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Parenthood is a long, controlled process of letting go | 1843 magazine

It was April 2019. I was seven months pregnant and in Topshop, looking for something large in which to rehome my body. I was wearing a maternity dress that, if you had seen me pregnant, you would have recognised – a cheap, pleated wraparound in a red floral print that expanded as I expanded. I imagined Issey Miyake, but increasingly looked more like an armchair. It had served me well, but I was determined to buy something, anything, to see me...

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Mark O’Connell-End of the World as they know it. How do you prepare for the end of the world? One writer set out to find out. This weeks guest on the Mick Clifford podcast is Mark OConnell, author of Notes From an Apocalypse-A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back.  Fri, 07 May, 2021 - 22:54 Mick Clifford Author Mark O’Connell spent two years travelling around the globe meeting individuals and groups who are preparing for, well, the end.  ...

KEYNOTES: Rotarians adapt to online setting Rosemary Rimkus The confines of COVID-19 have forced the Hudson Rotary Club to adapt its meetings and its aims. Organized in 1923, almost one hundred years later the Hudson service organization has swapped its weekly meetings at the Hudson Portuguese Club for bi-weekly “Zoom” meetings, and in recent years dropped its mandatory weekly attendance rules. Hudson Town Moderator Richard Harrity, current club president, said when Covid restrictions were ...

Listen 51 min MORE What’s the obsession with the end of times, and do America’s historical roots inspire survivalism? Image by Zastolskiy Victor/Shutterstock. Throughout history, there have always been a small group of people who prepare for doomsday.  Today, according to a YouGov poll conducted in 2020, roughly one in five Americans feel that an apocalypse is coming. So what’s the obsession with the end of times, and...

Listen 32 min Why American individualism is perfectly suited to the doomsday prepper movement Photo by Shutterstock. When the pandemic hit last year, it didn’t take long for grocery stores to have their shelves wiped clean. Long lines sprung up as shoppers scrambled to stock up on canned goods, water, and toilet paper. For some, however, preparing for the apocalypse is a serious business. Doomsday preppers are more than just fringe survi...

Broadband roundtable explores how Evers budget proposal will aid rural areas Broadband is a big focus of the Evers administrations budget proposal for the 2021-23 biennium, quadrupling the current investment in broadband infrastructure at $200,000. Even with all that money, experts in the field still have to figure out the best ways to invest it. A roundtable on the challenges rural areas face on lack of access to high-speed internet, or to a connection at all, was held in early April with seve...

Published: April 27th, 2021 Toronto-based diversity & inclusion data and consulting company Diversio announced the inaugural cohort of over 80 Diversio-certified Canadian companies at a press conference co-hosted by City of Toronto Mayor John Tory this week.  The certification is the first AI-powered certification program that helps participating organizations “set the Canadian Standard for Diversity & Inclusion,” Diversio noted April 27. “Diversio Certification is a signal that an orga...

“We knew it was going to be a defining moment in the life of the band”: Taking Back Sunday relive the dramatic impact of Louder Now Taking Back Sunday’s Adam Lazzara and Mark O’Connell remember their game-changing album Louder Now as it celebrates its 15 th anniversary… Photos: Derrick Santini There’s one precise moment that sums up the surreal impact that Louder Now had on Taking Back Sunday. The band’s third album – their first on a major label – had been released at th...

14 shops, restaurants and pubs that wont be back when lockdown ends While those in the hospitality and retail sector wait to be given the go-ahead to resume business, many iconic Irish pubs and stores will not be re-opening once restrictions are lifted after being forced to shut their doors forever A number of stores, pubs and restaurants have been unable to survive due to the Covid-19 pandemic (Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every...