#Caroline of Chicago

[escapismsworld]

Mourning Dress, 1890-99

Silk taffeta, jet beading, leg of mutton sleeves.

Waist 23 inches

Caroline of Chicago.

Goldstein Museum of Design.

[melodiousoblivionao3]

Random roster update 1/8 - looking at numbers of active/signed players bc it can be hard now to predict who's going to sign more or who's done

*teams need a roster of 22-26 active players, that final 22-26 player deadline is in march but we'll see most teams reach that number by the time preseason starts*

active number / sei number / loan

ACFC: 18 / 2 / 1 (loan done in June but she is never returning) - 5 intl spots available

Bay: 25 / 1 / 0 - 2 intl spots available

Chicago: 21 / 2 / 0 - 4 intl spots available

Houston: 21 / 2 / 1 (loan done in June) - 4 intl spots available

KCC: 22 / 2 / 1 - 5 intl spots available

Gotham: 23 / 1 / 0 - 1 intl spot available

NCC: 25 / 1 / 0 - 2 intl spots available

Pride: 22 / 4 / 0 - 4 intl spots available

Portland: 19 / 1 / 0 - 2 intl spots available

Louisville: 24 / 1 / 0 - 2 intl spots available

Reign: 23 / 1 / 1 (loan done in June) - 1 intl spot available

Wave: 19 / 0 / 0 - 2 intl spots available

Royals: 20 / 3 / 1 - 2 intl spots available

Spirit: 20 / 5 *adding a caveat to this that croix will likely be lifted soon as will ouleye* / 0 - 1 intl spot available

[userlaylivia]

I'm not including steroline because in my mind they are endgame same with jax/tara and merder because whenever meredith dies she'll be with derek!! I didn't include barchie or bhva because all were endgame imo and didn't include klamille or klayley or haylijah because I ship all three and didn't want competing ships lol and spuffy was endgame in the comic books lol in my mind karamel is endgame because she can go where he is anytime but I included them anyway lol and handon is endgame in my mind as well because they would've been!! I included brylan because even though I consider them endgame because they were supposed to be and now luke/shannen are gone I consider them to be but I needed to fill a space lol

@makeyouminemp3, @nikkiruncks, @bellamyblake, @okmcintyre, @stydixa

[jacks-weird-world]

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[bartlomiejkurela]

Caroline McCutcheon by bartlomiej kurela

[toodreamlandgarden]

[personinthepalace]

Day 8 in NY: The Play That Goes Wrong!!! aka our last show

[vageenween]

seeing cupcakke again this weekend AND ween just announced tour dates yayyyy

[packedwithpackards]

"One of the Branches": E.P.W. Packard, Libby, Mental Health, and Barbara Sapinsley's clever storytelling

A compilation of three images I posted on Instagram back in mid-September 2023, of this book, before I began reading it. At the time, I wrote “it just arrived today: the first (I think) scholarly book on my #ancestor Elizabeth P.W. Packard, which came out in 1991. While there have been two other history books focused on Elizabeth since then (by Linda V. Carlisle and Kate Moore), this book by…

[thrashntreasure]

Ep49 Power Rangers to the Rescue! w/ Caroline O'Connor! (AUS)

Trigger Warning: This week's episode contains frank and raw discussion of suicide. This week, AW is flying solo as he sits down with the Queen of Aussie, West End, AND Broadway Theatre, THE Caroline O'Connor! In this honest and frank discussion, Caroline opens-up in ways that no guest has ever before on this silly little show whilst also sharing her thoughts on the Aussie theatre industry, her time with Chicago, working with Baz Luhrmann on Moulin Rouge!, comedy queens, and laughing-fits on stage. Plus, both guest and host fangirl over David Zippel, Andrew Lippa- and of course, the late, great Stephen Sondheim. "To Sondheim!" -RENT/La Vie Boheme A (J. Larson)

www.twitter.com/cazoconnor

Suicide Prevention Hotline: Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines -- https://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

[chequerootlurks]

Two Blue-Eyed Cicadas found in Chicagoland, by the same family!

It was first discovered by four-year-old Jack Bailey, who found it in his family's yard in Wheaton, Illinois. His 14-year-old sister, Caroline, noticed its blue eyes and showed it to their mom, Greta Bailey.

They let the cicada go; then discovering how rare it was went to find it again. They either found the same one, or another blue-eyes.

In a different neighborhood, another blue-eyes was found 🩵

@onenicebugperday , @crevicedwelling

[reasonsforhope]

On her fingers, Chicago’s Chief Sustainability Officer Angela Tovar counted the city buildings that will soon source all of their power from renewable energy: O’Hare International Airport, Midway International Airport, City Hall.

[Note: This is an even huger deal than it sounds like. Chicago O'Hare International Airport is, as of 2023, the 9th busiest airport in the world.]

Chicago’s real estate portfolio is massive. It includes 98 fire stations, 81 library locations, 25 police stations and two of the largest water treatment plants on the planet — in all, more than 400 municipal buildings.

It takes approximately 700,000 megawatt hours per year to keep the wheels turning in the third largest city in the country. Beginning Jan. 1, every single one of them will come solely from clean, renewable energy, mostly sourced from Illinois’ newest and largest solar farm. The move is projected to cut the Windy City’s carbon footprint by approximately 290,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year, the equivalent of taking 62,000 cars off the road, the city said.

Chicago is one of several cities across the country that are not only shaking up their energy mix but also taking advantage of their bulk-buying power to spur new clean energy development.

The city — and much of Illinois — already has one of the cleanest energy mixes in the country, with over 50% of the state’s electricity coming from nuclear power. But while nuclear energy is considered “clean,” carbon-free energy, it is not considered renewable.

Chicago’s move toward renewable energy has been years in the making. The goal of sourcing the city’s energy purely from renewable sources was first established by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2017. In 2022, Mayor Lori Lightfoot struck a deal with electricity supplier Constellation to purchase renewable energy from developer Swift Current Energy for the city, beginning in 2025.

Swift Current began construction on the 3,800-acre, 593-megawatt solar farm in central Illinois as part of the same five-year, $422 million agreement. Straddling two counties in central Illinois, the Double Black Diamond Solar project is now the largest solar installation east of the Mississippi River. It can produce enough electricity to power more than 100,000 homes, according to Swift Current’s vice president of origination, Caroline Mann.

Chicago alone has agreed to purchase approximately half the installation’s total output, which will cover about 70 percent of its municipal electricity needs. City officials plan to cover the remaining 30 percent through the purchase of renewable energy credits.

“That’s really a feature and not a bug of our plan,” said deputy chief sustainability officer Jared Policicchio. He added that he hopes the built-in market will help encourage additional clean energy development locally, albeit on a much smaller scale: “Our goal over the next several years is that we reach a point where we’re not buying renewable energy credits.”

Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle, Orlando, Florida, and more than 700 other U.S. cities and towns have signed similar purchasing agreements since 2015, according to a 2022 study from World Resources Institute, but none of their plans mandate nearly as much new renewable energy production as Chicago’s.

“Part of Chicago’s goal was what’s called additionality, bringing new resources into the market and onto the grid here,” said Popkin. “They were the largest municipal deal to do this.”

Chicago also secured a $400,000 annual commitment from Constellation and Swift Current for clean energy workforce training, including training via Chicago Women in Trades, a nonprofit aiming to increase the number of women in union construction and manufacturing jobs.

The economic benefits extend past the city’s limits: According to Swift Current, approximately $100 million in new tax revenue is projected to flow into Sangamon County and Morgan County, which are home to the Double Black Diamond Solar site, over the project’s operational life.

“Cities and other local governments just don’t appreciate their ability to not just support their residents but also shape markets,” said Popkin. “Chicago is demonstrating directly how cities can lead by example, implement ambitious goals amidst evolving state and federal policy changes, and leverage their purchasing power to support a more equitable renewable energy future.” ...

Chicago will meet its goal of transitioning all its municipal buildings to renewable energy by 2025, the first step in a broader goal to source energy for all buildings in the city from renewables by 2035 — making it the largest city in the country to do so, according to the Sierra Club.

With the incoming Trump administration promising to decrease federal support for decarbonizing the economy, Dane says it will be increasingly important for cities, towns and states to drive their own efforts to reduce emissions, build greener economies and meet local climate goals. He says moves like Chicago’s prove that they are capable.

“That is an imperative thing to know, that state, city, county action is a durable pathway, even under the next administration, and [it] needs to happen,” said Dane. “The juice is definitely still worth the squeeze.”

-via WBEZ, December 24, 2024

[alittlebitofeverythingsworld]

They are just the cutest.

@sofuckingchuffed gets the credit for the gifs😊

[jacks-weird-world]

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[toodreamlandgarden]

[jdunlevy]

There’s a lot of great writing here in this, the return of The People Issue to the Chicago Reader after a break since the 2016 People Issue.

I did a lot of work on the online formatting and navigation for this one—with a lot of trial and error in a very short time. I think it came out well and properly showcases the writing, the photography, and the people featured:

The Movement Builder: Richard Wallace

The Diversity Advocate: Asafonie Obed

The Dance-Music Matriarch: Natalie Hill

The West-Sider: Denise Ferguson

The Punk Musician: Jill Lloyd Flanagan

The Cheesemonger: Alisha Norris Jones

The Protector: Tamar Manasseh

The goddess of WOW: Lynne Rousseau McDaniel

The Avant-Garde Cellist: Lia Kohl

The Touring Musician: Izzy Reidy

The Socialist: Vicko Alvarez

The Intergalactic Funk DJ: Zeetus Lapetus

The Comics Artist: Caroline Cash

The Voice: Mario Smith

The Moviegoer: Nick Obis

The Curator: Malia Haines-Stewart

The Tailor: Julia Needlman

The Auteur: Tony Trimm

The Champion: Karla Estela Rivera

The Kink Performer: Wildcat Shadow

The Icon: Remembering “Mama” Gloria Allen

Updated July 26, 2023: The People Issue was recognized with the first-place win for Special Section in the 2023 AAN Journalism Awards.