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Just too cute to lay off the shutter button, this baby gave me enough 'chin-up' to catch his eye color. How beautiful!
Rainforest Action Network
Bank of America, Not With Our Money!
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
As the morning started to slip away four other activists barricaded the main entrance door to BOA's corporate headquarters and held a banner that said "Bank of Coal"
This was all followed up by protest march to the corner of Tryon and Trade Street, where the Rainforest Action Network had several speakers speak before marching over to BOA
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Killer Whales of the west coast of Whalsay, weather conditions were low cloud and mostly calm dry conditions. The Killer Whales (Orcas) were first spotted on the east side of the calf of Linga an Island which is situated of Symbister Harbour. The whales then proceeded into the north west traveling between islands Bruceholm and Hunderholm headed to a bight which lays off mainland Shetland called Bunnydale, here the whales frolicked around breaching and playing swimming upside down etc. Here as you will see in one of the photos the whale also grabbed a tystie for a snack. They then left this location and headed south again around the island of Hunderholm and carried on proceeding south towards nesting and Lerwick area. In the pod there were 2 large Killer Whales and three smaller cubs. The whales travelled at a speed around 6-7 knots into the south.
Michael Jordan plays high stakes, late night 3 a.m. Blackjack two tables away while I'm card counting like crazy with bets that don't total the price of his cigar.
After a few hours, he brushed by me with guards on all points. I coulda grabbed reached and grabbed him but not a wise move I figured. Coincidentally, we ate at the clubhouse restaurant at the oceanside golf course where MJ hosted his televised celebrity golf event the following week. Michael's the guy at the table, he hasn't added 50 pounds and shrunk in retirement. The near guy is there to stop people from harassing the superstar (e.g., taking photos).
Of course, Murphy's Law dictated that my Digital Rebel would fry on a Bahamas trip (dreaded Err99) so I resorted to my RAZR at the Atlantis resort from then on. I put it on zoom and later discovered it was a lame digital zoom so the normally bad photos turned out pathetically worse. You can't see his whopper stack of chips but can probably make out his shiny skull, crisp white shirt and nifty silk tie & stogie. This was half a year ago but if it hits me who the other sports superstar he was with, I'll add it later.
MJ didn't stay at the hotel. He headed out the towers and went to another resort between Atlantis and the course I was told. Earlier that evening, the waiter at the course restaurant was fantastic, answered a bunch of questions about the event last year and set us up with a free copy of the slick book that accompanied the golf event this year.
I just about pumped MJ for an autograph as he walked by me on the way out but at around 4 a.m., he looked tired or a little poorer than he'd hoped and I decided to lay off. I'd been to several of his games in several states and it was funny that at the games he was a speck on the Jumbotron and I ended up an arms-length away from the dunkmeister outside the U.S. playin' 21. (I think I beat him! :)
Technically a horrible photo but a fun one to get no less and since someone asked, I'm posting it. Keep your eyes open next year 'cause even pros have patterns! :)
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On the 24th June 2020 I was was walking through Bury St Edmunds . On a Wednesday its market day and thankfully more and more stalls are returning following the Covid 19 Lockdown.
Early morning Romilly was setting up for a busy day on the Burger Van that she helps run in the Buttermarket in Bury St Edmunds. On a hot day it was sure to be a warm kitchen. Romilly was pleased to be back working after a long lay off due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. Its only in the last 2 weeks that the van has been able to be back in business.
Normally her family would head down to Cornwall for their summer holidays but this was cancelled .
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Truck Drivers in Italy Strike, Causes Food, Gas Shortages
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Italy's striking truck drivers used hundreds of vehicles to block highways outside large cities and border points Tuesday, causing shortages of gasoline and perishable food.
The strike forced Fiat to lay off thousands of workers temporarily for lack of supplies at factories.
Most of Italy's supplies move on wheels. But little fuel was delivered to pumps on the second day of a five-day strike to press demands for lower gasoline prices and shorter working hours.
Unions walked out of a meeting Tuesday with Transport Minister Alessandro Bianchi, breaking off negotiations meant to end the strike.
Trucks blocked traffic on highways outside Rome, Milan and other major cities. Many gas stations across Rome were closed or put up signs reading "out of fuel." Long lines of cars and scooters formed in front of those still operating.
Fiat Group said more than 22,000 employees were temporarily laid off as of Tuesday afternoon. The number "is expected to grow in the next few days and involve all the 50,000 workers of the manufacturing areas," Italy's largest private-sector company said in a statement.
The group, which includes the Fiat automaker, said the strike was "drastically reducing the competitiveness of our country."
Rotting produce was all that was left on many supermarket shelves. Fresh meat, milk, fruit and vegetables were scarce.
"Since yesterday we haven't had any deliveries," said Ruggero Giannini, sales manager at a supermarket in downtown Rome. "We are powerless in the face of such a situation."
The Italian farm lobby Coldiretti said farmers would lose millions of dollars if tons of perishable goods remain undelivered. The distribution of animal feed was also threatened, a statement from the group said.
Gasoline station associations said about 60 percent of the pumps in the country had been idled, and most of those still operating would be forced to shut down by Tuesday evening.
"The supply problem is causing a real paralysis," said Luca Squeri, head of the FIGISC gas station federation.
Italian news reports said some drivers who refused to join the strike were attacked, and some of their vehicles were stoned and had tires slashed.
Although the walkout had been announced, the authority that monitors strikes in Italy said that blocking traffic and essential supplies was unlawful and urged the Transport Ministry to order the drivers to return to work.
Alcatraz. San Francisco, California. April/2018
The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island (often just referred to as Alcatraz or the Rock) was a maximum high-security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, which operated from August 11, 1934, until March 21, 1963.
The main prison building was built in 1910–1912 during its time as a United States Army military prison; Alcatraz had been the site of a citadel since the 1860s. The United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch on Alcatraz was acquired by the United States Department of Justice on October 12, 1933, and the island became a prison of the Federal Bureau of Prisons in August 1934 after the buildings were modernized to meet the requirements of a top-notch security prison. Given this high security and the location of Alcatraz in the cold waters and strong currents of San Francisco Bay, the prison operators believed Alcatraz to be escape-proof and America's strongest prison.
Alcatraz was designed to hold prisoners who continuously caused trouble at other federal prisons. One of the world's most notorious and best known prisons over the years, Alcatraz housed some 1,576 of America's most ruthless criminals including Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud(the "Birdman of Alcatraz"), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Bumpy Johnson, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Mickey Cohen, Arthur R. "Doc" Barker, Whitey Bulger, and Alvin "Creepy" Karpis (who served more time at Alcatraz than any other inmate). It also provided housing for the Bureau of Prisons' staff and their families. A total of 36 prisoners made 14 escape attempts during the 29 years of the prison's existence, the most notable of which were the violent escape attempt of May 1946 known as the "Battle of Alcatraz", and the arguably successful "Escape from Alcatraz" by Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin in June 1962 in one of the most intricate escapes ever devised. Faced with high maintenance costs and a poor reputation, Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963.
The three-story cellhouse included the main four blocks of the jail, A-block, B-block, C-block, and D-block, the warden's office, visitation room, the library, and the barber shop. The prison cells typically measured 9 feet (2.7 m) by 5 feet (1.5 m) and 7 feet (2.1 m) high. The cells were primitive and lacked privacy, with a bed, a desk and a washbasin and toilet on the back wall, with few furnishings except a blanket. African-Americans were segregated from the rest in cell designation due to racial abuse being prevalent. D-Block housed the worst inmates and five cells at the end of it were designated as "The Hole", where badly behaving prisoners would be sent for periods of punishment, often brutally so. The dining hall and kitchen lay off the main building in an extended part where both prisoners and staff would eat three meals a day together. The Alcatraz Hospital was above the dining hall.
Corridors of the prison were named after major American streets such as Broadway and Michigan Avenue. Working at the prison was considered a privilege for inmates and many of the better inmates were employed in the Model Industries Building and New Industries Building during the day, actively involved in providing for the military in jobs such as sewing and woodwork and performing various maintenance and laundry chores.
Today the penitentiary is a public museum and one of San Francisco's major tourist attractions, attracting some 1.5 million visitors annually. The former prison is now operated by the National Park Service's Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the badly eroded buildings of the former prison have been subject to restoration works in recent times and maintained
Source: Wikipedia
Alcatraz é uma ilha localizada no meio da Baía de São Francisco na Califórnia, Estados Unidos. Inicialmente foi utilizada como base militar, e somente mais tarde foi convertida em uma prisão de segurança máxima. Atualmente, é um ponto turístico operado pelo National Park Service junto com a Área de Recreação Golden Gate.
Alcatraz foi uma base militar de 1850 a 1930. Posteriormente, foi adquirida pelo Departamento de Justiça dos Estados Unidos, em 12 de outubro de 1933, quando sofreu a conversão. Em 1 de janeiro de 1934, foi re-inaugurada como uma Prisão Federal. Durante seus 29 anos de existência, a prisão alojou alguns dos maiores criminosos norte-americanos. A prisão foi fechada em 21 de março de 1963, menos de um ano após a primeira fuga realizada na prisão. O governo alegou que o complexo foi fechado devido ao seu alto custo de manutenção, e ao fato de que não garantia uma total segurança, em relação às prisões mais modernas. Era mais fácil e mais barato construir uma prisão nova do que melhorar as condições de Alcatraz.
Em 1969, um grupo de nativos norte-americanos criou um movimento que ocupou a ilha, baseando-se num tratado federal de 1868, que permitia que os nativos utilizassem todo o território que o governo não usava ativamente . Após quase dois anos de ocupação, o governo os retirou da ilha.
Durante 29 anos, a prisão de Alcatraz nunca registrou oficialmente fugas bem sucedidas de prisioneiros. Em todas as tentativas, os fugitivos foram mortos ou afogavam-se nas águas da baia de São Francisco. Três fugitivos, Frank Morris, e os irmãos John e Clarence Anglin, desapareceram das sua celas em 11 de Junho de 1962. Somente algumas provas foram encontradas, e elas levam a crer que os prisioneiros morreram, mas, oficialmente, ainda estão listados como desaparecidos e provavelmente afogados. Em 1979 foi feito um filme sobre essa fuga com Clint Eastwood chamado Escape from Alcatraz. A história chegou a ser testada no programa "Mythbusters-Os Caçadores de Mitos" no episódio Fuga de Alcatraz.
Em outubro de 2015 documentário do canal "History" foi divulgado, onde foram apresentadas novas evidências que indicam que os irmãos Anglin não somente sobreviveram, como mantiveram contato com sua família e teriam fugido para o Brasil.
Fonte: Wikipedia
Well... sparks to be more precise. It seems another icon is on its way to extinction.
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Zippo lays off 80 employees
by The Associated Press
Friday September 19, 2008, 7:28 AM
BRADFORD -- Zippo Manufacturing Co. has laid off 80 employees, citing improved efficiencies and operating capabilities.
The Bradford-based company had laid off 35 workers in June, citing a decline in business. Thursday's layoff accounted for more than 15 percent of its work force.
Zippo's business has been affected by the anti-smoking movement, Transportation Safety Administration regulations and counterfeits.
For years, Zippo was McKean County's largest employer, but last year it was passed by a hospital.
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Rainforest Action Network
Bank of America, Not With Our Money!
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
As the morning started to slip away four other activists barricaded the main entrance door to BOA's corporate headquarters and held a banner that said "Bank of Coal"
This was all followed up by protest march to the corner of Tryon and Trade Street, where the Rainforest Action Network had several speakers speak before marching over to BOA
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Photo Credit: Nell Redmond
tuesday.
me as angel.
my bucephalus moved over to the big ranch in the sky last night. apparently beua's bff jeep put his head on the shoulder of the doctor that put beau down as the doc was kneeling down over him. i will miss him. i will see jeep this weekend. all my animals are leaving me. makes me cry.
edit: why the fwack don't i have any picture of beau in here? most post.
- saw ironman last night. stay for secret scene at end of credit roll.
- 2nd day of shoot, half over.
- got back to hotel around 7 and went for a run with morgan, 4 miles. good job us,
- went upstairs to the "penthouse" and met zoe and morgan for dinner, saw the swedes.
- had the best mac and cheese ever.
i kinda like this pic, it's funny. i could only do it for like 6 takes, then had to lay off, the mac and chesse and J champagne was getting to me, oof.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Photo Credit: Nell Redmond
I really wanted to put a bayonet on this one, but after uploading two others with bayonets, I felt the need to lay off for awhile.
The hardened infantry of the NSK pull out of Gibraltar into the ships that lay off the coast. The same is happening with the weary Arctic Commandos in Dublin. We ask to both the SUA and ISGA that we wish to not be attacked while leaving or being pursuited. ''This is not a act of cowardice! This is a act of friendship, in the hopes of a new alliance to be born. In a few days, or beloved warriors, those weary veterans, covered in dirt and blood, dying to see their families again, will be coming home to see their loved ones again.''
The NSK forces in Vietnam have agreed to leave Asia, Vietnam has no use for the NSK.
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So yeah, I'm being like a turtle. Everything back in the homeland!
Sorry for it being messy, I had 20 minutes to make this and I am already late while writing this.
After a 3 week lay off due to a bad back I was so happy to get out this morning for a sunrise and I wasn't disappointed.
Alcatraz. San Francisco, California. April/2018
The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island (often just referred to as Alcatraz or the Rock) was a maximum high-security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, which operated from August 11, 1934, until March 21, 1963.
The main prison building was built in 1910–1912 during its time as a United States Army military prison; Alcatraz had been the site of a citadel since the 1860s. The United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch on Alcatraz was acquired by the United States Department of Justice on October 12, 1933, and the island became a prison of the Federal Bureau of Prisons in August 1934 after the buildings were modernized to meet the requirements of a top-notch security prison. Given this high security and the location of Alcatraz in the cold waters and strong currents of San Francisco Bay, the prison operators believed Alcatraz to be escape-proof and America's strongest prison.
Alcatraz was designed to hold prisoners who continuously caused trouble at other federal prisons. One of the world's most notorious and best known prisons over the years, Alcatraz housed some 1,576 of America's most ruthless criminals including Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud(the "Birdman of Alcatraz"), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Bumpy Johnson, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Mickey Cohen, Arthur R. "Doc" Barker, Whitey Bulger, and Alvin "Creepy" Karpis (who served more time at Alcatraz than any other inmate). It also provided housing for the Bureau of Prisons' staff and their families. A total of 36 prisoners made 14 escape attempts during the 29 years of the prison's existence, the most notable of which were the violent escape attempt of May 1946 known as the "Battle of Alcatraz", and the arguably successful "Escape from Alcatraz" by Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin in June 1962 in one of the most intricate escapes ever devised. Faced with high maintenance costs and a poor reputation, Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963.
The three-story cellhouse included the main four blocks of the jail, A-block, B-block, C-block, and D-block, the warden's office, visitation room, the library, and the barber shop. The prison cells typically measured 9 feet (2.7 m) by 5 feet (1.5 m) and 7 feet (2.1 m) high. The cells were primitive and lacked privacy, with a bed, a desk and a washbasin and toilet on the back wall, with few furnishings except a blanket. African-Americans were segregated from the rest in cell designation due to racial abuse being prevalent. D-Block housed the worst inmates and five cells at the end of it were designated as "The Hole", where badly behaving prisoners would be sent for periods of punishment, often brutally so. The dining hall and kitchen lay off the main building in an extended part where both prisoners and staff would eat three meals a day together. The Alcatraz Hospital was above the dining hall.
Corridors of the prison were named after major American streets such as Broadway and Michigan Avenue. Working at the prison was considered a privilege for inmates and many of the better inmates were employed in the Model Industries Building and New Industries Building during the day, actively involved in providing for the military in jobs such as sewing and woodwork and performing various maintenance and laundry chores.
Today the penitentiary is a public museum and one of San Francisco's major tourist attractions, attracting some 1.5 million visitors annually. The former prison is now operated by the National Park Service's Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the badly eroded buildings of the former prison have been subject to restoration works in recent times and maintained
Source: Wikipedia
Alcatraz é uma ilha localizada no meio da Baía de São Francisco na Califórnia, Estados Unidos. Inicialmente foi utilizada como base militar, e somente mais tarde foi convertida em uma prisão de segurança máxima. Atualmente, é um ponto turístico operado pelo National Park Service junto com a Área de Recreação Golden Gate.
Alcatraz foi uma base militar de 1850 a 1930. Posteriormente, foi adquirida pelo Departamento de Justiça dos Estados Unidos, em 12 de outubro de 1933, quando sofreu a conversão. Em 1 de janeiro de 1934, foi re-inaugurada como uma Prisão Federal. Durante seus 29 anos de existência, a prisão alojou alguns dos maiores criminosos norte-americanos. A prisão foi fechada em 21 de março de 1963, menos de um ano após a primeira fuga realizada na prisão. O governo alegou que o complexo foi fechado devido ao seu alto custo de manutenção, e ao fato de que não garantia uma total segurança, em relação às prisões mais modernas. Era mais fácil e mais barato construir uma prisão nova do que melhorar as condições de Alcatraz.
Em 1969, um grupo de nativos norte-americanos criou um movimento que ocupou a ilha, baseando-se num tratado federal de 1868, que permitia que os nativos utilizassem todo o território que o governo não usava ativamente . Após quase dois anos de ocupação, o governo os retirou da ilha.
Durante 29 anos, a prisão de Alcatraz nunca registrou oficialmente fugas bem sucedidas de prisioneiros. Em todas as tentativas, os fugitivos foram mortos ou afogavam-se nas águas da baia de São Francisco. Três fugitivos, Frank Morris, e os irmãos John e Clarence Anglin, desapareceram das sua celas em 11 de Junho de 1962. Somente algumas provas foram encontradas, e elas levam a crer que os prisioneiros morreram, mas, oficialmente, ainda estão listados como desaparecidos e provavelmente afogados. Em 1979 foi feito um filme sobre essa fuga com Clint Eastwood chamado Escape from Alcatraz. A história chegou a ser testada no programa "Mythbusters-Os Caçadores de Mitos" no episódio Fuga de Alcatraz.
Em outubro de 2015 documentário do canal "History" foi divulgado, onde foram apresentadas novas evidências que indicam que os irmãos Anglin não somente sobreviveram, como mantiveram contato com sua família e teriam fugido para o Brasil.
Fonte: Wikipedia
Emily Falconbridge's 52 Questions - What am I crossing my fingers for?
I am really tired of the talk of possible lay-offs at my husband's work, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is not true and he can finally have no worries about it and have a brighter outlook.
Loved using my Fancy Pants Powder Lace for the background. :)
Thanks for looking!
Olivia- "Are you still lookin' for a creative director position?"
Halle- "Looked high and low. Nothing!"
Olivia- "I'll keep my eyes open."
Halle- "Thanks, that lay off really set me back."
Once one of the largest iron foundries in the United States, Wheland Foundry specialized in automotive components. In 2001, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and eventually was shuttered, laying off 1000 workers, and was eventually torn down.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
I just love these shoes, they are insanely high and the heel is impossibly thin but still, I just love these shoes...
"Well, its one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, cat, go.
But dont you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
Well, you can knock me down,
Step in my face,
Slander my name
All over the place.
Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Dont you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
You can burn my house,
Steal my car,
Drink my liquor
From an old fruitjar.
Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Dont you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes"
said so well by the late great Mr Elvis Presley
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
“St Oswald's.
Ashton In Makerfield.
Oct 30 / 93.
My dear Lord,
As you are aware the population of this district has in the last few years increased very largely, and has necessitated further Church accommodation. I have some time ago placed before you the proposal to establish a new mission, which would take from Ashton that potion of the district which lies to the north of the London & North Western railway. This new district would have a Catholic population of about 700. Lord Gerard has kindly promised the land which will be required for church – presbytery &c. The cost of erecting the necessary buildings will of course be heavy, the people to contribute are all of the labouring class, rendered now doubly poor by the unfortunate strike. May I hope that the Committee of the Dioc[esan] Mission Fund will be able to grant some aid to this work which we hope to start in a very short time.
Believe me
My dear Lord
yours very aff[ectionate]ly,
Gerald O'Reilly.”
Ashton's population increased dramatically in the second half of the 19th century, the demand for labour in its mines and factories drawing in migrants from Wales and the English Midlands but also from Ireland. The latter, especially, caused the Catholic population of Lancashire to increase sixfold between 1851 and 1910.*
Despite the area's relative prosperity, fluctuations in the price of coal could result in sudden economic downturns and mass lay-offs. On 30 June 1893 the mine-owners, responding to a fall in prices, gave notice of a reduction in wages of 25% off the advances of 40% given since 1888. When the miners showed signs of resisting, the owners responded in the last week of July 1893 with a lock-out. The dispute lasted 16 weeks, causing severe hardship for the miners, their families and the wider community.
Born in County Meath, Ireland, in 1828, Gerald O'Reilly was ordained in 1856 and served initially as a curate at St Vincent de Paul's, Liverpool. After 14 years as rector at St Mary's, Wigan, he transferred to St Oswald's in 1873 and remained there until his death on 13 March 1896.
The addressee, Bernard O'Reilly, was the writer's elder brother. He served as Bishop of Liverpool from 1873 until his death on 9 April 1894.
The “Lord Gerard” referred to in the letter is the 14th Baronet and 2nd Baron Gerard of Bryn, William Cansfield Gerard (1851-1902).
*See, further, J A Hilton's “Catholic Lancashire: From Reformation to Renewal 1559-1991” (Philimore & Co Ltd, 1994) and “Our Lady's, Bryn, 1903-2003: Coal and Catholicism” (North West Catholic History Vol. 32/2005).
Images: (left) “Letter from Rev Gerald O'Reilly, St Oswald's, Ashton-in-Makerfield, to Bishop O'Reilly concerning his proposal to establish a new mission on land offered by Lord Gerard and seeking assistance from the Diocesan Mission Fund, 30 Oct. 1893”, Archdiocesan Archives ref. CHC 10/121/5; (right) Bishop Bernard O'Reilly.
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Photo Credit: Nell Redmond
NEWS FLASH ! From a very reliable source : The Federal Yoshino most likely will be here all winter.. a couple of weeks ago she backed up into the Lafarge dock across from Terminals, doing some major damage to its rudder .. it can’t sail and needs to be in dry dock .. I heard it’s going to the shipyards but this is pretty hush hush .. I would imagine lawsuits will be flying .. tugs pilots.. Captains mechanical failure.. I don’t know what cause but it was a very costly mistake.. I sent a message to you because I’m at terminals and my bosses frown on public posts ..
Addendum :A video on F B shows a crane placing resting blocks in the Dry Dock at the recently closed Heddle Marine Shipyards . Must be expecting a Ship. Good News for all the layed off workers.
Decades ago a Classic Laker with a Self Unloader rejected a large load of wheat onto the Lakeside Jetty at Richardso' Main elevator.. Somewhere between 14,000 & 20,000 tons . It was dealt with by Loaders and tandem trucks .
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Killer Whales of the west coast of Whalsay, weather conditions were low cloud and mostly calm dry conditions. The Killer Whales (Orcas) were first spotted on the east side of the calf of Linga an Island which is situated of Symbister Harbour. The whales then proceeded into the north west traveling between islands Bruceholm and Hunderholm headed to a bight which lays off mainland Shetland called Bunnydale, here the whales frolicked around breaching and playing swimming upside down etc. Here as you will see in one of the photos the whale also grabbed a tystie for a snack. They then left this location and headed south again around the island of Hunderholm and carried on proceeding south towards nesting and Lerwick area. In the pod there were 2 large Killer Whales and three smaller cubs. The whales travelled at a speed around 6-7 knots into the south.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Photo Credit: Nell Redmond
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park. First batch of images here and plenty more to follow.
Office Humor: Office Stereotypes- The Optimist: The Optimist never worries. Sure there are lay offs happening left and right and more work than ever, but The Optimist knows “everything will be ok”.
Rainforest Action Network
Bank of America, Not With Our Money!
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
As the morning started to slip away four other activists barricaded the main entrance door to BOA's corporate headquarters and held a banner that said "Bank of Coal"
This was all followed up by protest march to the corner of Tryon and Trade Street, where the Rainforest Action Network had several speakers speak before marching over to BOA
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"