millions of tempers flared. Several weeks later it came out that Christie made this happen although at first he lied about it and tried to cover it up and then said it wasn't important but new evidence keeps showing up. And that gave an opportunity to people who he had done things like this to to over the years to come forward and say yes, this sounds like the kind of thing he would do. All this is important because Christie was a serious contender to be the Republican nominee for President in the 2016 election. Not any more. The public decided this little event illustrates his character and who wants to follow a leader who would do that kind of thing?
I think of Chris Christie when I look at leaders. A great leader needs to have a focus on big things, needs to have a vision that the public understands and and accepts and things move in the direction of that vision. A politician who spends her or his time on the small little pointless things has no time for a vision. Some politicians with no vision pretend they have one, but hide behind all the small things, they enjoy the details as a hiding place from the big picture. An important question when looking at a leader is what does she or he believe in? Where will they take us and our village, city, or country? Not what are they against, but what are they in favor of? Do they spend their time punishing all their perceived enemies or moving us forward? Now that we all know what Christie spends his time on, nobody believes he has any real vision. People who enjoy petty vengeance can't have a legitimate vision or the time to pursue it.
How acceptable is petty vengeance in Georgia? Is it accepted as simply the way the world works? If you do something I don't like, I will try to do some little unpleasant thing against you that is not too dangerous for me. Is that the norm? Are leaders or politicians held to a higher standard? Are they supposed to be better and do less of that than the general public or do we assume that in order to be involved in politics a person must be willing or even enthusiastic to engage in these tiny battles? Another way to look at this is to ask who wins. If there is a political battle between a politician who refuses to engage in petty vengeance against one who is constantly engaged in that, who will be the victor?
In some countries, and in some cultures there is no act that will finish a politician quicker than evidence of some form of petty vengeance like this. There it is viewed in the binary, there is a type of person that does things like this, we all know some, and there are people who couldn't ever do these things, everybody is of one or the other type, who simply don't see the world this way. So if a politician does this once the presumption is that they do this constantly, it is a part of their character and nobody wants them to have any power, or at least elected power. In other countries or cultures, petty vengeance is viewed as normal, part of how the world works, anybody who doesn't engage in it is at best ineffective, at worst naive and weak. There are no consequences for those who engage in it, or it may even be to their benefit if that is simply how the system works. And the system usually stays that way because anybody who does not participate in it becomes irrelevant. So for Georgia, which is it?

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Annie Dillard’s “Seeing,” a philosophical, literal, and historical romp through the seemingly simple act for which the piece is named, is packed with but-constructions. They appear in nearly every paragraph, sometimes two-to-a-graph. They fall into two clear types: “action/description buts” and “mood change buts.” It is easy to distinguish between the types because, almost without fail, the action/description ones appear within a sentence, while the mood change ones are the initial word in a sentence.
I wandered downstream to force [the blackbirds] to play their hand, but they’d crossed the creek and scattered.
I bang on hollow trees near the water, but so far no flying squirrels have appeared.
When you see fog move against a backdrop of deep pines, you don’t see the fog itself, but streaks of clearness floating across the air in dark shreds.
In all these examples, the ‘but’ is necessary to accurately relate the action or accurately describe something. They make for nice sentences, but don’t have great symbolic value.
Dillard’s other type of but-construction, the “mood-change but,” is the main method she uses to swing the essay from the thrill of seeing something new to the despair of not being able to see something, and back. This “ocean swell” rhythm, from optimism to pessimism, hinges on the ‘buts,’ which occur at the crests and troughs. These “mood-change buts” typically also employ a more complex grammatical structure, which effectively breaks the flow of the essay and turns it in a different direction.
The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. But – and this is the point – who gets excited by a mere penny?
It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won’t stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.
I used to be able to see flying insects in the air…. My eyes would focus along that column of air, picking out flying insects. But I lost interest, I guess, for I dropped the habit. Now I can see birds.
I cherish mental images I have of three perfectly happy people. One collects stones. Another – an Englishman, say – watches clouds. The third lives on a coast and collects drops of seawater, which he examines microscopically and mounts. But I don’t see what the specialist sees, and so I cut myself off, not only from the total picture, but from the various forms of happiness.
The first “mood-change but” turns the mood down, from the happiness of a world studded with pennies to pennies being worthless. The 2nd turns the mood back up (pennies can be valuable); the 3rd turns it back down (Dillard can’t see flying insects any more); and the 4th — an instance that actually packs two ‘buts’ into one sentence — brings it into a deeper trough (the inability to see as specialists do). In each case, the ‘but’ begins a sentence. It is an abrupt change of course from the previous sentence: one mood, full stop, second mood. Even reading only the ‘but’ with the end of the preceding sentence, the impending mood change is apparent: “…generous hand. But….” “…won’t stoop to pick up a penny. But….” “…picking out flying insects. But….” The period and the big capitalized ‘B’ serve, in written form, as the verbal inhale-and-pause people use when delivering news (either good before bad or bad before good).
Oh, it’s mysterious lamplit evenings, here in the galaxy, one after the other. It’s one of those nights when I wander from window to window, looking for a sign. But I can’t see. Terror and a beauty insoluble are a ribband of blue woven into the fringes of garments of things both great and small. No culture explains, no bivouac offers real haven or rest. But it could be that we are not seeing something. Galileo thought comets were an optical illusion. This is fertile ground: since we are certain that they’re not, we can look at what our scientists have been saying with fresh hope.
The feel here is dreamlike, and both sentences that have a ‘but’ also contain a negative. The first, however, transforms the hopefulness of the first two sentences into dejection. It concludes “looking for a sign” with “terror.” The second ‘but’ sentence looks pessimistic, and read alone it could be interpreted as such (as in, we’re missing something important). This little sentence, though, moves the passage from a scary dark place (with no “haven or rest”) to the possibility of understanding (“fertile ground”). By suggesting that “we are not seeing something,” Dillard is stressing the “something:” there is something there to see, and that’s a positive thing.
It is worth noting one more use of ‘but’ in this essay. Near the end of the piece there are two sections that begin with the word. These are the only two sections that do so, and both deal with the same topic: seeing by letting go. This, Dillard admits, is the most difficult type of seeing. To introduce it, she creates the shortest section in the entire piece, and begins that section with ‘but’ (“But there is another kind of seeing that involves a letting go”). Then she writes a section with a specific experience of seeing fish flashing in the sun in the creek; a section that contains not a single ‘but.’ Then the idea returns in the next section with another initial section ‘but’ (“But I can’t go out and try to see this way”). If the “mood-change buts” as described above are the inhale-then-pause, these section-beginning ‘buts’ are the inhale-then-pause-then-look skyward-then-sigh. They physically jump out from the page and create the most prominent moments in the essay (especially the first, short section). They are used to begin the essay’s conclusion and to highlight the most true (say Dillard and Thoreau) way of seeing.
The flood of fire abated, but I’m still spending the power.
The vision comes and goes, mostly goes, but I live for it, the moment when the mountains open and a new light roars in spate through the crack, and the mountains slam.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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Mainstreet has been providing our clients with technologies and services for over 15 years. Each member of our leadership team and several members of our Mainstreet family bring a substantial 15 years or more of vast experience to the table for our clients to draw upon. From the beginning as one of the largest third party independent service providers focused on retail, this is what we have done, and still do well today.
Our Story begins with a small team of about 5 core people in 2003, when we became the depot service organization for a large national retailer. While helping them do business more efficiently and smoothly, we realized their service needs were not unique to only them. Other companies were looking for the same quality service we provide. Not long after our start, we began working with a technology manufacturer who needed an organization to repair the components in their self checkout systems.
These successful engagements enabled us to diversify our business giving us both a “direct to retailer” relationship as well as a “direct to manufacturer” relationship. That was only the beginning. From there we continued to grow, gaining other large retail and manufacturer clients.
Because we’ve been there. You need someone you can rely on and someone you can trust. We understand the world of configuring, deploying, and supporting systems from traditional retail technologies to mobile devices and back office systems.
Mainstreet’s entire business model is centered around services, not just selling hardware. From procurement to integration, rollout, and repair, we are a services-based business that focuses on the needs of our clients. Mainstreet services extend from our central depot integration center to onsite technical resources and Project Management.
We understand that our clients have an investment in equipment and need to make the most of it. We help to extend the useful of our clients’ assets for many years. Our in-depth repairs extend equipment life while updating technology to keep an existing store system relevant. We also have the ability to service and support devices long after their original manufacturer has ended equipment’s service life.
With all the services we offer, our clients know we will be on time and on price.
We know what works for each unique client saving them time, money and frustration. It’s the way we wrap ourselves around our clients, making sure they get the service they need while creating long-lasting partnerships.
The rest as they say is “history”, but our story isn’t finished. Our business is still going strong. We are our client’s advocate and trusted partner. What we do isn’t rocket science. It’s not unique. It’s just the way we do it. It’s our expertise, which helps our customers grow and be more efficient.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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So, an individual who is pre-menopausal, who is diagnosed with a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma can still become pregnant if treated with chemotherapy. Now, depending on the age of the individual and the types of drugs that are used, the therapy itself may lead to a post-menopausal state.
If the woman stops having menses that does not necessarily mean that she is not capable of becoming pregnant, and so appropriate birth control is indicated.
One of the most important initiatives we have at Northwestern is our onco-fertility program for women who are seeking, and desire to have a child. After the therapy, we address this issue before initiating treatment so that we can maximize the potential for a woman to have a child following her treatment.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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This spacious two bed, two bedroom apartment is situated in the heart of the city and on the high street itself so you really aren't far away from anything. Just a short walk away from West Quay shopping centre and high street shops, cruise terminals, southampton central train station, the guild hall, mayflower theatre, saint Mary’s football stadium (home to Southampton FC) and all of the bars and restaurants southampton has to offer you really are in the right place.
The kitchen and living area is open plan and very spacious, the kitchen is fully fitted and includes a fridge/freezer, toaster, kettle, microwave and washing machine. The living area has a large corner sofa, free view TV and table and chairs. The whole apartment is fitted with wifi throughout.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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I am a seasoned Tremulous player and I really love its unique mix of Action and strategy. Unfortunately - as we all know - Trem is not played anymore.
How happy I was to stumble over Unvanquished. I know, it has few players but they are there!
In good old Trem times, I used to call myself "DerWolfskoenig", that was my Trem name and I was a regular, almost fanatic player. I am not a very good player, but I dearly love this game.
I also do music in my sparetime and my big big dream is to earn money with the stuff I produce. I know, VQ already has a nice and fitting theme for the start screen, BUT if there is music needed for the actual gameplay, I would love to try to make something fitting - for free OC and released under a CC license.
OK, thats all about me , I am happy to be here!
Nice to meet you, and welcome!

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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If you are a current Adventist HealthCare employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. The EHR Application Specialist will work with the physician network team at Adventist Healthcare to provide system-level and workflow support for multi-users in clinical and billing applications. This position will provide critical assistance to practices on physician reimbursement programs (MIPS/MACRA) and the use of reporting tools. Installation, configuration, training, maintenance, and support of these systems will be required.
Analyze existing practices by facilitating communication, cooperation and information from key users, ensuring patient safety and consistent practices throughout the organization.
Resolve problems and recommends solutions through research, inquiry and data analysis maintaining logs and tracking of issues.
Design, redesign and analyze processes and apply knowledge to build software application.
Contribute to the preparation of testing scripts and participates in testing for implementation, upgrades, and fixes. Performs unit, system and integrated testing tasks.
Primary liaison between business units, technology and support teams.
Elicit system requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirement request, business and workflow analysis.
Serves as project champion to promote the integration of technology into the clinical setting.
Prepares and presents to different groups in an effective manner appropriate for the audience.
Documents needs assessments, processes, system requirements, change management, and user training materials to ensure successful communication to both technical team and the end user.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Public Health, Health Administration or Social Science.
Strong experience with an out-patient EHR system is required, EClinical Works EHR is preferred.
Some experience with additional EHRs such as Athena and NextGen is helpful.
Sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.
5-10 years related work experience. Health care experience is required.


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Let’s build one another up when we’re on the verge of quitting.
Remind our nearest and dearest that they’re awesome and oh so competent.
Someone to be our cheerleader, wave our flag like a good sport.
When you know that someone’s in your corner there’s no limit to what you can achieve!
Have faith in their capabilities, help them grow, after all, isn’t that what life’s all about?!


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Lutheran World Relief works to fight poverty and promote a more just and peaceful world by helping people help themselves. Your support provides the foundation for LWR's work.
The way they work is the most efficient, effective path that they have found to affect positive and enduring change. By building on the resources that exist in a community, their projects create sustainable development.
They attack poverty at its roots - where problems such as poor health, hunger, lack of skills or opportunity and environmental issues are all woven together - to break down the barriers that trap people in cycles of poverty and make them especially vulnerable to crises.
At the same time, they build up the community's core assets - resources such as labor and skills, health and a healthy environment - that allow people to pursue productive lives.
Their goal is always to identify local solutions to poverty that can be replicated and scaled up to reach an ever increasing number of people.
Experience the life changing work of Lutheran World Relief through a role playing game you can enjoy with your congregation and community. This game was created for middle school through adult aged participants. Each game box contains 1 instruction guide, playing cards for 6 country teams, situation reports and a score card template. It's available free of charge at their website. Simply add this item to your cart and checkout. Shipping is also free.


text: This website is operated by Good4You Gift Baskets. Throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Good4You Gift Baskets. We offer this website, including all information, tools and services available from this site to you, the user/customer, conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here.


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Rockler has a solution that's so simple, you'll wonder why it took so long to develop! The Clamp-It® replaces custom clamping jigs, acts as a third hand, and eliminates the need for long bulky clamps. Simply put, the Clamp-It® is a square you can clamp. In fact, you can even assemble a cabinet one corner at a time! Works with any joinery technique, from nails to hand cut dovetails.
It's ideal for every stage of construction, from assembling plywood cabinets to face frames and drawers. Clamp-It® is also perfect for framing decks and installing rails and balusters. Attach it to a work surface, and it becomes a right angle fixture for bench assembly. Clamp-It® is computer designed and manufactured from high impact, rigid polycarbonate to ensure strength and accuracy.
Drawer Assembly: Clamp-It® is designed for use on either the inside or outside of a corner, making it ideal for assembling drawers with lipped fronts.
Deck Rails: Use Clamp-It® to hold deck balusters at a perfect 90° angle while fastening.
Bench Jigs: Clamp-It® can be secured to any work surface to create a simple 90° assembly jig.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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In Ephesians 6, Paul tells fathers not to frustrate their children.
As I’ve thought about it, I’ve come to a different understanding of this passage – working at Kairos has brought me to see an interesting interpretation of this verse.
A lot of young adults have a problem believing in God because their dads were such poor fathers. When I teach, “God loves you like a father,” many young adults shut down. Their experiences with their fathers were so bad, they just can’t go there.
And I’m grateful every day that my dad didn’t make it hard for me to believe in God. In fact, he made it very easy.
I learned to love Scripture watching my dad study to teach his Sunday School class.
I learned to tithe watching him handle his money.
I learned about marriage from watching from my dad love my mom.
I learned to love Jesus watching him love Jesus.
No, my dad wasn’t perfect, but he loved me the best way he knew how…and you know, that’s all right.
Today would have been my dad’s birthday. He would have been 80.
He passed away in April of 2012. I’ve missed him every day.
But he left me a life time of memories.
He left me a legacy of what a good dad looks like … a legacy that I am, as a dad myself, trying now to pass on to my sons.


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Frugal & Fabulous: Free Vitamins @ CVS!
Have you checked the magical red machine at CVS lately? I have been getting coupons for $3 off vitamins! This box of Viactiv chews was clearanced at $2.37 so I put the overage towards the fruit water!
I got these two things for a grand total of $.72! That's my kind of deal!
Get anything good at CVS this week? LMK!


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The University of Florida’s Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence, or PRICE, and the UF Institute on Aging, or IOA, were awarded a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to establish a new center – the UF Resource Center for Minority Aging Research.
Under the leadership of principal investigator Roger B. Fillingim, Ph.D., director of PRICE and professor at the UF College of Dentistry, the center will pursue two primary goals, the first of which is to promote the diversity of the aging research workforce by identifying, supporting and mentoring promising investigators from underrepresented backgrounds. The second goal is to enhance the health of older populations by conducting state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research investigating social and behavioral contributions to pain and disability among older adults.
A partnership between PRICE and the Institute on Aging, the UF RCMAR truly represents a team effort as the leadership includes faculty members from three UF colleges and five different departments. The center will be housed at UF’s Clinical and Translational Research Building, and the faculty will comprise a multidisciplinary group of talented and productive scientists whose expertise spans the spectrum of clinical and translational research related to biopsychosocial contributions to pain and disability among older adults.
For the five-year period spanning 2018-2023, UF’s Resource Center for Minority Aging Research is one of 18 sites funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Institute on Aging, up 11 sites from the last five-year grant period from 2012-17 that featured seven sites across the country. The institute funds multiple resource centers across the country with the mission of decreasing health disparities in minority elders through research, mentoring, improved recruitment and retention methods for research studies, creating culturally sensitive health measures with greater precision, and increasing the effectiveness of interventions.
Four cores, detailed below, will help guide Fillingim and the UF Resource Center for Minority Aging Research work towards the center’s mission and goals.
Administrative Core (AC): The AC will provide intellectual leadership and programmatic oversight to the center. Using a team leadership approach, the AC is responsible for implementing all aspects of the RCMAR program and for coordinating activities and promoting cohesion and synergy across the RCMAR Cores. In addition, the AC Leadership ensures the success of the UF RCMAR by facilitating interactions and collaborations between the RCMAR and other UF entities and with programs at other institutions.
Research Education Component (REC): The REC builds upon UF’s commitment to developing a diverse biomedical research workforce and to its longstanding strength and investment in interdisciplinary research in both pain and aging. The REC proposes a multimodal approach to recruiting promising investigators from underrepresented backgrounds, and we emphasize competency-based development of skills for conducting high-impact social and behavioral research addressing our theme of biopsychosocial contributions to pain and disability among older adults.
Analysis Core (AnC): The AnC provides: 1) training, mentoring and research career support to RCMAR Scientists; 2) biostatistical support in study design, proposal development, data management, statistical analysis, and research dissemination for RCMAR Scientists’ research; and 3) new methodology for adaptive design of clinical trials and simultaneous statistical inference.
Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC): The CLRC capitalizes on research strengths of two disciplines, epidemiology and communication science, to provide infrastructure that supports the recruitment and community engagement needs of RCMAR scientists as well as contribute to scholarly understanding of what processes are most effective for engaging diverse stakeholder groups.


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Tradesman Insurance is often required for individuals working on any building project or construction process due to the hazardess nature of the building industry. Over recent years, Health & Safety aspects have improved the risk factors dramatically, but there is still a risk of injury or damage involved and there is a need to insure against this occurring.
At Sky Insurance we have a dedicated to team can advise you on the most suitable type of Tradesman Insurance required for your needs. We have developed excellent premium rates and policy terms with our selection of insurance underwriters, enabling us to offer you complete cover at a very competitive price.
Tradesman Insurance is a combined policy, that covers employers liability and public liability, amongst other types of insurance cover. Our specialist team will be able to offer a tailor made policy to match your requirements.


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Conda responds with the version number that you have installed, such as conda 3.11.0.
You are logged into the same user account that you used to install Anaconda or Miniconda.
You are in a directory that Anaconda or Miniconda can find.
You have closed and re-opened the Terminal window after installing conda.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


text: Description :We are Distributors of Pharmaceutical Products in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand for the last 7- 8 years with a turnover of about 7 lakhs a year. We want to expand our business and can invest a minimum of 2 lakhs, have an 850 sq.ft godown and 2 staff members. Interested manufacturers, please contact us for business.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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Brad Robbins is one of out preferred local vendors, local Home Inspector and the owner/operator of Precise Home Inspections LLC. Brad personally inspects Homes, Commercial Buildings, Condos, and Town Homes. His service areas include all of Baldwin County, Mobile County, Perdido Key and Pensacola, Florida. He strives to protect and serve his customers by delivering prompt, thorough and professional inspections of the building or residence for a reasonable price.
In addition to the above inspections, Brad also offers EIFS/Stucco Inspections, Thermal Imaging with Moisture Analysis Inspections, Pool & Spa Inspections, Re-inspections to see if repairs were performed adequately, Septic System Dye Inspections, Single Component Inspections, and Mold Inspections with subsequent testing with a written protocol. He is the only Home Inspector around who can write a protocol for mold remediation to which you can hand to your remediation contractor based on National Standards from the IICRC S520, EPA, and NYC Mold Guidelines.
Brad also welcomes his customers to attend the inspection. If his customer is unable to be present, he will take the time to call to see if there are any questions he can answer and go over the inspection other than just simply emailing a report. The Home Buyer Specialist Division of the Jason Will Real Estate Team believes that Brad Robbins offers the best customer service around, period! We encourage you to review the testimonial section on his business website at www.precisehomeinspectionsllc.com. You can reach Brad direct at 251-680-3291 or via email to precisehomeinspections3324@gmail.com. Precise Home Inspections LLC is truly your one stop shop for all your inspection needs!


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Ali graduated from the Community College of Medical Sciences in 2011, and had a dream to provide a vital project for his region Al-Wahat) began to seriously consider joining the district hospital in the laboratory department.
As a result of the scarcity of jobs, I had to work as a volunteer for a year. During my work, I noticed many mistakes in the procedures of implementing the tests, which leads to the appearance of wrong results and patients have to travel to the city of Aden for the re-examination.
I had the idea of opening a special laboratory to provide medical services to the people of the area, but I did not know where to start. I joined the KAB 2013 course and learned many skills that later helped me make the decision that changed my life. I learned from KAB how to study the external environment of the project and take advantage of the opportunities as well as managing a family loan.
After the course, I decided to open the lab and I started to start the project. I took a family loan and processed the lab. I decided to offer my services differently and to satisfy my customers and market for my services to the people of the area in new ways.
I made good profits and then I invested the profits in another project.
The idea of the second project was an institute specializing in administrative and computer courses. The youth of the region had to travel to the city to study.
My successful experiences were the result of the skills I learned from KAB, especially as it strengthened my own confidence and made me more capable of properly calculating risks.


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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue quarterback Elijah Sindelar stands on the practice field, reading the defense as he always does.
Only this time, he’s not behind center, not chatting with coach Jeff Brohm, not even wearing a helmet. Instead, the Boilermakers’ projected starter wears street clothes with a compression sleeve over his hyperextended left knee, content with why the coaches plan to hold him out of Saturday’s annual spring game.
He’s already shown them everything they need to see.
It’s been an interesting career, too.
After enrolling at Purdue in January 2016, Sindelar redshirted. After spending most of the next two seasons as a backup, Sindelar finally got his chance when David Blough dislocated his right ankle in November 2017 — only to subsequently tear the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Sindelar played the final 3½ games that season on the bad knee, making the injury look non-existent as he rallied the Boilermakers to their first postseason bid in four years and their first bowl win six years. He was even named offensive MVP of the Foster Farms Bowl after throwing for 396 yards and four touchdowns including the game winner with less than two minutes to go.
Since then, nothing has gone smoothly.
He missed all of last spring while recovering from knee surgery before returning for summer camp to battle Blough for the starting job. On Day 2, he started feeling soreness in the knee. Trainers diagnosed it as tendinitis, a condition he’d have to play through.
Somehow, Kentucky’s 2015 Mr. Football Award winner still managed to keep the starting job — for two games.
Blough took over after Sindelar threw three first-half interceptions in a season-opening loss to Northwestern. The next week, Blough stepped in again when Sindelar injured his oblique muscle in a loss to Eastern Michigan.
Sindelar never took another snap in 2018 as Blough led the Boilermakers back to the postseason.
Then, just when it seemed everything was back on track, 290-pound left tackle Grant Hermanns inadvertently stepped on Sindelar’s left foot during practice. Sindelar tried to push off the ground to get away but instead tweaked the surgically-repaired knee.
While Sindelar insists he could play now, Brohm and his staff want Sindelar to get completely healthy, knowing full well what they have in the strong-armed 6-foot-4, 225-pound senior.
So instead, Sindelar spent the final week of spring practice talking to recruits, working with coaches and helping backup Jack Plummer work with the starting offense for the second straight April.
But perhaps the most telling part of Sindelar’s evolution is how he’s learned to deal with life’s constant twists and turns.
He returns this year with a better understanding of what Brohm wants and when Brohm wants him to take chances.
The knee, he hopes, will allow him to be more mobile.
And regardless of what happens next, Sindelar intends to become the undisputed leader in the locker room.