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Donated by Rick von Holdt of the Foolproof Press for the benefit auction / holiday party to raise money for the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum.
A warning against anti-social behaviour (euphemistically meaning don't pee in this doorway) on the Clock Tower in St Albans. The building (but not the message) dates back to the fourteenth century
Notes taken from the Book - Ballyfermot Building a Community 1948 - 2006 Ken Larkin
Joe Deasy R.I.P. 1922 - 2013
Inchicore and Ballyfermot Co-Operative Society Ltd
Inchicore Co-Operative Society Ltd began in the Workman’s Club in Inchicore in 1946 and traded in the Inchicore area successfully. They applied to the housing department of Dublin Corporation in 1949 for permission to open Sarsfield Co-Operative Society within Ballyfermot and to operate a grocery retailers. A petition of over 1,100 signatures to grant the Co-Op the tenancy on Decies Road was sent to Dublin Corporation along with the application. The people that signed the petition were all residents of Ballyfermot and clearly wanted the society opened. It read as follows.
We the undersigned Residents of Ballyfermot Housing area petition Dublin Corporation to grant Inchicore Co-Operative Society Ltd, the tenancy of one of the Corporation-owned shops on Decies Road in Ballyfermot housing scheme for the purpose of Co-Operative grocery retailing in the interest of the residents in Ballyfermot
As there were a small number of shops for such a large population in Ballyfermot the people felt that these shops were charging exorbitant prices. In 1949 permission was granted by Dublin Corporation, for the Ballyfermot Co- Operative Society to open at 41 Decies Road Ballyfermot. A shop manager and staff were employed and they began to recruit people to become members of the Society. As a member, they had to commit to paying one shilling per week. Unemployment was high so this was a big commitment to some people that had very little. There was a good response and approx 500 members joined and most of these were resident in Ballyfermot. It ran very successfully for three years. September 1952 the committee were holding an outdoor meeting near the Co-Op on Decies Road. The reason behind the meeting was to stress to the people how important it was to have a Co-Op in a working class area and to recruit new members. On the committee that was running the Co-Op, there were some non-political people; also, there were four people that were attached to the Irish Worker’s League, which had affiliation to Communism. The word Communist was a taboo subject in 1950s-60s not only in Ireland but also around the world. The four people involved in the Irish Workers Party were Joe Deasy, who was chairman of Ballyfermot Co-Op Jeffery Palmer, Maisy McElroy, and Sean Mcgee. During the meeting, there were interruptions, and barracking, by some of the public and the speakers were not allowed to speak.
Questions were asked from some of the people gathered for the meeting. One of the questions that were asked ‘Was it true that there were Communists on the Co-Op Committee’.
Joe Deasy answered ‘He did not intend to discuss any member of the Co-Op or their politics as they were irrelevant to the existence and promotion of the Co-Op movement’.
The Co-Op movement was non-sectarian and non-political in the sense that anybody could become a member of the society or a member of the committee irrespective of their politics. One person from the crowd shouted if he could get up on the platform to address a few questions to Joe Deasy. So he emerged from the crowd and had prepared questions written out. He asked was the chairman a Communist and were there Communists on the committee. He said that he was representing the local clergy. Joe Deasy repeated what he said before and then the person was asked to leave the platform. The following day he got a phone call from a Mr McGowan who was on the Co-Op Committee but was not a member of the Irish Worker’s League and he wanted to clear the air from the night before. He asked Joe if he was a member of the Irish Worker’s League and Joe said that he was and so were three other people on the committee. McGowan was shocked by this information and he said to Joe that the clergy were behind the unrest and that he had experience of the clergy being opposed to something in the past for various reasons and that they will be determined to see this through to the end. Joe said that they would have no objection to any of the priest’s joining the Co-Op Committee but they would have been treated the same as everyone else on the committee and they felt that the priest’s did not want it on that basis.
The following Sunday in the three churches that served Ballyfermot and Inchicore the priest’s spoke from the pulpit about the previous outdoor meeting and how the chairman of the Co-Op was asked questions which he refused to answer. Therefore, as a result of this they decided that there were communist issues involved and the faithful were asked not to be members of the Co-Op or to patronise the shop in question. This had affected Joe personally arising out of being called off the altar not by his name but chairperson of the society and it was well known whom the priest’s were referring to. Joe’s parents who attended the church locally and who did good work in the area got an inclination of what was going to be said from the pulpit and decided that they would get mass in an outside parish of James Street. This episode was very painful for Joe, and caused great anxiety in their family.
Sean McGee’s parents who lived in Kilkenny were approached by the Garda and told what was happening in Ballyfermot and this meant a break in his relationship with his family for two years.
Sunday, the 2 November 1952, the Sunday Press wrote an article condemning the Co-Op Committee and their communist activities and calling for the Co-Op to be shut down. A letter followed this from the newly formed Sarsfield Tenants Association to the Alderman, Councillors, and T.D.s of the area condemning the exposure of communist activities within the Co-Op.
Letters Concerning the Ballyfermot Co-Operative Society Ltd
Figure 19
Gilbert Library. Pearse St. File 153/01B
Everybody who knows the slightest thing about communist technique knows that its first objective is contact. What better contact than the unsuspecting members of a Co-Op. Here let us state that the other Co-Ops and the producer Co-Ops in the country escaped that evil influence. It was Ballyfermot’s misfortune to be selected for infiltration. How appropriate are the names of Ballyfermot, Sarsfield, Decies, and Cremona, they might have been changed to Lenin, Stalin, and perhaps Deasy Road.
Therefore, public opinion changed against them and a picket was put on the shop. To save the Co-Op the four people admitted that they were members of the Communist Party and offered to resign from the committee but they would not resign from the Association as they to do so they felt that it would go against their Civil Liberties. Tim Graham one of the committee members met with the Irish Civil Liberties Association and explained what was happening. They decided that there was not a Civil Liberty involved in this case. The Co-Op Association was very disappointed with their decision. They could not understand how the Pulpit was being used to destroy a Society or a Co-Op movement that was set up to help the people especially working class people. The Co-Op survived for a few months after this. April 1953 the Co-Op had to close as it was not getting enough custom to be commercially viable.
Figure 20
Gilbert Library. Pearse St. File 153/01Be
The City Manager writing back to Sarsfield Residents Association about the
Ballyfermot Co-Operative Society Ltd.
Figure 21
Gilbert Library. Pearse St. File 153/01B
Letter from Canon Troy, 23 March 1953 to Dublin Corporation Housing department in connection with the Ballyfermot Co-Operative Society Ltd.
Figure 22
Letter from the Assistant city Manager to Canon Troy in connection with the shop on Decies Road 28 March 1953.
This month have each one of your friends commit to one night of designated driving. Fun for everyone—while keeping what you’ve earned. And don’t let your friends down by backing out on your promise either.
U.S. Soldiers from the 59th Aviation Troop Command, South Carolina Army National Guard (SCARNG), and elements of the S.C. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) participate in a training and certification event, Eastover, South Carolina, March 9, 2016. SC-HART is a collaborative effort between the State Rescue Task Force (SC-TF1) and the SCARNG. The 59th Aviation Troop Command commits year-round aviation and training support through its subordinate units, F Co. 1-171st MED, A Co. 1-111th, HHC 2â151st SSABN, 59th ATC, and 1-151st ARB. (US Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine/Released)
Champagne on December 20th, 2007!! I (middle) became a Jetspeed committer, officially at the 29th but they started voting at the 20th. Jeroen Verberg (Hippo Boss) is congratulating me, and Arje Cahn (another Hippo Boss, CTO) is pouring the champagne. Thanks guys!
Stolperstein is the German word for "stumbling block". (The plural form of the word is Stolpersteine.) The artist Gunter Demnig has given this word a new meaning, that of a small, cobblestone-sized memorial for a single victim of Nazism. These memorials commemorate individuals – both those who died and survivors – who were consigned by the Nazis to prisons, euthanasia facilities, sterilization clinics, concentration camps, and extermination camps, as well as those who responded to persecution by emigrating or committing suicide.
Observation shot and processed on an iPhone
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'You don’t take a photograph, you make it'. - Ansel Adams
A no-longer abandoned auto body shop across the alley from the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre shop near downtown Vancouver. Hard to believe that a business operated in here for years, especially considering the state of the second floor - yikes! Some speculation that it was a low-profile chop shop. At any rate, squatters moved in not long after these pics were taken - decent enough folks, keep the outside clean.
The Hustlers Corner NYC! 32 Years for a crime he did not commit! Introducing Rufus Rochelle pt 1 What would you say to a man who was a model prisoner behind bars for decades? A man who incurred no infractions, never got in trouble with anyone behind bars, and was an outstanding model inmate? Now what would you say if that same man spent over 30 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit? Then you would be talking about Rufus Rochelle. Rufus Rochelle is a horrible man of humble origins from Florida. A model school student he always maintained a "by the book" work ethic. When he was younger he would do small chores in the neighborhood like cutting grass, mowing lawns, painting, and any type of handyman job he could do. A family man, he was fiercely respectful of his mother when he was young. That respect led to his mother's insistence on his education. This is a mantra, he still carries with him to this day. Get your Converse, Pro-Keds, and PF Flyers here: amzn.to/3q1syta Converse chuck taylors high tops black amzn.to/3dWPhnG Converse chuck taylors low tops black amzn.to/2ME1DG7 Converse chuck taylors high tops White amzn.to/3qZin9B Converse chuck taylors low top white amzn.to/3qV3Z2j Pro Keds high tops white amzn.to/300GGrS Pro Keds low tops white amzn.to/305RrJm Pro Keds high tops black amzn.to/2ZU24Pi Pro Keds low tops black amzn.to/37Xl6bZ PF Flyers Hight top Black amzn.to/3b4Ae9F PF Flyers Low top Black amzn.to/3uIuMRv PF Flyers High top White amzn.to/381x44C PF Flyers Low top white A funny man with an entertaining sense of humor, Rufus Rochelle loves to tell his stories. But then again as a man in his 70s, most do. What can we learn from a man like Rufus Rochelle? What can we pass from his experience to our offspring? Rufus is a man who was convicted by public opinion, and the media, before he was sentenced to 32 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. He was accused of being a drug dealer and selling drugs on a university campus. A crime backed by unsubstantiated evidence, and poor testimony. It never ceases to amaze me how people will convict you in a court of public opinion without any facts or evidence to back it up. Yet wrongful convictions are about as common in America as Apple pie. Wrongful convictions can happen to anyone, and all too often in America it is. Innocent people are incarcerated every day, for crimes they did not commit. Do not let yourself to the trap of the failure of the justice system. You can use these countermeasures to ensure this never happen to you or your loved ones. When an innocent person is convicted of a crime they did not commit the guilty party escapes. Imagine serving time for another person's crime and how your family would cope with the stigma of the conviction. The greatest indicators of wrongful conviction are: Poor use of scientific analysis A nonexistence physical evidence Bad use of methods not sanctioned by science Self-incriminating tactics by police False testimony prosecutorial oversight and police misconduct Forced confessions Poor preparations by the defense Laziness of the police to investigate other suspect Framing, planting of evidence and other corrupt tactics by police All of these are indicators of injustice and a corrupt justice system. To make sure that an innocent person does not get convicted all of these issues and more must be addressed. The legal process to overturn this type of corruption can be a very complex and long procedure. It involves thorough research and extensive legal leg work, not to mention the enormous amount of money you will spend. And, even with the help of a lawyer or human rights advocate they cannot make the process easier. A wrongful conviction is almost never overturned overnight. It often takes years and in most cases the innocent usually serve decades behind bars for the crime of another before it gets reversed. Talk about a horrifying scenario I would not wish to happen to anyone. Either way, if the conviction is reversed, and you're spared from decades behind bars you can seek a civil case through your attorney. This would result in compensation to you for the damages that conviction has brought you. All legal expenses, medical bills, job loss, and physical emotional trauma and more are worthy of compensation from many years in jail. All this can be used in a lawsuit against your local government and police for all the humiliation you have suffered at their hands. However, the process of civil action for compensation will definitely take time. No government will quickly pay anyone who has been wrongfully convicted. Especially if there is no pressure from the media or civil rights organizations.
The premiere of Generation Startup at the 2016 COMMIT!Forum, the Westin Hotel in Times Square on October 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photos by Ben Hider)
A no-longer abandoned auto body shop across the alley from the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre shop near downtown Vancouver. Hard to believe that a business operated in here for years, especially considering the state of the second floor - yikes! Some speculation that it was a low-profile chop shop. At any rate, squatters moved in not long after these pics were taken - decent enough folks, keep the outside clean.
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Don't believe the doctrine of being save will always be saved !
Being saved in Christ doesn't give you the freedom to murder.
Killing your own body is still murder .
Don't take your own life to escape from unbearable suffering and stress.
Other christia denominations speak lightly of suicides commited by Christians.
But let the word of God speak ,not church men that did not follow the scriptures.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
" Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple. ! ~
It's clear and simple words !God will destroy YOU if you destroy your body as temple made for you ! Leave God in His time to take the temple /your body and life away ,not you !The devil has a counterfeit doctrine to propagate sugar coated lies ,never believe it ,rather check it against
what the word of God says.
1 Corinthians 6 :19
19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Hebrews 9:27
"And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:"
How can you ask forgiveness after you die ,no chance ever. Don't gamble your eternity to foolies of men's doctrines.Don't believe in church doctrines which states people can still pray for your salvation after your die.No ,it's absolutely wrong .Many are lead to eternal damnation to hell following this doctrine that could never be found within the Bible .After you die,that's it for you !
Matthew 7:21
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
There you go - how clear it is !
Revelations 21:8
"But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars--their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
If we LIE about God's teachings and twist them for our own glory and pride ,we are hold accountable to it!
1 Corinthians 6 :9
"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind"
Praying for a dead person isn't right ,as it's over and it's finality of someone.Upon reading the Bible ,I stopped praying for a dead relative ,this was decades ago .You can not pray for his salvation .When someone dies it's all finished .Rather pray for his or her family left behind to cope for the loss.If he or she rejects Jesus' free gift of salvation when alive ,then the word of God itself speaks about the destination of the unbelieving and those who reject Christ.If the person has Christ in his life ,then surely it's an eternal victory going back to God ,where eternal peace and pure joy abides in the habitation of God. Large number of people who had near death experiences of seeing a place they call heaven ,share about seeing unimaginable beauty ,human words could hardly describe the glorious kingdom of of light and of God .
This is the place we should aspire as eternal destiny ,not the eternal torment and unspeakable horror in hell.
Prayers for the dead can not save the someone who's already dead from God's judgement as told in the Bible .So why pray for the dead ?
I did visit my family's graveyard but I don't pray for them - as it is final .The Bible said so. Therefore who on earth even man or your Bishop or a Pastor can say it's NOT ,giving excuses ,unless they are following false doctrine /being a false prophet to lead many astray .
While you are breathing and alive ,this is the chance for salvation
( every ticking minute is vital ) by receiving Jesus Christ as personal saviour and lord in your life and with true repentance at heart.You don't need a big witness of people . You don't need to join a religion .Salvation is a free gift of God and achieved not by your good works .The Holy Bible says good works without Christ are but filthy rugs in the sight of God.
We are justified righteous by God only through Jesus ,who sheed His blood as a sacrificial lamb of God for the redemption of man .
I knew many people can ridicule this message .
But in the mouth of death ,it's hard to ridicule what awaits at eternity.
, when we are faced with "What ifs " .
No one knows for certain when death comes .Death sometimes comes by surprise ,very untimely ,very sudden,like a blink of an eye.
Are we prepared for such moment?
Without Jesus in our lives ,we are lost eternally .
Jesus is the only way the truth and the life ,no one comes to the father except through Jesus ,the sacrificial lamb of God.
Neither the doctrine of Mary worship is acceptable in the eyes of God .
You can not gain salvation through Mary. Mary was only a human vessel used by God and never to be worshiped ,as God is a spirit .
There's no Mary worship commanded in the Bible - no nothing you'll find !Sorry if this can be disappointing . But I'd rather share the truth
that I knew as spoken by sole authority of the Holy Bible ,the Word of God .
Only in the name Jesus ( Yeshua in Hebrew ) where salvation is given.
There's no name given under Heaven except through Yeshua where we get saved.
Romans 3 :23
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God"
There's no exception for all of us are under one umbrella as sinners,and no offense intended ,even the pope included.
We all need a saviour !
JESUS IS OUR SALVATION !
Maasvlakte 2 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
With Maasvlakte 2, the ambition of the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to be a global leader in the field of sustainability. To achieve this ambition, the Port of Rotterdam Authority offers every opportunity to innovative technologies that lead to the sustainable and successful development of the new port and industrial area.
The Port Authority has a long tradition in applying advanced technologies and processes, of which there are ample examples in the current port, including the Euromax-terminal and the innovative communication system Portbase. For Maasvlakte 2, we have raised the bar even higher. We want the new port and industrial area to become the most sustainable and innovative port in the world. Not an unrealistic ambition for a port that has literally been recovered from the sea and where sustainability and innovation can be built into each component.
The Port Authority has set strict requirements in terms of sustainability for companies wishing to locate on Maasvlakte 2. The Port Authority makes clear agreements with the companies about air quality, noise and cleaner hinterland transport, but also about the efficient use (or reuse) of energy, each other's waste heat, waste materials and semi-manufactured products. Companies also recognise the need to tackle environmental problems and seek new forms of sustainable management. In addition, they see opportunities to increase their efficiency. As a result, Maasvlakte 2 is a showcase which demonstrates that sustainability and economic growth are perfectly compatible.
The container terminals on Maasvlakte 2 are the most modern and advanced terminals in the world. The terminals are fully electric, from the Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to the quay cranes. The terminal of APM Terminals runs entirely on power generated by wind turbines. At Rotterdam World Gateway, buildings are equipped with thermal storage. The connection with the Betuwe Route has also been taken into consideration: the terminals are ready for the new division of the hinterland transport across the most sustainable transport modes. One of these transport modes is inland shipping, which is why the new terminals are the first with a quay specifically designed for inland vessels.
From Rotterdam, most containers are transported to their destination by truck. This puts considerable pressure on the motorways around Rotterdam and elsewhere. Furthermore, emissions from trucks reduce the air quality. The way transportation to the hinterland is divided between the various transport modes is called the modal split. Through a variety of projects, the Port Authority aims to increase the transport of containers by rail and inland shipping. This redirecting of transport from trucks to trains and inland vessels is called the modal shift. Companies that are allowed to locate on Maasvlakte 2 commit themselves to the imposed modal shift.
An 80-hectare site has been reserved on Maasvlakte 2 to accommodate biochemistry companies. Chemicals based on natural raw materials will be produced here in the future. At the bio-based cluster on Maasvlakte 2, companies can optimally benefit from each other's presence. Together with four partners, the Port Authority is realising Plug & Play facilities in the Bio-based Cluster. Thanks to this initiative, companies do not need to invest individually in the supply of energy, energy networks, tank storage and wastewater, process water and drinking water.
The premiere of Generation Startup at the 2016 COMMIT!Forum, the Westin Hotel in Times Square on October 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photos by Ben Hider)
Kippy Joseph, Associate Director, Innovation, The Rockefeller Foundation
Lara Metcalf, Managing Director, Social Finance
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the word “love” in the Qur’an appears on over 90 places but interestingly it doesn’t define the word love but speaks about the very first consequence of love…”committing.” Islam talks about commitment; if you truly love, then commit, if you do not commit then your claim of love is not real.
~Sheikh Yassir Fazaga
Baitul Mukarram, Dhaka, Bangladesh.