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Nazareth Quest

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Nazareth Quest is a tense thriller set in Israel. Nazareth Quest arguably combines the best of the CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) franchise together with archaeology.
Book review of Nazareth Quest in Mensa Magazine:
Irish Mensan Bernard Mulholland is well known for his academic publications. An archaeologist and historian with a PhD from Queen’s University in Belfast, his thesis was published as The Early Byzantine Christian Church – and his other works include The Man from Mensa, a look at Mensa’s history and research projects.
Now, in a complete change of direction, Bernard has published his first novel. Nazareth Quest is a dramatic thriller set in the historic lands of Israel.
Invited to join a team of archaeologists in Nazareth, to survey the archaeology beneath the Sisters of Nazareth Convent, Brendan Mallon leaps at the opportunity.
Crusaders, both Templars and Hospitallers, have been intimately associated with the history of Christian churches in Nazareth for more than a millennia, and now these archaeologists find themselves tasked with uncovering secrets of these ancient orders. What first drew these Crusaders to Nazareth, and could the archaeologists reveal the hidden truth behind many of the mysteries that have transcended time?
Forced to battle, first with soldiers of Christ and then for their very existence against a demon overlord with ties to the British monarchy, the archaeologists each have to dig deep to discover the route to their own salvation.
And, more than that, to then decide whether to join a quest to recover holy relics associated with the Last Supper.
Editor (2022), ‘Bernard’s on a Nazareth Quest’, Books, Mensa Magazine, November, p. 12.

The man from MENSA – 1 of 600: Mensa research

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#Research #MENSA #Science #Engineering #Technology #Mathematics #Einstein #Light #Space #ClimateChange #COP #archaeology #history #Polls #SocialScience #Psychology #ebook #paperpback #hardcover

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There is little in the public domain about this élite international high-IQ society, MENSA, which boasts a membership tested to have an IQ among the highest two per cent of the population. This book was written by an insider who, as a member of MENSA, contributed extensively to this high-IQ society over a span of almost thirty years. MENSA was originally conceived of as a third pillar intended to complement the Royal Society and the British Academy. When it was founded in Oxford during 1946 its original goal was to gather six hundred of the most intelligent people in Britain, as scientifically measured through an IQ test, who the government and its agencies could contact for advice on matters of government. It had two purposes: first, to conduct research in psychology and social science and, secondly, to provide contact between intelligent people everywhere in the world. The intention was for MENSA to conduct three strands of research:

  1. To test intelligence tests, and identify correlations with intelligence.
  2. Mensans as the subjects of research.
  3. The Mensan as an instrument of research, i.e. where they themselves chose areas of interest to research and write reports on them.

This book reveals some of the research conducted on or by Mensans over the intervening seventy years. Under its first president, Sir Cyril Burt, MENSA systematically conducted research on thousands of its members from 1946 until the death of the esteemed British psychologist in 1971. Burt’s research was challenged after his death, but it is debatable whether his detractors were fully aware of his MENSA research. MENSA was conducting big data research long before it became fashionable during the 21st century with the advent of powerful computers, and much of this research was made available to government departments at the time.

The man from MENSA – 1 of the 600: Politics 1990-1995

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#politics #MENSA #Ireland #NorthernIreland #GoodFridayAgreement #GFA #BelfastAgreement #IRA #EU #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanCommission #immigration #Parliament #Westminster #Stormont #ebook #paperback #hardcover

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The first volume: ‘the man from MENSA’ – 1 of 600: Mensa research, had as its focus STEM research. This second volume in the series takes as its subject politics and the social sciences. Bernard Mulholland was born in West Germany during 1957 to a German mother and a Northern Irish father who was serving in the British Army. Having left the army, the family relocated during 1965 to the town of Portadown in Northern Ireland. Shortly afterwards Northern Ireland was to descend into sectarian turmoil associated with ‘the Troubles’ and the British Army’s Operation Banner.For thirty years Bernard Mulholland worked as a heating technician for all sections of society in Northern Ireland across counties Fermanagh, Armagh and Down, which encompass ‘Bandit Country’ and also ‘the Murder Triangle’. Portadown itself was later to become synonymous first with sectarian and political violence over ‘the Tunnel’, and then later with Drumcree.After joining British Mensa during the late eighties Mulholland joined its politics interest group and wrote for its monthly journal Poliphony for almost thirty years. This tome includes many of these texts from 1990-1995 in its Appendix. It also explores the outworking of some of the thoughts and ideas expressed therein which came to have real world applications, and that also feed into Brexit. Arguably this volume provides a unique political and historical insight that informs the narrative leading up to the first ceasefires by the Provisional IRA and the loyalist groups that later developed into the ongoing peace process.But it is in many ways also a history of British Mensa at a time when its membership peaked at forty thousand. There is little in the public domain about this élite international high-IQ society, MENSA, which boasts a membership tested to have an IQ among the highest two per cent of the population. MENSA was originally conceived of as a third pillar intended to complement the Royal Society and the British Academy. When it was founded in Oxford during 1946 its original goal was to gather six hundred of the most intelligent people in Britain as scientifically measured through an IQ test who the government and its agencies could contact for advice on matters of government. This book was written by an insider who as a member of MENSA contributed extensively to this high-IQ society over a span of almost thirty years, and it is hoped that it helps to fill a gaping void in the history of this quintessential post-WWII British institution.

Ratio analysis of financial KPI in the Higher Education sector: a case study

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#finance #business #HigherEducation #University #Oxford #Cambridge #London #Edinburgh #Glasgow #Cardiff #Belfast #KPI #RatioAnalysis #ebook #GooglePlay #AppleBooks #Amazon

Author’s note: the data for much of this research came from 2006-2016 Annual Reports, and so, arguably, provides a pre-Brexit benchmark against which post-Brexit performance can be measured.
Based on observations that the nature of universities in the Higher Education sector in the UK appear to be changing from purely charitable organisations and moving into the business sector two interrelated questions arise which build one on the other. These are:

  1. Can ratio analysis of financial KPI be applied to universities in the HE sector in the UK and where appropriate a set of benchmarks extrapolated based upon an average score?
  2. Are there other measures of financial KPI specific to the HE sector that can be developed to augment these?

For the purposes of this research a case study comprised of a representative sample of nine universities in the UK was selected from the Russell Group (Table 1.2) because they have a shared vision, mission and set of objectives that should better allow for comparative analysis between them. There are two in Scotland, one in Wales, one in Northern Ireland, and the five highest ranked English universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2015-2016.
The case study includes: University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London (ICL), University College London (UCL), The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE&PS), University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Cardiff University, and Queen’s University, Belfast (QUB).
The Appendix has juxtaposed tabulated data and graphs illustrating the financial KPI over a period of ten years for each university. We hope you enjoy it and think the data is of interest. A must-read for anyone interested in the Higher Education sector, or, attending any other university who want to draw comparisons between their university and the Russell Group.

Book review of Ratio analysis of financial KPI in the Higher Education sector in Mensa Magazine:
‘Belfast-based Mensan Bernard Mulholland is one of the top ten read writers on the Academia book lists and his latest work, while probably not a study for the general reader, is already being met with considerable interest in the academic world.
Based on observations that the nature of universities in the Higher Education sector in the UK appear to be changing from purely charitable organisations and moving into the business sector this work asks two questions:
1. Can ratio analysis of financial Key Performance Indicators be applied to universities in the Higher Education sector in the UK and where appropriate a set of benchmarks extrapolated based upon an average score?
2. Are there other measures of financial KPI specific to the HE sector that can be developed to augment these?
To answer these questions a case study was undertaken comprised of a representative sample of nine universities in the UK, selected from the Russell Group. These included the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London (ICL), University College London (UCL), The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE and PS), University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Cardiff University, and Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). The Appendix has juxtaposed tabulated data and graphs illustrating the financial KPI over a period of ten years [2006-2016] for each university.
If you are interested in the HE sector then this is one for you…’
Editor (2022), ‘How top universities compare on KPI’, Books, Mensa Magazine, August, p. 12.

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The Early Byzantine Christian Church

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#Christian #Church #Roman #Byzantine #archaeology #history #Antiquity #Medieval #art #architecture #liturgy #Levant #Prothesis

The observation that domestic artefacts are often recovered during church excavations led to an archaeological re-assessment of forty-seven Early Byzantine basilical church excavations and their historical, gender and liturgical context. The excavations were restricted to the three most common basilical church plans to allow for like-for-like analysis between sites that share the same plan: monoapsidal, inscribed and triapsidal. These sites were later found to have two distinct sanctuary configurations, namely a Π-shaped sanctuary in front of the apse, or else a sanctuary that extended across both side aisles that often formed a characteristic T-shaped layout. Further analysis indicated that Π-shaped sanctuaries are found in two church plans: firstly a protruding monoapsidal plan that characteristically has a major entrance located to either side of the apse, which is also referred to as a ‘Constantinopolitan’ church plan; and secondly in the inscribed plan, which is also referred to as a ‘Syrian’ church plan. The T-shaped layout is characteristic of the triapsidal plan, but can also occur in a monoapsidal plan, and this is referred to as a ‘Roman’ church plan. Detailed analysis of inscriptions and patterns of artefactual deposition also revealed the probable location of the ‘diakonikon ’where the rite of ‘prothesis ’took place.

Early Byzantine Ireland: A survey of the archaeological evidence

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This research was conducted towards an MA in Byzantine Archaeology and Text (2004) at the Institute of Byzantine Studies in Queen’s University Belfast. It is published with the aim of presenting this evidence to a wider audience, and to inform future research by others in this field of study. The archaeological and historical evidence presented and analysed is surprisingly diverse and relatively plentiful, and, arguably, also compelling.
Is there any evidence for contacts between the Eastern Roman or Byzantine empire and Ireland, and, if so, what form does that evidence take? This book does much to inform that debate.

#Ireland #history #archaeology #Roman #Byzantine #ebook #Procopius #holoverum

Navan Fort, Ireland: Archaeological and Palaeoecological analysis

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Navan Fort in Ireland is an archaeological site of national and international importance.
During 1998 a portion of the ditch surrounding Navan Fort in Ireland was excavated by archaeologists from Queen’s University Belfast. In 2001 the author was tasked with analysing the ditch wood and artefacts recovered during this excavation. By extension, this also of necessity included analysis of the previous excavations at this site, and in particular the 40-metre structure there. This analysis extended to consideration of possible Roman influences, and, of arguably far more importance, the implications for our Irish heritage.
Much of the research published here was conducted towards a dissertation for an MA in Archaeology (2001) at Queen’s University Belfast. A decision was taken to publish it now due to some important observations concerning possible Roman influences at this archaeological site. Also due to publication by this author of Early Byzantine Ireland: a survey of the archaeological evidence (2021), which reveals further evidence of Roman or Byzantine artefacts recovered in Ireland. There is also some evidence that the topography of Navan Fort as described in the ‘Ulster Cycle’ bears an uncanny resemblance to Rome during the Republic.

#Ireland #history #archaeology #Roman #Byzantine #Fort #heritage #artefacts

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