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She’s missing you.

Alan writes:

My mother found a dog yesterday and I felt it worth posting as it’s a Husky pup and they are very unusual (and expensive),. She was found in the Rathfarnham/ Firhouse [Dublin] area without a collar last night at approx 5pm, she’s about 10-12 months old, is a very friendly, appears to be house trained, is in very good condition and currently keeping my two existing dogs company!

Anyone?

UPDATE: Alan writes: “My mother just found the owner at the vet, woman in floods of tears, all very emotional! dog (named Raja) is with the owner…”

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Four buskers on Grafton Street, Dublin with their decibel levels

Shane D writes:

Further to all the Busking Noise Hullaballoo, some science is needed. I got interested in this one day during the summer when lots of buskers were out out of Grafton Street. I downloaded an app to measure decibels and which also allows you to take a photo of the source at the same time. The results were interesting.
The loudest busker I recorded was 93 decibels. That is almost four times louder than the average background street noise of about 74 decibels (The decibel scale is logarithmic). Most “miked-up” buskers came in at 90-92 decibels, though I once recorded one at 97 decibels! Non-boosted performers come in at 75-83 decibels. That is over five times times quieter than their electric cousins…

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The Overlook Hotel is a site ‘dedicated to ephemera related to Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror‘.

Above: A view of The Shining’s Overlook Hotel facade built on the backlot of Elstree Studios; prototype vinyl toys inspired by The Shining, created by Evil Corp; and a feature from a  “Where Are They Now?” issue of US Weekly  from October 2, 1989 featuring Dan Lloyd, now 41, then a 17-year-old high school senior.

(H/T: Oisín Kane)

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Bobby Ahern from No Monster Club writes:

I just brought out a book with New Island, entitled ‘D’You Remember Yer Man?’ I’m attaching two pictures from the launch – one of the actual key that Bang Bang used (top) to shoot thousands of Dubliners, and one of myself (left) with Ruan van Vliet (who illustrated the book) & Aidan Walsh (centre), aka The Master of the Universe (one of only three living people who feature in the book). The book is available from all good bookshops in Ireland, and also available online from New Island Books, Amazon, The Book Depository, etc.

Previously: Remembering Bang Bang

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