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A poem for the day – Launching the Whaler Juan Peron
A Belfast epic, and one of my oldest poems, the opener of my first collection, Grub. The gist of the story was found in Moss & Hume’s Shipbuilders to the World: 125 Years of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, 1861-1986, which tells how Eva Peron was due to launch a huge whaling vessel in Belfast, built [...] read our review » -
Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland
I share many of the concerns of Andy Pollak, whose recent post ‘My Response to the Slugger Begrudgers’ zeroed in on the ‘relentless flow of negativity’ of some Slugger commentators. Pollak’s post was largely concerned with the medium of the blog. Indeed, I think the anonymity of the online world encourages extreme discourse and allows [...] read our review »
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“You can see Newton’s mind at work…”
To add to the open access treasure trove at the Royal Society, Cambridge University Library is putting online some of its collection of books, maps, manuscripts and journals. We have called the first phase of our work on the Cambridge Digital Library the Foundations Project, which runs from mid-2010 to mid-2013 and has been made possible [...] read our review »
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Comment on Ireland hopes rest on sunny weather..
on 25 October 2008 at 3:57 pm
Final update on this one:
The Kenyan tri-series has ended in somewhat farcical circumstances this morning as the Nairobi Gymkhana ground was unable to cope with some more seasonal overnight rain and for the fourth match in succession, no cricket was possible despite the sun splitting the sky. The trophy (FWIW) is shared between Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Maybe someone should suggest to the ICC that if their goal of international expansion of the game is to continue, some grants for ground improvements (eg: outfield drainage?) may be necessary in the developing nations so that people can, I dunno, play & watch some cricket?
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Comment on Ireland hopes rest on sunny weather..
on 23 October 2008 at 3:17 pm
Unfortunately the weather intervened as expected and for the third day running, no cricket was possible due to a wet outfield so Kenya & Zimbabwe progress to the final. One wonders about the wisdom of this tournament being played at the start of the rainy season and maybe some questions arise about the drainage at the Gymkhana groud given that’s it’s sunny there (according to The Weather Channel). Meanwhile Ireland have an extra day’s preparation time for the final of the intercontinental cup starting this day next week in Port Elizabeth.
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Comment on Ireland 8 wickets away from third ICC Intercontinental Cup final
on 22 October 2008 at 6:41 pm
Quick update – both Ireland’s games in the tri-series were abandoned without a ball being bowled due to nasty weather and a sodden outfield in Nairobi. Bottom line is now this: if there is no result in the match between Kenya and Zimbabwe tomorrow (abandoned/tie), Ireland are out due to an inferior net-run rate (don’t ask!); if there is a result, Ireland make the final against the winners of that match. With the weather forecast for tomorrow mixed it looks like the team will be dropping a few ranking points.
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