Oh.
Thanks Neil Burkey
Yearly Archives: 2014
An explanation of pulse-related air biscuitry animated by Jorge R. Canedo Estrada, Lucas Brooking and Matt James for Men’s Health magazine.
Ah here. Open a window.
What Cork acts are playing the @EPfestival this weekend? Find out in my Downtown column @CorkEveningEcho this afternoon #betiforgotsome!
— Stephen Grainger (@StevieGrainger) August 28, 2014
Orla writes:
“The Electric Picnic…GAA with guitars.”
FIGHT!
Photocall Ireland
Four letters from men in @IrishTimes criticizing @fotoole article on 8th Amendment – none of whom can ever be pregnant. Completely abstract.
— Jane Mahony (@JaneMahony) August 28, 2014
Automotive designer Adriano Raeli’s recently revealed concept for a twin turbo, V8, hybrid drivetrain, 1200bhp, two-seater Ferrari F80 supercar.
0 – 100km/h (62mph) in 2.2 seconds.
Top speed 500km/h (310mph).
Yes.
Lead him/her on The Purina Great irish Dog Walk in aid of Dublin SPCA in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Tell him/her about the Insane sniffing action Chompsky experienced along the route last year..
The DSPCA writes:
Dog lovers everywhere are being asked to join the Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) for The Great Irish Dog Walk 2014 in the Phoenix Park, Dublin on Saturday, September 27, from 9am to 4pm. The event will consist of a fun 3km walk and a doggie-themed family festival featuring All dogs and kiddies are invited to take part for FREE, while adults will be charged a €10 registration fee.
The DSPCA will also host an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the Largest Dog Obedience Training Lesson, beginning at 1.00pm. Alex Petrilli, the RTÉ Dog Whisperer and founder of King of Paws training academy, will lead this attempt. The current world record is 390 dogs, which was set in Madrid two years ago.
*growl*
An asylum seeker protesting in Limerick last week, following the recent removal and transfer of several asylum seekers from the Mount Trenchard Direct Provision centre
How many?
The Irish Refugee Council has conducted a study, called Counting The Cost, focusing on the experience that people previously in the Direct Provision system had when they attempted to find work after they were granted permission to remain in Ireland.
The IRC based the report on interviews with 20 people – 11 men and nine women – who had been in the Direct Provision system for at least three years.
Seventeen of those interviewed had been in the Direct Provision system for five years or more, while three had been in the system for at least three years.
Readers should note that as asylum seekers in the Direct Provision system are not allowed work, those interviewed were trying to find work after many years of being excluded from the labour market.
The report found that, at the time of the interviews, only one person was in employment – working with autistic children. One other had been in two short-term jobs – three weeks as a pizza chef and four months in a meat factory.
This is despite the fact that many had experience before they came to Ireland:
Those interviewed were also asked about what they believed were the reasons for their inability to find/get a job. The answers varied with the responses ranging from ‘gaps on their CV’ to ‘discrimination’:
Meanwhile, although the study focused on the matter of employment, it also sheds light on the mental health issues related to the Direct Provision system.
For example, of those interviewed, two, at least, had tried to take their life while in the Direct Provision system, while others had self-harmed.
In its conclusion, the IRC found:
“In light of the evidence presented in this study, it is clear that the asylum system is creating barriers and causing long-term harm, working against the benefits of both seeking international protection and the society into which they have been granted permission to live.”
Read the report in full here
Pic: Paula Geraghty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIodXS1uqVs
A timelapse (recorded on April Fools day 2012) of a day’s marine traffic through the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal, which turns 100 this month.
You can also watch live footage of the Locks here.
Meanwhile, almost a century ago…
A souvenir postcard from the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
(H/T: Spaghetti Hoop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSHmnvYRGT4]
What you may need to know
1. It’s SpongeBob Squarepants in glorious 3D. SpongeBob and the gang leave the water to save the world from an evil pirate with a magic book.
2. This time they have the second greatest rock musician/actor in the world in Slash.
3. Newly single Antonio Banderas in the house.
4. Ten years have passed since we first became men.
5. They pushed the movie release forward a week so not to coincide with the release of 50 Shades of Grey (2015). There is only so much matinee space to go around.
6. The movie poster is a nod to the oft-parodied Coppertone Sunscreen ad from the 50s.
7. Broadsheet Prognosis: we are all goofy goobers.
Release Date: February 2015