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Star Trek Beyond Event – Review
May 21, 2016 Trekkie Girls	Leave a comment
Star Trek is cool again! That was the vibe from last nights special fan event held at Paramount Pictures.
Considering very little detail about the event was released prior, it was a spectacular affair with Paramount pulling out all the stops for an epic celebration that went 'beyond' showing us a trailer for the new movie. The event also encompassed a celebration of 50 years of Star Trek with Hollywoods biggest names like Rihanna and Slash paying tribute to the franchise and declaring their Trekkie status.
When we arrived at Stage 31 we were led through an Enterprise corridor to reveal the bridge style theatre where the Q&A's would take place.
The Q&A was moderated by Adam Savage from Myth Busters (and huge Trekkie) who sadly didn't blow anything up.
JJ. Abrams and Justin Lin spoke very well about the importance of Star Trek and how highly they regard the Star Trek fan base. JJ then mentioned the Axanar lawsuit which probably made the Paramount/CBS legal department flinch more than we did although we know every word was very well prepared. He stated that Justin and he were not happy with the alienation of Star Trek fans caused by recent decisions and fan productions will be allowed to continue. We look forward to the influx of Kickstarters in all our Facebook groups.
JJ also announced that everyone in attendance at the fan event will receive an invite to the premiere of Star Trek Beyond which will be shown at San Diego Film and Comic Con on July 20th in an outdoor IMAX with live orchestra! We are assessing our airmiles, prospect of loosing our jobs and possibility of getting thrown out by our partners to attend this!
Then the moment we had tried to prepare for (with plenty of lipgloss) Chris Pine, Karl Urban and Zachary Quinto took to the stage! **Carry us to sickbay**
The rapport between them is like a current day version of Kirk, Spock and McCoy.
After a Q&A session, quiz and behind the scenes look at Star Trek Beyond we were invited outside to witness and celebrate the naming of the street 'Leonard Nimoy Way'.
The Nimoy family turned up and we all toasted to the new street name. Zachary Quinto's speech was the perfect balance of uplifting, celebratory and touching. This was a HUGE honour for us, one we are grateful and privileged to have been involved in.
**spoiler alert but nothing you couldn't deduce from the trailer **
Next we piled in to stage 32 where we surrendered our phones to some beautiful Orion Girls (they just wanted your phone, guys, not your number!) and watched the trailer for Star Trek Beyond.
Firstly, what a wonderful and fitting idea to hold it in the very stage that was home to Star Trek The Original Series. To be in the very room where it all began was an inexperience in itself.
The trailer was fantastic of course. But the real treat was the extra scenes. These included a look at life on the Enterprise, a talk scene between Kirk and McCoy and the Enterprise getting destroyed.
We were stood next to Scott Mantz, film critic, producer of Access Hollywood and Uber Star Trek fan. He said out loud during the Kirk/McCoy scene "This is Star Trek". And he is right. The extra detail they showed us demonstrates that this is a film about the characters and the family they have. And of course one of those characters is the Enterprise herself.
The destruction of the Enterprise is unlike any Starship demise we have seen, we don't want to say much more detail than that as we can't do it justice. It is much more realistic but just as heartbreaking.
With that, there was nothing left to do, but party and celebrate!!
With a free bar, great food, a Starfleet DJ and plenty of green girls, it wasn't hard!
The rest of Stage 32 was revealed with props and costumes from the movie, transporters, a turbo lift, CAPTAIN KIRKS FRICKIN CHAIR!!!!
Overall it was an amazing night. We have so many people to thank. Firstly our Trekkie In Training Sarah for being a good TiT, entering the competition and winning! Tressa our Yeoman for the weekend for taking our photos and looking after us. Paramount Pictures for the tickets and hospitality. Larry Nemecek for introducing us to the 'LA' trekkie scene, we met some great people. And finally to Steve at Paramount security who worked on the Star Trek sets and stayed up into the wee hours with us on the studio lot with Larry and gave us an amazing insight into life on Paramount when Star Trek was filmed there.
Seeing the places where Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Ron Moore and Gene Roddenberry worked was such an incredible experience and one we will treasure forever.
Check out our Instagram for more photos.
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Live Updates – Star Trek Beyond Event LA
We're here! And tonight we'll be reporting live from Paramount Pictures Studios all the info we can share about the new Star Trek trailer and details from the event that begins at 19.00 PDT which is 03.00 BST Saturday in the UK. Please stay up and join us for a virtual party!
We still don't know exactly what to expect. We are allowed to bring phones and cameras to the event which is good, it means they want us to share any news (and you can reply on us for that!). But we do have to surrender them whilst we enter Stage 32. – Whatever for? We don't know but we can't wait to find out!
Local Trek expert and our friend Larry Nemecek on Trekland suggests we might see some props and displays? I nearly threw-up with excitment when Carole suggested it might be the Bridge set from the new movies!
Make sure you're following us on Twitter and Instagram for all the news!
Meanwhile, we'll be enjoying our little holiday weekend although no risk of dermal dysplasia this weekend!
We're going Beyond!
ICYMI last week a competition was held to win tickets to a special fan event at Paramount Pictures to preview the new trailer of Star Trek Beyond. It will also have a Q&A with director Justin Lin, cast, crew and 'other surprises'
To be in for a chance of winning you had to submit a 50 second video explaining how you went 'beyond' as a Star Trek fan and why you should go to the fan event at Los Angeles.
Paramount gave away 50 tickets a day to the event and one grand prize a day to include flights, accommodation and entry so us poor and distance-disadvantaged stood a chance.
We HAD to go so we each made a video in the hope that one of us would succeed. And thank the prophets our Trekkie In Training Sarah won!!! So the Trekkie Girls are heading out to Los Angeles next Thursday 19th to attend this 'special fan event'.
We are incredibly excited and grateful. We cannot wait to visit the home of Star Trek, where 50 years of history has taken place! It's the perfect venue to see what lays Beyond….
We feel a bit like Tom Paris in Voyager's Future's End at the moment. I (Sam) have had the privilege of visiting Los Angeles twice and not for very long. So I have that Tom Paris thing going on where I have very limited knowledge, but it will have to do!
You'll hear us walking around Paramount pictures saying things like 'groovy' 'What's that thing in your pocket?' and 'A leads to B leads to C'!
Be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Periscope where we will endeavour to bring you as much information as possible from this exciting event!
Here's our video's we submitted including Sarah's grand prize winning clip!

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authority Saudi Arabia Capital of up to US$15 billion or around Rs.214 trillion reportedly disbursed for city projects Al Ula, the area to avoid Nabi Muhammed.
Al Ula has long been known as a "haunted area." Many Saudis believe the area is a place of jinn and evil spirits, so it should be avoided.
This development is being carried out to improve the economy by expanding the tourism sector in several areas, one of which is Al Ula.
The construction of Al Ula is divided into three phases namely 2023, 2030, 2035. As an initial fund, Saudi Arabia allocated US$2 billion or around Rs.28 trillion for the development of Al Ula area.
Royal Commission for Al Ula (RCU) CEO Amr AlMadani said funds were also received from private partnerships totaling US$3.2 billion, or around Rs.45 trillion. Funds were allocated ahead of the completion of the 2023 phased project for infrastructure priorities.
"We have no problem carrying out the first phase, including the airport development, which is already completed," Al Madani said.
RCU was established by the Saudi Ministry of Finance in July 2017 to manage the development of the historic site.
The project, he said, would also begin developing low-carbon tramway infrastructure. This includes the first 22km of a low-carbon tramway system from a planned 46km renewable energy network upgrade, as well as upgrading water supply systems and wastewater treatment plants.
"And so far, our visitors' experience at heritage and natural sites has been enhanced," said Al Madani.
Al Ula is 1,100 kilometers from Riyadh. The city encompasses 22,561 square kilometers of desert, sandstone mountains and ancient heritage sites including Hegra, the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Arabia.
Hegra is the site of an ancient city in the southern capital of the Nabatean Empire. The area consists of almost 100 tombs with intricate facades carved in sandstone.
In 2020, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced construction of the "Al Ula Journey Through Time Masterplan" to be completed by 2035.
The project is estimated to create 38,000 jobs, attract 2 million visitors a year, increase the region's population to 130,000 and contribute US$32 billion to the Saudi economy.
"We entered the market. We have been actively involved with several investment companies and fund structures as of today to invest," he said.
This investment business plan is gawked at by investors. Several international hotel companies will also be involved in the project. These include Accor/Banyan Tree and Habitas.
The majority of investors, Al Madani said, are local, but international businessmen are expected to join as the project takes shape.
To make the project a reality, Al Ula's global center for archaeological research and conservation, the Kingdoms Institute, has been conducting extensive excavation in the city.
The team found more than 1,000 unknown scammers. Mustatil is an old rectangular building with stone walls. This research is a priority program for RCU.
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"The crisis demonstrated the limited capacity of EU institutions to conduct Union-wide anti-crisis policies," Marek D?browski, president of the Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), told EURACTIV in an interview, predicting a "near-stagnation scenario" for many EU economies.
A professor of economics, Marek D?browski is president of the Warsaw-based Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE). He is also a World Bank and United Nations Development Programme consultant.
He was speaking to Daniela Vincenti-Mitchener.
Do you think European governments responded properly to the crisis?
In my opinion, the anti-crisis responses of European governments were not always best tailored. Too often, short-term political considerations prevailed over the medium- and long-term economic rationales. I mean various examples of 'economic nationalism', especially in the financial sector, automobile industry and labour market areas, and losing control over public debt dynamics in most countries.
Sadly, the crisis also demonstrated the limited capacity of EU institutions to conduct Union-wide anti-crisis policies, mostly due to their limited fiscal capacity.
What are in your view the post-crisis economic prospects?
The most dramatic phase of the global crisis seems to be over, but economic prospects are still uncertain and rather bleak, especially in the short-term. It is unlikely that economic growth will return to pre-2008 trajectories soon.
For many EU economies, this will mean a real danger of a near-stagnation scenario and further build-up of public debt in relation to GDP. Major central banks (including the ECB) must balance a risk of withdrawing monetary stimulus too early (and thus create a new recession impulse) against the risk of inflationary pressure and/or building new bubbles (most likely on commodity and stock markets).
Is an international super-regulator inconceivable or essential?
We live in the world of the single, highly integrated financial market worldwide which needs transnational regulation and supervision. Otherwise transnational financial corporations will seek again arbitrage between national regulations, and many new products and trends on financial markets remained unnoticed by national authorities.
This need is even more obvious in the case of the EU, where the Single European Market of financial services should be monitored and supervised by the EU-wide regulatory authority.
The De Larosiere report is going in the right direction, but the question is whether the degree and speed of building the EU regulatory framework will be sufficient to meet the existing challenges.
The G20 recognised that policy coordination is needed. What kind of coordination?
So far the experience of the G20 looks quite promising. First, contrary to G7/G8, it gives a voice to large emerging-market economies whose role in the global economy further increased during the crisis. This allowed, among others, to strengthen Bretton Woods institutions and move forward discussions on reforming their voting system in favour of the developing world.
Second, it helped to mitigate the temptation to [introduce] protectionist measures and other kinds of beggar-thy-neighbour policies.
Third, it also helped to coordinate the macroeconomic policies of major economic actors in the short term, and advance discussion on closer financial regulatory cooperation on a global scale.
On the other hand, much depends on whether its cooperative spirit will be sustained beyond the immediate crisis period, and whether the G20 will succeed in unfreezing the global trade negotiations (the so-called 'Doha Round'), building an effective institutional framework to coordinate financial regulations and macroeconomic policies in future and address other global challenges like climate change.


Hey friends, I've decided to start a new series (or two 🙂 – hint hint) on Inspired by Nick, to cover some cool events that happen across the city so that I can pass along some of the inspiration that's been passed along to me! This one comes from a company that I visit weekly, that has a place in my home, and in my belly 😉 – Loblaws & President's Choice!
In covering some of the events that I get to attend in Toronto, I think it will be a great way for me to share some of the sneak peeks and previews that I'm fortunate enough to see! For example, at the President's Choice Summer Soiree, I got to try a bunch of yummy new bites and recipes, all great for summer and all easy for all of you to whip up for yourselves and your families!
Have a look at some of the products and meals they were featuring in their summer bites throughout the night, including their spicy sriracha mayo, grilled jalapenos, slow smoked brisket beef burgers, kent mangos… and their delicious lemonade mojito popsicles! Later in the evening we got to hear from chef Rob Rossi (owner and chef at Bestellen, and featured on Top Chef Canada) who shared some summer food and recipe inspiration for us all to take home with us. I happen to enjoy preparing meals that are easy to make, like many of you I'm sure, and that was my big takeaway.
The featured plates were so simple, yet so good, which is perfect for summer!
I hope you enjoy browsing through some of the photos from the night (they're courtesy of Loblaws and President's Choice). Oh and that reminds me – Those cocktails! The one on the left is called "The Mango Hurricane" and it was to dieeeee for! It was in my opinion, the perfect backyard bbq cocktail for entertaining guests! I'll get you the recipe soon – don't you worry!
I'm happy to share with you that over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be sharing EVERY recipe from the meals that were served at this PC Summer event on the Inspired by Nick Recipes section, under "Food Inspiration".
That's over 15 recipes for your summer meal planning! Courtesy of Loblaws & President's Choice!
So get ready for some MAJOR food inspo coming your way! My Recipes section will feature a combination of my own recipes, my Vegetable of the Week Series and summer food inspo from President's Choice & Loblaws!


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Set in Ireland in the 1990s, Colm Tóibín's The Blackwater Lightship tells the story of the Devereux family. Dora Devereux, her daughter Lily and her granddaughter Helen have come together after years of strife and reached an uneasy truce. Helen's adored brother, Declan, is dying. Two friends join him and the women in a crumbling old house by the sea, where the six of them, from different generations and with different beliefs, must listen to and come to terms with one another.
It is August 1974, and a tightrope walker is suspended between the twin towers, watched by thousands in the streets below. Elegantly weaving together their seemingly disparate lives, McCann's powerful novel comes alive in the unforgettable voices of the city's people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the tightrope walker's "artistic crime of the century".
A Great American Novel.. by an Irishman!
©2014 Atticus Lish (P)2015 Audible Inc.
I found the story jumped about quite a bit which made it difficult for me to listen to. This is only my opinion, this book has had raving reviews. However I urge you to try it, I'm sure you would enjoy it more than me. I just prefer to be honest and not just chase 'likes' on my reviews to give you the clearest picture possible before purchasing.
Maybe shouldn't have listened through this one just before my son & his wife heads for a spell of work in New York. Frightening account of an illegal immigrant and a war shocked US soldier, their tough love, their survival struggle in precarious underworld lives, the claws of the concrete city around them.
Descriptions are vivid lists, long observations of dirt and destitution. They fight, will they win? It's like reading Grand Theft Auto from a book, it is very real. I couldn't stop listening but I'm glad it's over.
What a novel. The writing is fresh and unique, and its spare language reminded me of Hemingway. The author made me deeply care about these two strong characters, and I stopped what I was doing to finish listening to their story. I had no idea how it would end, and kept guessing as the tension slowly, carefully built to a climax. This is a book I will remember for a long time -- a rich story full of the sights, sounds and smells of New York, at times reminding me of Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" in its evocation of racial tension in the US melting pot. Most of all, these are two characters who, while they couldn't be more different from me, I could easily relate to, as their feelings of hope, despair, grief, and triumph reach to the very core of human experience. I am sure this will be made into a movie, but I doubt any movie could be as good as the book. Wonderful narration as well!
Sometimes you see a house in a magazine that makes you stop and stare. It's true to itself down to the finest detail - a real architectural feat. Even though you may not love the style, you admire the craftsmanship and the level of precision and craftsmanship that went into creating it. That is precisely how I would describe this book.
It's covers some tough topics - like immigration and PTSD - just for starters. That's not new. What's new is the actual writing style. It's SO unique. There's a spareness to it that feels like everything has been boiled down to its most basic elements. The sights and sounds just come at you and it's up to you to interpret them. The way it's written makes you feel like you're seeing it for yourself and deciding what has emotional value.
This book gave me an understanding of a life I will never experience. I know it's been described as a love story, but I just didn't see it that way. For me, it was a book of survival and hope.
I really wondered about the narrator during the first few minutes. He sounds like an automaton. Then I understood it. He delivered this exactly the way it was written. Great choice in the end.
Though I can't say I loved this book - it made me too uncomfortable for that - I really admire the achievement. It is stunning. I think I'll just stop and stare a while.
Would you listen to Preparation for the Next Life again? Why?
This was one of the best books I have heard....ever. the reader's odd style aided in the story telling so much. I just loved this book, even though it was very depressing and sad. A look in to a apart of American life I have never heard about before.
This novel poetically exposes the harsh reality confronted by illegal immigrants to the U.S.A. while also exposing and exploring the difficulties faced by veterans returning from the grizzly days of war in Iraq. There is no sugar coating in this novel. I was drawn into the life of Skinner (the young male veteran) and into the life of Zou (the Chinese illegal immigrant). The author beautifully and painfully awakens the reader to the harsh and real problems facing both of these population groups. I admired Zou for her dogged determination to stay strong and to love to the best of her ability and I suffered for both her and Skinner. The novel was difficult for me to get through due to the harsh reality and painful subjects that it explores but that's life, isn't it? This isn't a "beach read". It is a beautifully written and perfectly narrated novel which opens the readers' eyes to the tragic difficulties faced by some of the people that we walk past every day. There is hope and there is great pain in this novel so don't read this unless you are ready to walk a few feet (not even a few miles) in the shoes of two young and heroic young adults.
Painfully detailed descriptions brought clear images of places & states of mind completely foreign to me. I felt them and saw them in my mind as I devoured Lish's superb writing. They made my soul ache but a type of justice prevailed at the end. How many other vets of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are abandoned on our streets, along with those immigrants escaping from persecution in their home countries?
At first, I didn't like the way everything was going, but after an hour of listening I really started enjoying the details of their story. I finished the whole book in three days.
I only hope that my review can do this book justice. It is a rare occurrence that I am so affected by a book that it keeps popping up in my mind again and again after I have finished. The book was so vivid for me that I feel as if I lived it along with the two main protagonists. There is something about the writing style, the short, simple, and choppy sentences, that fits the characters perfectly; it lifted the story way above any possibility of ordinary-ness. It is very descriptive, in that we see what the characters see, feel, hear, and even taste along with them. For some, this style of descriptiveness makes the story too slow moving or maybe even boring. I am sorry for those that feel that way, as they will not experience the story as I did, totally compelling and interesting. As I described in another of my reviews, it is sort of like being shrunken and riding along in the character's shirt pocket as an observer.
PftNL has been described as a love story. That is definitely not how I would describe this novel. It is much more than a love story and certainly does not fall into the romance genre, nor godforbid, chicklit. This book is so much more than a love story. It is the tale of two people, Zou Lei (Zoh-lay), a Chinese Muslim undocumented immigrant and Skinner, a 23-year-old male that has recently returned from the Iraq war and is suffering from severe PTSD. Both of them are struggling to survive at the most basic levels at the margins of society in New York City.
In reading other reviews, it seems that you are either blown away by this book or you really dislike it. You may not like it if you prefer a more action-oriented story or you are disturbed by violence (there is one short but very violent scene in the book which really disturbed me.) You certainly will not like this novel if you are looking for some joy in a story. There is none here.
I was very on edge toward the end of the story and am happy to say, my worst nightmare did not happen. I feel that the ending was satisfactory, believable, and fitting.
As for the author, I scratch my head and wonder how a man who describes himself as coming from "huge privilege" could be able to capture the seamy side of life and living at the margins of society so impeccably. The narrator does this book justice, doing an expert job with both main characters. I look forward to hearing more from both of them in the near future.
I was deeply moved by this book. It is a work of a narrative genius. It is set in the desperately The poor ethnic neighborhoods of Queens, a world foreign to almost anyone reading this review. Yer it is depicted meticulously and without pity. How one author can notice this much detail and convey it in words, without losing the story or the heart in the middle is awe inspiring. It is an unforgettable book. Thank you Mr. Lish.
Excellent writing; a riveting story that is visual, emotional and instructive. Lish brings the reader inside every characters head in a masterful way. Deserves every bit of praise he and the book have received.
If you could sum up Preparation for the Next Life in three words, what would they be?
Both Zou Lei and Skinner.
I really liked the Epilogue, but there were many moments that were very special.
If you could rename Preparation for the Next Life, what would you call it?
A beautiful and sad story of a Chinese illegal immigrant and an American Ex-Army man who meet in New York City. This is a story you will never forget. Incredible! A must read!
By the way, the narrator was excellent. The way he spoke different languages, dialects and accents was amazing!! Bravo, Robertson Dean!


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Squabbles over 5G highlight benefits of satellite broadband
One of the UK's main mobile operators, Three, has threatened to launch a legal challenge that could block the sale of airwaves needed to both improve 4G services and launch the highly anticipated 5G wireless system.
Fortunately, a genuine alternative is readily available in satellite broadband, which provides a reliable and fast connection, regardless of location and independent of the results of any future spectrum or airwaves squabbles.
The sale of a fresh batch of the 5G spectrum has already been delayed by more than a year thanks to an aborted takeover of O2. These new challenges mean that just as the launch of 4G services was delayed due to legal issues, it looks like the UK will once again be left behind, this time in the race to 5G.
An auction is set to take place later this year and currently, Ofcom plans to impose a 37% cap on the overall share of the airwaves an operator is allowed to own. Ofcom is due to sell off chunks of the airwaves in two frequency bands. As well as the 5G spectrum, which will not be compatible with smartphones until around 2020, it is auctioning a lower frequency which is already being used in 4G handsets.
Three has called for a tighter cap in a bid to prevent BT and Vodafone dominating the market and BT's mobile arm EE is planning to argue in court that there shouldn't be any cap at all. Dave Dyson, the chief executive of Three has said that they will go ahead with the challenge unless Ofcom acts to ensure that smaller operators aren't pushed out of the auction:
We would have no option but to mount a legal challenge to the auction process unless Ofcom build more safeguards into the process.
O2 has also waded into the battle by joining Three in their calls for spectrum caps among the main network providers. Ofcom has already proposed barring BT from bidding for some of the spectrum in a bid to address any imbalance. Mr Dyson has argued that BT could still bid strategically and dominate the next generation of mobile telecoms. Currently, BT and EE own 45% of the country's usable spectrum compared with just 28% for Vodafone, 15% for O2 and 12% for Three.
In response to Three's threats, EE is planning to formally threaten Ofcom with a High Court challenge over the planned auction of radio spectrum. EE is, of course, concerned that if Three is successful, this could undermine its plans to take a lead in the roll-out of 5G technology.
The chief executive of EE, Marc Allera has commented:
We're supportive of Ofcom's goal to release airwaves quickly and we don't want this challenge to slow down that process but Three's latest action has forced our hand. This is our last resort. We've been consistently opposed to the cap that Three is trying to make even more restrictive.
The UK needs continued 4G investment and a clear path to the introduction of four high quality 5G networks. We cannot risk being outperformed by countries across Europe.
O2 has appealed to Ofcom to create a leasing system that could be implemented while legal battles are being fought. History tells us that this is likely to be a lengthy, protracted process, resulting in a long wait for those hoping that the new technology will provide an imminent solution to their high-speed broadband needs.
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ABC Announces the 2022 National Craft Champions
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SAN ANTONIO, March 18—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced the winners of the 2022 National Craft Championships at its Careers in Construction Awards ceremony during ABC Convention 2022 in San Antonio. The 33rd annual competition showcases the skills and expertise of more than 200 of the nation's top-performing craft professionals.
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ABC Honors Careers in Construction Award Winners
SAN ANTONIO, March 18—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced the winners of the 2022 National Craft Championships and the ABC Construction Management Competition. The winners were honored on the last day of ABC Convention 2022 in San Antonio on March 17.
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ABC Congratulates 2019 National Craft Champions
Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 12:31 PM By Donna Reichle
LONG BEACH, California, March 29—Associated Builders and Contractors announced the winners of the 32nd annual National Craft Championships today during its Careers in Construction Awards at the conclusion of ABC Convention 2019 in Long Beach, California.
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Long Beach, Calif., March 23—Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced the winners of the 31st annual National Craft Championships (NCC) during its Careers in Construction Awards ceremony at the conclusion of ABC Convention 2018 in Long Beach, Calif.
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Associated Builders and Contractors Announces Finalists in Competitions for Top Craft Professional and Instructor
Posted on Monday, March 5, 2018 9:00 AM By anonymous
WASHINGTON, March 5– Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced the finalists for its 2018 Craft Professional of the Year and Craft Instructor of the Year awards. Winners of both awards will be announced at the Careers in Construction Awards ceremony March 22 during ABC Convention 2018 in Long Beach, Calif.
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ABC Highlights Construction Worker Shortage During National Apprenticeship Week
Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 10:04 AM By Donna Reichle
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) commends the U.S. Department of Labor for declaring Nov. 13-19 National Apprenticeship Week. It's the third consecutive year that business, labor, government, education and other partners are highlighting the tremendous job opportunities apprenticeships provide and the need for an infusion of Americans to pursue a skilled trade.
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Posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 10:27 AM By anonymous
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 8– Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced the winners of the 30th annual National Craft Championships (NCC) during its Careers in Construction awards ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The ceremony took place March 3 at the conclusion of ABC's Workforce Week '17.
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Nearly 170 Top Construction Pros to Compete at ABC's National Craft Championships
Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 8:30 AM By anonymous
WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 8– Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced that nearly 170 of the top construction apprentices and trainees in the country will compete in the 30th annual National Craft Championships, March 1-2 during ABC's Workforce Week '17 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Associated Builders and Contractors Congratulates National Craft Champions
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 8– Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced the winners of the 29th annual National Craft Championships during the Careers in Construction awards ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The ceremony took place March 4 at the conclusion of ABC's Workforce Week.
ABC Congratulates 2015 National Craft Championships Winners, Craft Instructor and Craft Professional of the Year
Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 12:37 PM By anonymous
Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced the winners of its National Craft Championships and named its Craft Instructor of the Year and Craft Professional of the Year during the Careers in Construction awards ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The ceremony took place March 6 at the conclusion of ABC's Workforce Development Conference.
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#64 - A Bucket of Blood
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Extremely Trashy
Directed by: Roger Corman. Written by: Charles B. Griffith.
Plot: A dorky guy (Dick Miller) working in a beatnik-y cafe accidentally kills his landlady's cat, I forget how. To cover it up, he covers it in clay and shows it at the cafe, gaining the respect of the flaky artists who frequent the joint. However, he must make more 'sculptures' and resorts to killing people and covering them with clay. Hilarity ensues.
Review: This movie is pretty much like a funny version of House of Wax, and is actually way more entertaining. It's got that painfully low budget goodness, complete with near inaudible sound and crappy picture quality. And shitty acting, but that's neither here nor there.
What gets me is that Little Shop of Horrors is basically just a rehash of this movie and yet it is vastly more successful. This movie never really got the same cult acclaim. Granted, this movie doesn't have a giant man-eating plant, but I actually thought it was better. Partially because I saw it before Little Shop. This movie would probably lose a lot if I had seen them the other way round.
But, you know, Dick Miller. I like Dick Miller in this, he makes me smile. He's just so dorky. It's cute.
Anyway, like Little Shop of Horrors, this does really suck as a horror flick. I mean... it's not scary. It's just kinda sad, but it does work as a comedy, particularly poking fun at beatniks. I fuckin hate beatniks, man, almost as much as I hate hippies (I'm a consumerist yuppy myself) and so this movie is funny to me. I laughed heartily.
Um.... Jesus, I wish I could find the review I wrote of this a few months ago. I remember it had a bunch of really good points but I wrote it in a haze and can't remember anything about it. Don't you hate that? I even know what book I wrote it in, too, but a bunch of pages fell out of it (it's a really old notebook) and it's not in there now. Fuck.
Whatever. Roger Corman is kinda the man. Yes, he made a lot of shitty movies, but the fact that he actually made as many good ones as he did is pretty amazing. It defies all logic. Wow! Yup. Okay, I'm going to stop now, this review sucks.
Favourite Part: The ending, in which I believe Walter Paisley (I love that his name is Paisley) goes home, covers himself in clay, and hangs himself (which seems really a little complicated, but whatever) and then the cops find him and I think they say something like, "He would have called it 'Hanging Man'". It's so dramatic and hilarious. I did laugh.
Other versions: Apparently there was a made-for-television remake in the nineties. Weird.
Sequels: None.
Click here to read my original review (July 7th 2007).
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Uber pitches ride-sharing as a public transit mode
Kristin Musulin Senior Editor
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In a Transit Horizons thought paper published on Tuesday, Uber Transit proposed the foundation of a "new model of public transportation" to evolve in U.S. cities over the coming decade: one that replaces what it calls "siloed" public transit systems with integrated, technology-driven multi-modal networks run by transit agencies.
Uber Transit predicts that by 2030, public transit agencies will operate more as mobility management agencies to orchestrate transportation networks with a wide array of modes, such as ride-sharing, microtransit and micromobility, that can support and subsidize existing services. Uber says this would increase transportation access and flexibility, while digitization of services would allow for the increased use of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) apps to plan and pay for rides.
This network approach would unlock variable cost supply to increase agency resiliency amid service disruptions and ridership drops, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, Uber Transit said. The paper recommends agency-subsidized ride-sharing programs to complement public transportation in a bid to lower operating cost and increase service access.
Calls for innovation and service improvements across public transportation systems are more pressing than ever as agencies work to regain decimated transit ridership in the wake of COVID-19. The pandemic has highlighted "deep-seated changes" in the way people are getting around cities, said Chris Pangilinan, senior policy manager at Uber Transit, requiring agencies to adapt to new environments while pushing for a rapid recovery.
"Historically, most transit agencies operate their services in isolation ... and as a result, many view themselves as specialized transport operators with a hard-coded skill set," Pangilinan said. "And while this might have been status quo, we think we're at an inflection point here where agencies are recognizing that added sophistication and skills are increasingly necessary to respond to communities' shifting needs."
And as local governments patch their revenue streams, the paper argues there's an economic case to be made for adding ride-sharing services to the public transportation mix. Agencies today depend on a fixed cost structure across their modes, which can represent an estimated 80%-85% of an agency's operating budget, the paper found. Uber Transit suggests that up to 6% of U.S. bus trips could be replaced by ride-sharing at a cost reduction for agencies.
Uber's Transit Horizons paper was developed with software provider Routematch, which was acquired by Uber in July 2020 to expand its influence in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market. The acquisition came shortly after Uber's first SaaS partnership in Marin County, CA.
In fact, Uber has been knocking on the doors of public transit agencies since 2015, when the company entered its first transit partnership with Gainesville, FL. In the years passed, Uber Transit launched an in-app ticketing feature starting with Denver's Regional Transportation District; rolled out real-time train schedules and information; brought free UberPool trips to public transit riders in Dallas; and even committed to 100% "green" rides by 2040 with the help of public transit partnerships.
Starting next week, Uber Transit will launch a subsidized, on-demand paratransit service with the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) in South Carolina, as well as a partnership with Grand Valley Transit in Colorado, Uber Transit confirmed. It will also enter a first/last-mile partnership with Nashville, TN's public transit agency WeGo, and with the Cecil Country Transit Authority in Maryland, in the weeks to come.
Despite Uber Transit's optimism on the future of public transportation, there are some holes to be poked in its plan. First, the environmental implications of such a mixed-modal network would need to be considered, as replacing bus trips with ride-hailing could contribute to congestion. A February 2020 study found that ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft contribute to almost 70% more emissions than the transportation mode they replace.
Furthermore, there are data-sharing complications and business interests to consider, wrote urban policy writer David Zipper in a piece for Bloomberg CityLab. "I don't want to imply that Uber's interests are always opposed to transit. .... But Uber is a public company (whose stock recently hit an all-time high), responsible to shareholders whose motivations differ from public transportation executives," Zipper wrote.
For ride-sharing and emerging transportation modes to really infiltrate public transit systems, agencies will need to welcome partnerships from private sector firms outside of Uber. "I think ultimately this is a competitive environment" in which a variety of products and services can give agencies and riders more choice in how they integrate their systems, said Ivan Mihov, head of strategy and planning at Uber Transit.
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Taxpayer-funded football stadiums rarely pay off. So why do cities keep footing the bill?
Sports economists warn U.S cities don't reap enough economic benefits when stadiums are built with taxpayer money. Some city officials say community pride and shared identity are worth the investment.
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Converted clog-dancers: Spurgeon on drawing a crowd
Ryan Martin | April 25th, 2019 | 0 Comments
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was known for being an ardent "soul winner." He maintained that a gospel minister will see certain fruit. A lack of success could be caused by weak preaching, faulty doctrine, or unfaithfulness in prayer. In An All Around Ministry, he said, 'He that never saved a sinner after years of work is not a minister of Christ."Tom Nettles's superb biography of Spurgeon, Living by Revealed Truth: The Life and Pastoral Theology of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Nettles points out that though Spurgeon emphasized such divine results, he did not espouse methodological short-cuts to evangelism. In fact, this opposition to entertainment religion was a conviction that Spurgeon developed over time:
But to resort to sensationalism to draw a crowd, or 'attract a congregation, Spurgeon could not abide. Though early in his ministry in a hyperbolic moment he told a crowd in Scotland that he would stand on his head if it would help draw a sinner to Christ, he receded from that position. Though some might feel at ease in conscience about using brass bands and tambourines and all sort of noise to draw a crowd, such users should be prepared for the eventual failure of these methods and the necessity to become more sensational.'What else is to be done?' he asked. 'Will you stand on your head: Hornpipes have been tried; will you try the tight-rope? I cannot suggest to you a novelty–since we have already heard of Brummagem Bruisers, devil-dodgers, converted clog-dancers, etc."Eventually, such a method must decline to 'those blasphemous insults in the eternal and incommunicable name which arise out of the desecration of the word 'hallelujah.'"Spurgeon suggested a true novelty–a meeting with no vulgarity and no slang. He also wearied of sensational advertising that led people on with the promise of greatness and rare opportunity. "Cheapjack advertising is altogether out of harmony with the grand truths and the glorious spirit of the gospel."1
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Ryan Martin is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Granite Falls, Minnesota. Prior to that, he served as the associate pastor of Bethany Bible Church in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He is on the board of directors of Religious Affections Ministries. Ryan received his undergraduate degree at Northland Baptist Bible College, and has received further training from Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis, Minn. (M.Div., 2004; Ph.D., 2013). He was ordained in 2009 at Bible Baptist Church of Elk River, Minn. (now Otsego, Minn.). He has a wife and children too. Ryan is the associate editor of Hymns to the Living God (Religious Affections Ministries, 2017). He contributed to the Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 2017) and is the author of Understanding Affections in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards: "The High Exercises of Divine Love" (T&T Clark, 2018).
Tom Nettles, Living by Revealed Truth: The Life and Pastoral Theology of Charles Haddon Spurgeon (Ross-shire, Scotland: Mentor, 2013), 177-78. [↩]
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Home & Foreign Fruits (at no. 48)
Where: Cork, Ireland
A lovely high view of King Street (now MacCurtain Street) in Cork. Where was the high point from which this photo was taken?
I hope that the unusually situated dog in this photo will satisfy those of you who requested a canine component in our Flickr offering - this means you, DannyM8!
Date: Circa 1900?
NLI Ref.: L_NS_00115
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Never mind the dog, what about the unusually situated human (see note)?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Crikey, cannot believe I didn't spot him! :)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia He was up there looking for a real Dog
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland I spotted him thanks to your note and what I wonder is how did he manage it? I remember when linesmen of various persuasions put on special steel shoes with a large spiked hook at the toe that went around the pole. They then put a large leather belt around their waists and around the pole and they climbed up one step at a time shifting the belt up with each step as this prevented them from falling backwards. The thing is that the pole in this case look like it is make of concrete and there is no ladder in evidence. Similarly there is no belt in sight to hold him onto the darned thing! Health and safety how are ye?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Niice one Danny, I was just thinking that after all our labours of last week solving puzzles and generally entertaining the denizens of Library Towers and all she gives you is an imitation dog for our troubles. Tsktsk!
Wilkie A W & Son, The Black Dog, 41 King st
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Cork. Wayhay. (And my side of town too!) Don't have much to add just now - other than the obligatory street view.
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Baker & Wright for Brushes, Lamps ... Cork Exhibition, 1883. Freeman's reported: "Stand 59 - Baker and Wright, Patrick Street, Cork. This company exhibits well-prepared liquid paints in tins, for which they deserve honorable mention."
Carol you were wondering where was the high point offering that view? In streetview (which I cannot add) you can see that this street runs from the base of Patricks Hill which gave us so much fun during the year and the buildings at the bottom of the hill are looking right down MacCurtain Street, Having said that they seem very far back for this particular view, unless there was a zoom lens?
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The Metropole opened in 1897
Was this shot on the same day or around the same time as the photo of Patrick Hill? It is a direct continuation of coverage of that area and there are lots of similarlities in dress etc. though the weather looks much better in this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6627415775/
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/swordscookie] I think you are right. The building in the left foreground is this one here so the viewpoint is right at the end of the street, probably from the building at the bottom of Patrick's Hill
Cork's electric tramway system began operating on 22 December 1898
In 1897 Dan Lowrey opened the building as a luxurious new theatre called The Cork Palace of Varieties. Its origins as beautiful Victorian theatre is reflected in the interior of the building with its impressive ornate proscenium arch and boxes and a balcony and ceiling composed of decorative plasterwork which has been restored to its former glory.
48a Building: CO. CORK, CORK, MACCURTAIN STREET, NO. 048A? (WILKIE & SONS) Date: 1895 Nature: New premises. Tender of D. Duggan for £1,752 accepted. Refs: IB 37, 15 Jun 1895, 146
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The Coliseum is just out of sight at the far end of the road, on the right hand side:
Here's the 1901 census entry for the Wilkies. Alex William Wilkie is listed as a Stationer, Newsagent, Indian Rubber Stamp Manufacturer and Photographer They were still there in 1911 www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001854776/
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Straw boaters were very much in style that year. Mitchell & Kenyon did a great sequence shot from the top of a moving tram along this street in 1902 I think. Can't seem to find a clip on YouTube, but it's on my Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland DVD.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] Account of the opening of the Palace of Varieties in The Era (a theatrical newspaper) at Easter 1897 including a detailed description of the theatre and a review of the opening night. Acts included: - Professor Jelly Jolly, with the Cinématographe - Little Daisy Palmer - Tiller's Eight Champions, lady vocalists and dancers - Mdlle. Alma, on the electric globe - Miss Minnie Cunningham - Mr F.W Mills, ventriloquist - the Musical Palmers [does this include Little Daisy?] - Jake Graham - the Five Behazins Dan Lowrey made a speech during the interval and made a remark which "elicited an interjection from the celestials". I'd love to know what an electric globe was, and what Mdlle Alma did with it.
No mention of Miss Flanagan as a dressmaker in the 1907 trade directory but the Wilkies get a mention www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/streetandtradedirectorie...
There seems to be an archive of Photos by Wilkie in Cork. I also saw a reference that some of the photos may be early copies from the NLI Lawrence Collection... Cork City & County Archives Descriptive List Identity Statement Reference Code: IE CCCA/U399 Title: Wilkie Photographers Dates: c.1890 – c.1910
Here is an example from the Wilkie collection Grand Parade 1902 - 1903
Apologies for the digression The round-up of acts at the Empire Cardiff in 1898 says:
Mdlle Alma, in her gyrations on the electric globe, surrounded as she is by myriads of lights, is as pretty an exhibition as we have witnessed here for some time.
Gyrations indeed! In December 1898 in DUblin
Mdlle Alma, in her evolutions on the electric globe, meets with due appreciation
Evolutions? Belfast Christmas Eve 1898
a novel and exciting turn has been submitted by Mdlle Alma on the electric globe
From Jane Mulcahy's myspace (!) page: In June 2005 I played the part of Mademoiselle Alma, who had an amazing electric globe in Playgroup's innovative production "Dark Week" at the Everyman Palace From Lynda Radley (playwright) home page: Dark Week (2005): (Dramaturgy) Playgroup in co-production with Cork Midsummer Festival and Everyman Palace Theatre. Nominated for the Judges' Special Award at the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2006.
Cork City Library Same Day? Different Image?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley Amazeglobes!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] I looks as if there are 5 shots of King Street in the nli collection, but only 2 are digitized so far, and that City Library one is not one of them. Here is the other.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE one!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley That's interesting Niall, the no 16 tram is going in the opposite direction in the second shot!. There also seems to be a ladder up at the pole down near Dan Lowery's place!
So, anyone got any ideas on the date and time? Where are our shadow measurers? Surely that telegraph worker is casting a distinctly measurable shadow :) Using almanacs and census I can't really improve on Carol's "c.1900" estimate. Everything points to >1898, and maybe as late as 1903 or 1904.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner Interesting play on language depending on where you were! Gyrations in Cardiff, evolutions in Dublin, a turn in Belfast what would the papers in Aberdeen have said???
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/swordscookie] I don't know about Aberdeen, but in Dundee her 'evolutions' were judged 'extremely attractive', and her feats of juggling 'highly interesting'. Some slightly more detailed descriptions of her act in The Belfast Newsletter and The Dundee Courier & Argus. And The Leeds Mercury
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner Digress away! Between the "gyrations" and the "evolutions", the mind boggles... Wonder if Mdlle Alma used gas or candles in the early days of her career?
Professor Jolly I'd guess this was the first time moving pictures had been seen in Cork. It wasn't that long since the first moving pictures had been seen anywhere.
Dan Lowrey was a huge impresario in Dublin as well! Have a look at this or this, or this...
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner] Yes, very early! This poster for the Coliseum on King Street, advertising Edison's Speaking Pictures dates from around 1914 or 1915, we think...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland No mention of any lighting in her earlier performances. In 1894 at the London Pavillion, Mdlle Almas' exploits on a moving globe, pushed by the feet on a swaying plank, astonished the audience and (as described in The Illustrated Police News (!)) ... met with their usual success, as did Mdlle Alma with her golden ball. At Christmas 1896 at Bristol in a sparsely attended Babes in the Wood In this scene Mdlle Alma introduces electricity in a very striking way. She flits about with electric lights on her costume, and then manipulates with her feet a ball in which the electric light changes colour. She also walks a plank on this prismatic globe I can't find any mention of her after January 1899.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] The cinematograph was first displayed in England on February 20th, 1896...soon after, the cinematograph found its way onto the vaudeville theater circuit
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] In Tramore, Co. Waterford by 1901...
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] If they had "talkies" in 1914/15, they still felt the need for "accompaniment" as late as 1919. (On the same page [page 230] as the Ryan's Furniture advert, which I linked in a tag above, there is an advert for the Coliseum - which mentions accompaniment by "orchestral band".)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland the use of the term Cinématographe suggests the Lumiere brothers invention which preceded Edison's Kinetoscope
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Presumably it made the whole experience even more exciting! And what beautiful lettering on COLISEUM?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] You are right, of course.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] Isn't it? Certainly compared to the pedestrian type-faces in the rest of the publication. FYI - This journey back to Bridge Street, King Street, and Ship Street reminds me. I came across a smashing photo of Barriscales shop and clock on Bridge Street recently. I nearly fainted with the excitement.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] That is absolutely gorgeous! If you get a moment, would you comment it under the other photo please? There are Barriscale family members who I'm sure would love to see it... With regard to the "nearly fainted with excitement" - I'm issuing a blanket disclaimer that if any of you experience blood pressure issues, chest pains, spots before the eyes, etc. from the excitement of finding out things about these photos, Library Towers accepts no responsibility whatsoever! :)
The description of the Cork Palace of Varieties includes the sentence Erected here, and all over the house, are "panic doors", to cope with emergencies in case of fire or panic I wonder if these measures were insisted on by Dan Lowrey (described as 'Music Hall Proprietor') as a result of his witnessing the scenes at the Colosseum, Liverpool, in October 1878, when someone shouted 'Fire!' and 37 people were killed in the crush when the audience panicked. Inquest report from Lancaster Gazette Added later: From another report Dan Lowrey's experience during the panic seems to have been truly horrific, as he vainly tried to calm people (even though he had no connection with the Colosseum). Not long after that he left Liverpool to start up in Dublin.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] Dan Lowry (sic) gets a mention in James Joyce's Ulysses! They passed Dan Lowry's musichall where Marie Kendall, charming soubrette, smiled on them from a poster a dauby smile www.james-joyce-music.com/extras/lowreys_theatre.html (it's now the Olympia Theatre!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland Sure is. I would have added it to the other thread already - but I'm trying to find out who owns the photo and who is pictured. I think it's a "family photo", so it's likely that very few people have seen it before. I've asked the guy who posted it to Facebook for some info. I don't want to be splashing "private family photos" around too readily. Even 100 year-old ones.
dorameulman
Thanks for another brilliant image.
From the British Library - "The Black Dog" must have been the LOGO of Wilkie & Sons? Advert from The Irish Exhibition Olympia 1888 Pressmark Evan.6023 Heading or Venue Wilkie & Son Place Ireland, Cork Title Section G. Stand B99. The Irish Exhibition. Olympia, London. Wilkie & Son, Cork, india rubber stamp makers, name stamps 1s. 6d. Monograms 2 letters 1s. Fancy names 1s. Use only our special inks for the stamps. India rubber stamp inks all colors 3d. 6d. & 1s. per. Bottle. Subscriptions & advertisements received for all Irish newspapers by Wilkie & Son, "The Black Dog," King Street, Cork. And at Irish Exhibition, Olympia, Stand B99
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Good thinking, Batman!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dorameulman You're very welcome, Dora!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] I was stuck in my own stuff and didn't keep up with the thread. You'll see it in the almanacs. "The Black Dog" was the operating name of (one of two?) of the Wilkie's premises on MacCurtain Street. (They had one at #41 and another at #48.) Hence "The Black Dog" shows in addresses and listings.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Looks like they used the image similar to the way Public Houses do. Ps - I notice that "She who Hates all Dogs or http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland for short" referred to you as Batman - obviously you are a different Super hero alltogether.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bip/434198013/
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/] has queried the cupola above - it looks like it was on the corner of the Hibernia Buildings nearest to us in this picture. The buildings were originally built in 1879 and rebuilt in 1883 after a fire and housed Dobbin & Ogilvie Confectioners. Entry in DIA Report on fire (Incidentally, Henry Hill, architect of the reconstruction of Hibernia Buildings was Myrtle Allen's Great Grandfather)
There once was a Mademoiselle Alma - Alas! No-one was able to calm her - With electrical probes And extraordinary globes - She re-wrote the Sutra of Kama.
victor98_2001
excellent shot
excellentzebu1050
in one word Brilliant
03/Jan/2013 15:29:40
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Forgot to thank you for your Limericked Ode to Mademoiselle Alma! Hope you'll keep them coming in 2013 (though probably shouldn't encourage you... :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland Please don't encourage me - writing limericks about Irish photographs is like sending coals to Newcastle.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Ha! Bet you won't be able to resist the urge... :D
blackpoolbeach
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] ...but they do send coals to Newcastle upon Tyne. All the deep coal mines closed long ago. A new quay was built to import coal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selling_coal_to_Newcastle On the other hand, Newcastle NSW is "the largest exporter of coal in the modern world."
iantheteacher
02/Mar/2013 12:22:28
If anyone is interested in Alexander William Wilkie, his ancestry.com entry is at trees.ancestry.com/tree/18853130/person/723167360 (unfortunately think you need to be paid up or on free-trial to see this). They also had a photography studio at the other end of the street (now the Spar). He is also the same Wilkie that compiled Wilkie's Cork Directory for 1872.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Shame about the subscription only access as you say, but some people may have institutional or library access, so thank you very much...
achesonblog
17/Feb/2014 20:52:52
I'd be willing to bet this was taken the same summer's morning as this shot of Bridge St around the corner: www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6627415775/in/faves-aches... I believe the shot was taken (with a longer lens) from the upper rooms of K. Toomey's pub on the corner of Coburg St. Perhaps the photographer was lodging there. That view would put them on the same level as the cross bars on the tram power poles, as in the photograph. Lots of straw boaters in view. (Also a linesman high on a telegraph pole in the right middle distance.)
25/Aug/2016 23:25:20
I have just added this photo to our 50,000+ Views Album. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/sets/72157651136879037


More Fall Release Shares from Impression Obsession Stamps!
I had an absolute "ball".. get it.......BALL.....lol colouring up these Christmas Balls. Such a pretty image and I love that the sentiment is part of the image. Saves me having to get too creative after spending all that time colouring~~~ I did add a little border using the Border DUO 3 set. The main image is called Ornaments.
I added some glitter here and there to glitz it up, 'cause you know me; I like it Blingy!
This week over at Stampotique Designer Challenge, Kim is the Hostess! She is letting you have your creative licence with an "anything goes" challenge.
I decided to make something sweet and simple. Non descript really, yet elegant I think.
It is actually a touch prettier in person as the glitter glimmers and shimmers and I didn't capture the pure whiteness of the cardstock.
I wanted to thank Carol and Kim for having me as Guest Designer over at Stampotique this month!
Also, did you KNOW there is a new release Blog Hop Happening over at Stampotique?
Hello! Hope you are all doing well out in Blog land Today. I WISH I was in Blog Land too, because it would be COOL there! We've had no air conditioning there this summer and it's like breathing through a little straw.... a teensy, tiny little straw.....NOT the one's that come with the Dollar Drinks (Oh my SWEET addiction!) Anyhoo, our challenge for this week is to have your creation's main focus be the Sentiment, thus SAY IT BIG...... Say it loud, say it clear.......I'm about to burst out into song. Do you remember that one? Even better, do you remember who sang it?
So onto the Card Biz! For my Creepy Halloweenie card I started by creating a background with this super fun CAC stamp called Hand Carved Halloween. It's super fun and has quite a retro look to it, don't you think? And now for the sentiment Spooktacular Halloween. I added some colour to the image to make it pop off the yellow paper. Lastly I dressed it up a bit with dies from the Spider Web Die Set and the Halloween Set (bat). I then added a touch of Flocking to the Spider to make him fuzzy and increase the creep factor AND some Glitta on the Bat wings and Spider Web; just because I could! Ha!
This is a pretty subtle card, however the main focus is again on the sentiment. Please forgive me if I've shared this one! In fact, just humour me please, recognizing it's my 50 year old brain at work. Lord knows in 20 years when I'm sharing, you are apt to see the same card several times per month! That would be crafters repeat. But then I will be a little elderly and hopefully my readers will respect this elder! lol. Anyway, I simply used two dies and some dollar store pearls to complete this beauty!
I have a huge fondness for the stamps and the Company as it was one of the first Design Teams that I was on! I thank Carol and Jim for allowing me to showcase their beautiful stamps!
I made the Balloons with my one inch circle punch, sponging the edges for dimension.
I took a little Hiatus from Challenge Chicks, but I'm back on track, in the pack!
This month, the challenge is circles of friendship.
You can make a card with a circle theme, a friendship card...whatever matches the theme!
We have an AMAZINGLY talented line up of Creative Ladies to share their take on the challenge today!
Make sure to post your creations HERE on the Challenge Chicks Facebook Page!
Impression Obsession Designer Challenge-Fall Colours!
When I think Autumn, I think Orange, Deep Reds and Yellow of Course.....the Beautiful colours of the leaves as they make their transition from the Trees, back to the earth. Add some Purple and Black and Viola! Halloween! I had so much fun (No, really I DID!) creating this pop up card with multiple images. The Haunted House was absolutely perfect for the card front!
Now this is where the fun came in! Doing the cuts on the card base, colouring all the fun fun images and sewing a border!!!!
Here's what I used on the inside!
SDC207 It's a Photo Bomb!
Claudine Criner is our hostess this week: We all know those crazy animals or people who make funny faces behind or in front of us while we are taking a photo or those who like to take photos of themselves. Well this challenge is all about that. I want to see those funny photo bomb projects or your best selfie.
Hope you will play along in the challenge!
It's really never too early to get started on Christmas Cards! In fact, it's really quite nice to have them out of the way, isn't it? I hate to say this while enjoying some balmy weather, but Christmas might be on us before we know it, so why not be ready!
In both cases I stamped in Versamark added Gold embossing powder and heated.
In the first card, I used shades of Coral with my Copics to colour. I added a little stickle dew drops. No great reason, just because I could!
I wanted to create a soft shabby chic card in this one, so I embossed the image in gold over neutral paper. I coloured the Sugar Plum Angel in Flesh and peach tones to keep her subtle. I think it turned out an unusual, yet pretty card!
I believe the Poinsettia sketch stamp is a great staple stamp to have around for christmas card creating!
I had some time to finally play with my Heartfelt Creations Poppy Dies! So much fun! My Mother had requested a card for her friend, so I cracked open the shiny new packages and paper pad and went to work!
I sponged yellow, orange and red onto the poppy flowers and a little avocado ink onto the leaves to give them additional dimension. I then shaped the flowers and added some seed beads to the middles using my Fabri Tac Glue! The Coordination Paper Pad has some great papers that make your projects all that much simpler to design!