Patrick Ferriter (1856 – 1924) manuscript collector, Dingle and USA

• Patrick Ferriter was born in an Baile Uachtarach on the Dingle peninsula.
• He collected local songs, poems, stories and folklore. He also copied from other manuscripts which he had on loan.
• In 1896 he left Ireland for Boston and continued to collect material from Irish speakers he met there.
• Ferriter also visited the Boston Athenaeum and transcribed material from three Irish language manuscripts that he found there.
• In 1903 Ferriter moved to New York, where he edited material for the Irish language column of The Gaelic American.
• He also contributed material to the bilingual journal An Gaodhal.
• Ferriter fell sick in the year 1922 and some time later moved to Chicago to be with relatives.
• He bequeathed his entire manuscript collection to Douglas Hyde for the library of the National University of Ireland, Dublin.

Many thanks to Dr. Séamus Ó Diolluin, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra and UCD library for this biographical information on Patrick Ferriter.

The Patrick Ferriter Manuscript Collection was  donated to UCD Library in 1924.

It contains 57 vols

The Longest Ride – Movie Review

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The Longest Ride – Movie Review by Emily Elphinstone

Director: George Tillman Jr.
Writers: Nicholas Sparks (novel), Craig Bolotin (screenplay)
Stars: Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda

As a Nicholas Sparks adaptation, it is safe to assume that The Longest Ride will involve passionate (rather wholesome) love, kissing in the rain, some sort of conflict keeping the lovers apart, and preferably somebody’s death. No Sparks adaptation should be watched in the hope of seeing something groundbreaking.

However, as an almost entirely predictable guilty pleasure, The Longest Ride is surprisingly watchable. The film focuses on Art History Senior Sophia (Britt Robertson), who meets hunky professional bull-rider Luke (Scott Eastwood) after she is dragged along to a nearby Rodeo by her sorority sisters. From the beginning, it is made very clear that they are from ‘different worlds’: she is just about to move to New York for an internship in a prestigious…

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Ramblings From a First-Semester Nonmajors Biology Professor

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Teaching nonmajors biology

This is a guest post by Naima Montacer, who just finished her first semester as an Adjunct Biology Professor at Mountain View College in Dallas, Texas. To learn more about her wildlife and environmental adventures, visit her website at EnviroAdventures.com or email her at njmontacer@gmail.com.

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Sex, evolution, embryonic stem cells, Ebola, sexually transmitted diseases, genetically modified organisms, and gene therapy. What do all of these controversial issues have in common? Biology 101. For the last four months I’ve navigated these rough waters in my first semester as a college professor and emerged with my eyes wide open.

After one semester, three major things became apparent:

1. Every single adult needs a biology refresher.
2. The single most difficult, yet important, thing we teach our students in biology is discerning between accurate scientific information and crap.
3. Students resist studying hard, improving their study…

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Sylvia Rivera-Vecchio

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Title: Payroll Principal Secretary (Retired)

Company: New York Board of Education

Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.

Initially, Sylvia Rivera-Vecchio became involved in the educational profession because she was a single parent and decided to choose a career that meshed with her daughter’s school days. She found a job with the principal, who personally asked her to be his assistant. Now retired after 26 years in the profession, Ms. Rivera-Vecchio looks back upon payroll principle secretary at the New York Board of Education.

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AAP, PPC Launch Seven Great Achievements Campaign at PAS

On April 25, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) conference in San Diego, CA, the PPC and the AAP announced a new campaign to celebrate the successes in pediatric research. The campaign, 7 Great Achievements in Pediatric Research, highlights seven key discoveries over the past 40 years that have saved millions of children’s lives worldwide, from groundbreaking treatments for deadly chronic diseases to life-saving interventions for babies who are born premature.

In order to help educate the public and members of Congress about the importance of sustained investment in pediatric research, a new video was also unveiled from the podium at PAS, which outlines each of the following achievements and spotlights real-life success stories:

1. Preventing disease with life-saving immunizations
2. Reducing SIDS with “Back-to-Sleep”
3. Curing a common childhood cancer
4. Saving premature babies by helping them breathe
5. Preventing mother-to-baby HIV transmission
6. Increasing life expectancy for children with chronic disease
7. Saving lives with car seats and seat belts

Following the announcement, all of these achievements were featured by CBS News. For more information and a brochure on the 7 Great Achievements in Pediatric Research, please visit AAP.org/7Achievements.

Drilling Company Found Guilty of Discrimination for Refusing to Hire Management Applicant with Vision Loss

Houston-based Parker Drilling Company has been found guilty of disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after Parker withdrew a job offer from an applicant because he only has vision in one eye. The applicant was offered a management position at the company’s Anchorage, AK operation, but was later told his disability disqualified him for the job.

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New Service for Entrepreneurs Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is now providing information in American Sign Language (ASL) to help people with hearing disabilities start and grow small businesses. The ASL Video Customer Support Line allows callers using videophones to be connected to representatives who are fluent in ASL. Watch a video to learn more. Call 1-855-440-4960 Monday – Friday between 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to be connected with a representative.

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Survey of Disability Friendly Businesses Released

The American Association of People with Disabilities and the US Business Leadership Network have released the results of the first annual Disability Equality Index (DEI) survey. The DEI is a tool that allows businesses to get an objective assessment of their disability inclusion policies and practices. The survey was completed by 80 Fortune 1000-size companies. Nineteen of these companies received perfect scores on the DEI.

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When Did Australia Start its Terminal Decline Into a Boring Dystopia?

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Australia was once considered “the lucky country”. We sold dirt to every continent and received all the fancy household goods and nick knacks we could possibly desire. Those other nations never bothered us because we were too stupid to be a threat, and we kept dealing the lovely cheap dirt out like a donkey following a carrot. What happened to those fruitful years of plenty? What happened to the seemingly endless economic prosperity that fuelled our first world society? Well, like most failed civilisations, Australians and the Australians who ran Australia were particularly too stupid. You probably have all the crazy ideas and common sense to see why we are screwed as a nation but I want to alert you only to the tipping point toward our decline.

The point at which this country made a turn for the worse was simply when Pizza-Hut restaurants started closing their doors. You…

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Archdiocese of Dublin ordains two new pirests this past week

archbishop Diarmuid Martin ordains two new priests in Archdiocese of Dublin

The Archdiocese of Dublin will have two new priests today as Archbishop Diarmuid Martin ordains Paul Glennon and Chris Derwin to the Diocesan priesthood. The ordinations take place on the Feast Day of St. Kevin, a patron saint of the Archdiocese.

In his homily at today’s ordination Mass, Archbishop Martin told both men “you received your faith at your baptism within that community of believers in Jesus Christ. The community of faith has nurtured you. Never forget that you would never have arrived at this day without the prayers of many. God’s people care for their priests and pray for their priests. You are and always will be indebted to that community of faith and you will exercise new ministry as service within that communion, just as you will receive support from the community in which you minster.”

Archbishop Martin added that being a priest “is not easy”. He said it is possible to become unsettled and anxious; it is possible to become cynical or resigned. However, he told them, “If you remain deeply in the love of Jesus your joy will be complete and your ministry will bring you deep contentment.”

Paul Glennon is originally from Dunmore in County Galway. A son of John and Mary Glennon, his parents, four bothers and four sisters will all join him as he is ordained in St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral. Paul (41) studied mechanical engineering in GMIT Galway, Bolton Street and Paisley in Scotland. Following graduation he worked for three years in Manchester and later in Kilbeggan in Co Westmeath. He was in his 30’s before he began to explore a vocation to the priesthood. He took time out from his career to study in the Emmanuel Community School of Mission in Rome, living in the community and working on parish missions. He entered St. Patrick’s seminary in Maynooth in 2009 and as well as his studies in St. Patrick’s he also spent time in formation in two Dublin parishes.

Chris Derwin is from Milltown and Rathmines in Dublin. Aged 32, he will be the youngest priest in the Archdiocese of Dublin. A son of Rita and Christopher, he has three brothers and one sister. From a young age and for many years Chris was a carer for his grandmother and three uncles and still cares for one elderly uncle today. He studied in Dundrum College in Dublin and Leeson Street Institute of Education. He then embarked on a career as a barman, taking an apprenticeship in the trade. He worked in several well-known Dublin pubs including Graces in Rathmines, Tramco and Madigans. During this time he also volunteered in local youth projects. He said he had drifted from his faith in his early teens but returned to his local parish after the age of 16. However, he struggled with his vocation and says he immigrated to Manchester to work for a two year period in a bid to ignore the calling, this in fact had the opposite effect and he ended up joining St. Patrick’s ceremony in Maynooth in 2008.

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