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Letter from Ernie O'Malley to Hagan
No full textHolograph letter from Ernie O'Malley (with cover address care of C. O'Sullivan), Aragón 249 1st 2a, Barcelona, Spain, to (Hagan), reminding him of their meeting in Drumcondra in 1922. Released from camp last July, he came abroad to gain strength for operations – 'I have still eight pieces of lead in me'. His passport is in the name of Cecil Smyth Howard. Asking for introductions to someone in southern Spain who can assist him in learning Spanish and finding some work with languages. Intending to go to Italy in July; asking for a list of reliable 'digs' to avoid hotel registration procedures: Spanish agents are on to him at present. Others think he is in Italy. When on hunger-strike he met Fr. Morrissey, Hagan's friend - 'a great old saint'
Daily Reflections (Meditations) on the Scriptures from the Roman Catholic Lectionary.
No full textLove God and love others-that is the gospel message. One of the hardest battles we face is looking outside of ourselves for the benefit of others. Am I comfortable? Am I happy? What do I need right now? What do I need tomorrow? These are questions we ask ourselves every day as our world urges us to put our happiness first. Even the Snickers candy bar commercials tell us "we deserve a break" and that treating ourselves should be the priority. But what about others? What about dying to our flesh and loving our brothers and sisters?||That is the mission we are all called to. We are not just encouraged to follow it; we are commanded to follow it. We have to understand and accept that loving others is generally inconvenient. It means we don't get our way, we don't get to be comfortable, and we have to fight our natural inclinations to judge people or to "get along" with people who aren't like us.|Today's gospel message from Luke 17 reminds us "Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it." If we live our lives trying to find happiness by meeting our own needs, we will come up short. If, however, we follow Jesus' example and live to meet the needs of others, we will find life. We will experience true joy and happiness by loving people.|Before I gave my life to Christ I was unexplainably discontent. My life revolved around finding my happiness. I had a job, strong relationships, and all of the outwardly necessary ingredients for happiness, but something was missing. I kept trying to fill the void by following the world's advice for a seemingly blissful life, but still felt hopeless. Then I heard the gospel message and realized I was relying too much on my own strength and not on God's. If I put my trust in him and give him everything, I would gain everything.|I had learned to love him and let him in. The next step was learning to love others. It's a selfless love; always seeking to do more, be more, and serve more. It takes time and energy and a genuine, intentional heart. We know it's the right thing to do, but yet we struggle with it every day. We can never perfect the imitation of God's love, but we can spend our whole life trying. That's what he wants. God wants us to struggle and lean on him and ask him for help. This "work" of loving others does not go unnoticed. In fact, he's already promised us the greatest reward-life. Everywhere you are and everywhere you go, love people, and you will find joy
Daily Reflections (Meditations) on the Scriptures from the Roman Catholic Lectionary.
No full text|It is not by deeds or works, but by faith that we are saved. We don't have to say 'please' or 'thank you' 10,000 times, or take the trash out every Tuesday, or pay for coffee for the person behind us in the Starbucks line-we simply have to have faith. That's not to say that the Father doesn't appreciate kindness; he commands us to love each other after all. But while anyone can hold the door open for a stranger, not everyone can live a life of faith.| That is what this passage in Romans tells us. We have an inheritance waiting for us that won't be granted by deeds, but by faith. Faith is blind trust, and Paul tells us that we aren't trusting in something predictable and probable like counting on the sun setting every day. This faith is hard work-we're stretching our minds and our hearts to believe that our God is a big God. That there is a God who loves us beyond comprehension, "who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist" (Romans 4:17). When you put it into perspective, that is big faith. A Christian walk is not an easy walk. Faith requires believing the improbable but not impossible.| God is working for us and not against us and when we can trust him, it doesn't go unnoticed. In fact, he calls those who have faith righteous! How amazing is that? Those who have faith are highly regarded by God. Just as Abraham had "hope against hope, that he would become the father of many nations." He believed it to be true with his heart. He trusted God with big things, and God blessed him all the more for it. | We can't put God in a box and only give him credit to change our lives in ways we think he is capable of. When we set God up to tell him how he is supposed to work in our lives and what we expect from him, we're putting limitations on his power and love for us. Whatever we ask of him, he wants to do it bigger and better. The Father of the Universe cares about our happiness and his plan is always greater than ours. When we stop telling God exactly how to orchestrate our lives and instead say to him, "God my life is yours, do with it what you will," we are tapping into the faith that changes lives. Have faith that transcends understanding, that moves mountains, as tiny as a mustard seed, that requires hoping against hope, and you will be counted as righteous
Daily Reflections (Meditations) on the Scriptures from the Roman Catholic Lectionary.
No full text|"Lord, I will follow you....when I'm ready."| Unfortunately, I have acted in this manner before-telling God I want to obey him but then stalling or trying to wiggle my way out. We start with good intentions to please the Lord; our genuine heart wants to follow and obey. It sounds easy to do, but when we're put to the test, it never seems to be convenient. There are things we want to do first, or the timing isn't right and a myriad of other excuses start to pile up. | Today's Gospel reading gives us a perfect example of a man who wants to follow Jesus, but only after he takes care of burying his father. Jesus basically tells him, "It's now or never!" He doesn't ask us to obey tomorrow, in two weeks or five years from now-it's today! Obedience is not easy, especially when it's not on our terms. Matthew 26:41 says "...the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak," and that is the truth. Living this life is about battling our flesh every day. We are called to pick up our cross and follow him. What is more important than that
Daily Reflections (Meditations) on the Scriptures from the Roman Catholic Lectionary.
No full text“This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” This verse from today’s Gospel message in John 6 is the reaction of many to Jesus, as he turned five loaves and two fish into a feast for thousands. We spend our lives waiting to see miracles of this magnitude performed; to see firsthand the power of God. I am often challenged myself, as I wait for God to move mightily in a very visible way. But I could use a change of perspective—to see God working every day, in a much more ordinary, but no less amazing fashion. ||If a miracle is an extraordinary event believed to be caused by God's power, then the word 'miracle' has a much broader definition than walking on water. If I look at my own life, I am continually amazed at the power of God, and should count every blessing a miracle. Finding my most perfect fianc and eacute;e-miracle; freely able to worship and praise God in my workplace-miracle; being genuinely happy when I wake up every morning-miracle. Imagine our world if we could see and appreciate all of the "mini miracles." We would see that we are loved by a creator who wants to bless us daily. |When we are on the receiving end of a miracle, what is our reaction? "Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks." There is no greater example than Jesus. He knew the power of the Father, and immediately gave him the thanks he rightfully deserved. What a lesson for me, to not only see the miracle, but then to glorify the Father in response. I am already looking forward to the next miracle in my life. And when it comes, I know how I want to react. Every day is a good day for a miracle
Daily Reflections (Meditations) on the Scriptures from the Roman Catholic Lectionary.
No full textSomeone told me once that God always answers prayers. It might not be instantaneous; it may even be years or decades into the future. It might not be executed to our exact specifications, (it has been my experience that it is usually better than that) but they are always fulfilled. In today’s Psalm, we ask God to answer us, and he does.|| Collectively, humans are a people of doubt. If one thing goes wrong, if one prayer isn’t answered exactly how we asked for it, then we assume God isn’t listening.We may be disheartened and lose faith, causing us to take measures into our own hands, thinking we can solve our problems better or faster than God can. But slow down and reflect, because we are deceived if we truly believe God isn’t listening. || My pastor challenged me to open my eyes to God’s faithfulness by listing out, one-by-one all of my answers to prayer. Two pages later, with still many more illustrations not yet listed, I realized that I am indeed beyond blessed. He is always faithful. My life is a series of answered prayers
Antibacterial Properties of Nanoparticles: A Comparative Review of Chemically Synthesized and Laser-Generated Particles
No full textNanomaterials have recently received an enormous amount of attention from the scientific community due to their outstanding activity relative to bulk materials. This increase in activity relative to bulk materials can be attributed to the high surface area to volume ratio associated with nanoparticles. Nanoparticles have found applications in almost every field of science. Currently there is significant interest in the development of nanoparticles as antibacterial agents. This work is paramount due to the increasing number of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Nanoparticles can be synthesized using various methods, each with their own advantages and disadvantages, and the method is often chosen based on the intended application. This review will cover the most prevalent method, chemical-based reduction of salts, and a fairly new laser-based method that holds tremendous promise in nanoparticle synthesis. We conclude with a comparison of the antimicrobial activities of materials made via each method.Peer reviewe
FIGURE 1. Known localities for Proboscitermes mcgrewi, P in A new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae: Proboscitermes) from Tanzania
No full textFIGURE 1. Known localities for Proboscitermes mcgrewi, P. tubuliferus (data from Sjöstedt 1925), P. sp. nov. (data from Sands 1998), and Unicornitermes gaerdesi (Coaton 1971).Published as part of Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. & O'Malley, Robert C., 2010, A new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae: Proboscitermes) from Tanzania, pp. 52-58 in Zootaxa 2670 on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19911
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
FIGURE 5 in A new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae: Proboscitermes) from Tanzania
No full textFIGURE 5. Enteric valve armature of P. m c g re w i worker. Left: entirety of two of three larger primary cushions, two of three smaller primary cushions, and three of six subsidiary cushions (bar = 0.2 mm). Right: posterior portions of two larger primary cushions, one smaller primary cushion, and subsidiary cushions interspersed (bar = 0.1 mm).Published as part of Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. & O'Malley, Robert C., 2010, A new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae: Proboscitermes) from Tanzania, pp. 52-58 in Zootaxa 2670 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19911
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