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Less than 3% of working women in the province are in the building trades. A labour-market report released in fall 2017 recommended providing women with workplace supports.
Premier John Horgan announced funding for programs, expected to be up to $1.8 million over two years, that will break down barriers for women who are seeking jobs in the construction trades, and take a stand against bullying and harassment on the worksite.
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Selfportrait with a little mods on PC
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Original OOC : www.flickr.com/photos/derdaniel/4861477126/
Going home after a afternoon at the Oslo islands. Awomgmmmmmh summer... And, oh yes - you can get a penalty if travelling over 5 knots when close to land / in the harbour. We didn't get one. We were going like - soo slow.
Taken with a Hasselblad 501c, 80mm Zeiss Planar 2.8 T*, Kodak Porta 160VC
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This photograph conjures up all sorts of images: the road less traveled, the open road, lost highways, on the road, songs by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and others. One is also reminded of that famous book of non fiction by M. Scott Peck "THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED", but it is important to include one of America's favorite poets, Robert Frost who wrote "THE ROAD NOT TAKEN." Songs and poetry seem to reflect on the image of a lonely road winding to some unknown place in the distance. Eluding to questions about what one might find there or not want to find there when the journey ends.
All Saints, Elm, Cambridgeshire
I came less than a mile from the big Norfolk church of Emneth to a church in a different county and in a quite different architectural and regional language. Elm is a grand Early English church, and architectural historians salivate over it. The nave is very like West Walton indeed, and in many ways is superior to West Walton - the clerestories, for example, are complete and still contain glass. The tower is very much a Cambridgeshire tower with echoes of the west tower at Ely Cathedral. It is joined on, unlike that at West Walton, and is very similar to the tower at Leverington on the other side of Wisbech, and a spire may have been intended here like that at Leverington. However, within ten years of its construction it had leaned dramatically to the south, the tower arch buckling. It then stopped moving, and hasn't moved in the 800 years since, presenting a dramatic sight looking west inside. It is highly likely that it was this incident which persuaded the parishioners at both Wisbech and West Walton to build their towers separate to the church.
The interior is a little disappointing, a bit gloomy and and all of its 19th Century restoration, despite the mathematically brilliant double-hammerbeam roof. If the interior had been like West Walton's this would be a fabulous church.
Incidentally, like all the other churches in this benefice, of which Elm is the only one in Cambridgeshire, the church is kept locked with a keyholder notice. The key is at the village shop, as with several of the other churches. However, the shop is not opposite as at Upwell and Outwell, and is not easily found without a map and asking someone. Or, at least, I had to. It took me twice as long to find the key and bring it back to the church as it had to cycle to the church in the first place from Emneth in Norfolk.
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SPC #10 - Hats
We all wear many hats, often more than one at a time. Some we wear for life, some we only think we will.
I struggled with myself as to whether or not I was even going to post this. But given the number of times the members of this group have put themselves out there and shown their vulnerabilities, I figured I could do the same, so I thank you all for that.
View large to see all my "hats" Here's a list of my "hats":
Skater, Tenant, Mentor, Photographer, Friend, Daddy, Confidant, Brother, Lover, Colleague, Husband, Handyman, Ex-Smoker, Son, Snowboarder, Role Model, Customer, Coach, Bug Squisher, Student, DJ.
I should mention, it's been three years now, and I've been back to good for about half that. Although I've always wanted to do something photographic to represent it, I almost did it for the Sins challenge but couldn't come up with anything that I really liked...I'm pretty happy with this one though.
2 June 2015 - Talk Together- Living on Less $ a Day. OECD, Paris, France.
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Photo: OECD/Andrew Wheeler
No, these aren't 17th century reproduction maxi-pads.
I'm making some zero clearance inserts for the tablesaw. You know, they say make a few instead of just one since most of the time is spent in the setups, not the actual work. So I made 11 out of a leftover piece of quarter ply. I should be set for awhile...
This is a less than exciting photo of a nice combo* on QRNational intermodal freighter 7MB7, departing Tottenham in Melbourne. Train consisted of LDP007, LDP001 and 42202.
While it WAS cloudy at the time, the lighting wasn't that bad, infact it had lightened considerably since the last train had passed through (which had done so in light rain with very little light).
Normally none of these things pose a problem to myself, reasonably competent in camera operation and the correct settings to use. It should be noted the following:
1. We were not expecting this train to arrive, there was supposed to be a (far less interesting) train ahead of this one. Thus, we were "caught off guard" in this case.
2. We were planning a completely different location for this train, to better facilitate the chase. Upon changing location, the checking and changing of camera settings to calibrate for the new location would be mandatory.
3. I still had the camera settings set on "nice dark rain weather", rather than "sun trying to poke through the clouds" weather.
Result: A nice long stream of photos, all overexposed to buggery.
Thank god for RAW. Didn't make the shot a winner, but I have a record shot at least.
*While double LDP Class are "the norm", it is still nice to see one of the older Interail locomotives in the consist, as the CLP, CLF, 422, 421 and X Class locomotives are normally lacking on BM/MB services these days.
Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories such as bracelets and necklace, because of the time required to bring a garment onto the market, must at times anticipate changing consumer tastes.
Fashion designers attempt to design clothes which are functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. They must consider who is likely to wear a garment and the situations in which it will be worn. They have a wide range and combinations of materials to work with and a wide range of colors, patterns and styles to choose from. Though most clothing worn for everyday wear falls within a narrow range of conventional styles, unusual garments are usually sought for special occasions such as evening wear or party dresses.
Some clothes are made specifically for an individual, as in the case of haute couture or bespoke tailoring. Today, most clothing is designed for the mass market, especially casual and every-day wear.
Structure[edit]
Fashion designers can work in a number of many ways. Fashion designers may work full-time for one fashion as 'in-house designers' which owns the designs. They may work alone or as part of a team. Freelance designers work for themselves, selling their designs to fashion houses, directly to shops, or to clothing manufacturers. The garments bear the buyer's label. Some fashion designers set up their own labels, under which their designs are marketed. Some fashion designers are self-employed and design for individual clients. Other high-fashion designers cater to specialty stores or high-fashion department stores. These designers create original garments, as well as those that follow established fashion trends. Most fashion designers, however, work for apparel manufacturers, creating designs of men’s, women’s, and children’s fashions for the mass market. Large designer brands which have a 'name' as their brand such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Justice, or Juicy are likely to be designed by a team of individual designers under the direction of a designer director.
Designing a garment[edit]
Fashion designers work in different ways. Some sketch their ideas on paper, while others drape fabric on a dress form. When a designer is completely satisfied with the fit of the toile (or muslin), he or she will consult a professional pattern maker who then makes the finished, working version of the pattern out of card or via a computerized system. The pattern maker's job is very precise and painstaking. The fit of the finished garment depends on their accuracy. Finally, a sample garment is made up and tested on a model to make sure it is an operational outfit.
Fashion design is generally considered to have started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who was the first designer to have his label sewn into the garments that he created. Before the former draper set up his maison couture (fashion house) in Paris, clothing design and creation was handled by largely anonymous seamstresses, and high fashion descended from that worn at royal courts. Worth's success was such that he was able to dictate to his customers what they should wear, instead of following their lead as earlier dressmakers had done. The term couturier was in fact first created in order to describe him. While all articles of clothing from any time period are studied by academics as costume design, only clothing created after 1858 are considered as fashion design.
It was during this period that many design houses began to hire artists to sketch or paint designs for garments. The images were shown to clients, which was much cheaper than producing an actual sample garment in the workroom. If the client liked their design, they ordered it and the resulting garment made money for the house. Thus, the tradition of designers sketching out garment designs instead of presenting completed garments on models to customers began as an economy.
The garments produced by clothing manufacturers fall into three main categories, although these may be split up into additional, more specific categories
Haute couture[edit]
Main article: Haute couture
Until the 1950s, fashion clothing was predominately designed and manufactured on a made-to-measure or haute couture basis (French for high-sewing), with each garment being created for a specific client. A couture garment is made to order for an individual customer, and is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric, sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques. Look and fit take priority over the cost of materials and the time it takes to make.[1][2] Due to the high cost of each garment, haute couture makes little direct profit for the fashion houses, but is important for prestige and publicity.[3]
Ready-to-wear (pret-a-porter)[edit]
Main article: Ready-to-wear
Ready-to-wear clothes are a cross between haute couture and mass market. They are not made for individual customers, but great care is taken in the choice and cut of the fabric. Clothes are made in small quantities to guarantee exclusivity, so they are rather expensive. Ready-to-wear collections are usually presented by fashion houses each season during a period known as Fashion Week. This takes place on a city-wide basis and occurs twice a year. The main seasons of Fashion Week include, spring/summer, fall/winter, resort, swim, and bridal.
Mass market[edit]
Main article: Mass market
Currently the fashion industry relies more on mass market sales. The mass market caters for a wide range of customers, producing ready-to-wear garments using trends set by the famous names in fashion. They often wait around a season to make sure a style is going to catch on before producing their own versions of the original look. In order to save money and time, they use cheaper fabrics and simpler production techniques which can easily be done by machine. The end product can therefore be sold much more cheaply.[4][5][6]
There is a type of design called "kutch" design originated from the German word "kitschig" meaning "ugly" or "not aesthetically pleasing." Kitsch can also refer to "wearing or displaying something that is therefore no longer in fashion."[7] Often, high-waisted trousers, associated with the 1980s, are considered a "kitsch" fashion statement.[8]
Income[edit]
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Median annual wages for salaried fashion designers were $61,160 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $42,150 and $87,120.[9] The lowest 10 percent earned less than $32,150, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $124,780. Median annual earnings were $52,860 (£28,340) in apparel, piece goods, and notions - the industry employing the largest numbers of fashion designers.[10]
All Saints church, Jesus Lane, Cambridge
St James the Less, by Edward Burne-Jones, 1866
All Saints church was built for the Church of England in 1864 to the designs of the great George Bodley, perhaps the most consistently brilliant of all 19th century English church architects. It is a high Tractarian temple designed in the Decorated style, and is generally considered to be Bodley's masterpiece. Interior decoration includes the work of William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown, Charles Kempe and Frederick Leach.
For many years Cambridge's highest Anglo-catholic church, the congregation gradually dwindled as fashions changed and the population of the parish moved out to the big new housing estates. In 1973, All Saints was declared redundant.
Attempts were made to find a new use, but after three years none had been found. So, in keeping with the redundant churches legislation of the time, All Saints was scheduled for demolition.
There was a national outcry, and at the eleventh hour the church was saved, and vested in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust in 1981. Considerable restoration was needed, and the building was mothballed until the early years of the 21st century, when a massive programme of repairs was carried out.
Since Easter 2007, the church has been open to the public seven days a week.