Oh, me, oh my. How is it in May already? You guys, May is ridiculous in my family. It's my husband's birthday. My dad's birthday's in a couple of days. Mother's day, then my birthday. My parents' anniversary is also in May, so always a lot going on in May. But the main focus here, obviously, my April favorites, the products that I've been loving. My main focus is the products that I picked up from the Sephora sale because Sephora sale started in April 1st and I bought so much junk. And so now I have so much to talk about. Most of it's from that. And I apologize because yesterday's video was my Sephora haul updates. The majority of this video, kind of repetitive. It didn't mean for them to go back to back, but that's the way the cookie crumbled, but you can at least see the products that really, really, really stood out to me that I could not stop reaching for. If you hear the dishwasher going, pour the surgeon on my part. I really wanted to eat lunch after filming and we were out of forks. So I made the decision to start it before I started filming and that's where my priorities lie. Let's get into it. I have one skincare item and she is all finished up, but I just had to share with you my love for this product. This is the Elemis Pro Collagen Marine Cream.  This is not a hot take, but dang, this moisturizer is amazing. I am all done. There is not any product in this. I am sad, but I have to move on to different products to test for you guys, but this was such a joy to be put into my routine. It's intensely hydrating, but it still is really lightweight. If you have dry skin, I definitely recommend this. Elemis is such a good brand. I've been loving that to the point where I finished every little drop of it that I could get. Okay, let's get into the cosmetic portion. I'm so dumb. I did not put this foundation on this morning. I don't know why, but this is super, duper great, so I'm excited to update you on this. I've been continuing to test the Wayne Goss The Luxury Cream Foundation. Oh my gosh, phenomenal, you guys. I just feel like my experiences with it just keep getting better. I was a little worried about the wear time with this because cream foundations don't really seem to set very well and I do live in a hot, humid climate. It's only going to get hotter from here, but there's something about this where even if it doesn't stay looking as good as it did when I first applied it, that it just wears so gracefully and beautifully. It doesn't look like I've sweated my forehead off, which is normally what happens. I'm a very sweaty person, you guys. My upper lip foundation's always disappear first because my upper lip would be sweaty. But no, this doesn't melt the foundation away in that aspect when your sweat hits it. It looks really hydrating on my skin. I blend out beautifully. My skin looks super, duper healthy with this. It really complements the look of dry skin as well. I can't speak for how well it works on somebody with oily skin, but I'm here to update you. This is fantastic. And it was definitely my favorite new foundation I've tried this month. Next up, I have a powder foundation. This is the one size turn up the base versatile powder foundation. I picked up a new color of this during the Sephora sale. The first color that I got was really dark and orange. So I did an exchange and got the right color and this is such an awesome powder. I think it's really versatile. So I didn't get to show you in today's demo but one of my favorite ways to wear this being in Florida I really like a powder foundation for a humid climate.  Well, not even my oil is my sweat a little bit better.  My skin looks great despite sweating and all that nasty stuff. And it's really lightweight and natural. So I do enjoy this as a powder foundation but I also have been enjoying it to simply set my makeup at a little bit of extra coverage. I did that today. I find it makes my skin look so perfected and smooth. It blurs all of the pores. I don't love it for setting the under eye but in terms of just setting the porous areas on my skin I think it does an incredible job. So this is one of my new favorite powder foundations. I'm a powder foundation girl. Definitely look into this one. It's so great. I just love that it's not too heavy to use to set makeup but you can still also wear it as an actual foundation as well. So this is great. I'm really late on the hike with this but I've been loving it. The next product, oh my gosh. I told you guys I would be back talking about this. I cannot get over how much I love this Psy Sun Melt Natural Cream Bronzer. I have mine in the shade light bronze. It blends out really beautifully. There's a lot of qualities about this that remind me of the Chanel. It's not a dupe for the Chanel. The Chanel is a little bit more cream to powder kind of consistency whereas this doesn't really dry down but the creaminess reminds me a lot of the Chanel and so does the color as well. This is so beautiful. It literally melts into the skin. It's not too overwhelming of a color on my skin tone. It's not too dark. It's not too warm. It's really perfect for every day that every day kind of contour and bronze to your face just to get some color out there. So I highly recommend this. This is a really beautiful cream bronzer. I can't put it down. I have a blush. I think I've talked about this in like 10 videos but I cannot be stopped. This is the Laura Mercier Blush Color Infusion in the shade ginger. Every time I get a new color of this it really is just a holiday for me. I go to town with these blushes. I don't wanna say they're my all time favorite powder blush formula but they're definitely the one that I reach for the most on an everyday basis. It's like not an $80 blush so I feel like it can throw it into a makeup bag and not have to worry about it. It's not too overpowering. You can never apply too much of it. The shade ginger is the perfect every day kind of neutral blush.  So yeah, I picked up a new color. I'm very familiar with this formula but ginger, she's good for every day. I know this product got mixed reviews but I love this product. I am on positive side. This is the Pillow Talk Multi Glow from Charlotte Tilbury. I love both colors but of course I'm going to get the most use out of the Romance Light Color which is the lighter one. I have it as my highlight today. It is a blingier highlight but I feel like it doesn't emphasize my texture too much. I feel like even though there's four different shades in here, this looks good all mixed together but you can get slight differences if you kind of stick to one side for a lighter color or if you stick to this side for something darker. It's still going to run very light but I just think it is so beautiful for all over the lid, for highlighting. I did not do an inner corner highlight so let's go ahead and do that. I'm gonna go in with the more pinky side so I like that there's subtle customization that you can do with this. I think the formula is really, really beautiful and it is quite glowy. So if you don't like something super glowy then you won't like this. I think there are like a meta-skill glitters in here. Nothing to bother me really. I feel like I can pick them up a little bit on my cheek but it's not at all bothersome to me. I also really do like the Dreamlight which is the darker one. It doesn't really work out for me as a highlight. I tried it as a blush trapper, it works but you know it's a little shiny to be a blush trapper but I still like this for like all over the lid and again in this darker one I feel like the shades differ a little bit more so you get a little bit more variety out of this. I like both. I mean if money's tight I'm only going to get romance light but I do not regret picking up Dreamlight. Moving on to the eye portion. I have a couple of brow products. The first one is the Refy Brow Pencil. I picked up a whole kit of three of the items. This is the one that definitely stood out to me the most. I just love how fine the tip is. It's a little bit more color than I normally would prefer but I really like it in this case because I feel like the medium is such a good color and it also blends out so easily where I feel like if it does get too intense if I just use the spoolie on the other end it blends it out fine and gets rid of any mistakes that I made so you have a lot of control with this and if you mess up it kind of wipes away but it doesn't fade away. If you don't blend it it's not going to fade either but yeah I really like this. It's been a very nice easy to use pencil. Also have been using nonstop the Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in Boundless Bisc. I use this for everything. Like mostly I'll use it to clean up my under brow but I've used it to clean up around my lips. I've used it to highlight my nose, my inner corner. I've used that as an eyeshadow base and that's what really these can be used for is anything that you want. They're not the most malleable product but they're malleable enough. So they give a lot of pigment. It's going to stay where you put it but you do have some time to rub it out and make it more blended. Highly, highly recommend this. It's just kind of a great touch up pencil for me. Eyeshadows I have too. I tried a lot of eyeshadows. So it was hard to narrow these down because there were a lot of good ones but you know this was the month of the rose pallets. These are the two that you probably know I was going to talk about. I've talked about them a lot. I've ranked these. So I'm not going to get too deep into it but I have the Patrick Tom Major Dimension two rose pallet. Of course, I mean this is incredible. Do keep in mind though, I mean this is a rose pallet. You're not going to venture very far from the rose looks. I've created this look and worn this look essentially all month. Today I did use the cream base. I don't need the cream bases. They aren't necessary for me but I did use it today because I was like, why not? And then I used this shade right here in the crease. Blended it out to almost nothing just to create the most natural shadow. Use the darkest shade to create a little bit of depth out here and then I have this shade right here all over the lid. I mean I've worn this look so many times and they're not going to get a ton of variety out of this pallet but it's a rose pallet. You should know what you're in for if you're picking this up. It's great. It's beautiful. I love it. And then Charlotte Tilbury came out with one of my all time favorite quads. She's come out with the Pillow Talk Dreams Luxury Palette. This came out with the highlights as well.  It is so stunning. It's up there with five of rose. If you ask me, it's another rose pallet. You probably don't need this color selection in your collection if you do have a larger amount of eyeshadow pallets but I'm such a Charlotte Tilbury stan. I'm huge on quality and this gives it to me so I regret nothing. I think it's worth every penny. Continuing onward, this was a surprise. It was a purchase that I picked up, not expecting much of it. I just picked it up kind of just because because Gucci Beauty has a spell on me and this is the Gucci Beauty Felt Tip Eyeliner. Amazing, super black, not too watery. You have a lot of control with it. It lasts such a long time. It's such an easy liquid liner to use. It's not as good as my all-time favorite luxury eyeliner which is the Tom Ford eyeliner but this might be my second favorite eyeliner. I just think it's incredible. You see how black it is? And it's so easy to use. The tip, it doesn't fall over at least yet. It holds its shape. So good. So, so, so good. Gucci Loki just came out with one of the best liquid liners. Like I don't know where. Okay, and then finally, lips. I have quite a few products. Everything in today's video is rose. Clearly, I had a type this month. I had a specific look. So, Esum came out with a couple new shades of their duo lip liners. The shade Blush has been a color that I've been going to at nonstop. So this is a double-ended lip liner. We have a more pinky side and then this one, it leans a little bit more peach. This formula is so easy to use. It's really creamy and if you like pinky kind of neutral lips, you will love this. I'm wearing the more truly pink side but I've been using the other kind of more peachy neutral side a lot lately as well. These are just a really phenomenal lip liner formula and I just love the way that these look with my other pinky lipsticks. I have surprisingly two liquid lipsticks to talk about and I think I love them due to their color because the colors are just so pretty. So the first one that I have is from Sigma from their new mod collection. This is the shade new mod and it's just the perfect like everyday rosy, mauve lipstick. It's a little bit drying as most lipsticks are. It's not my favorite liquid lipstick formula but this is like the perfect everyday color for me. So I've been going for it nonstop. So I do recommend this. If you're picking up the new mod collection or anything else from the website, this lipstick, the perfect color. I've also been obsessing over the new Gucci Beauty liquid lipsticks. I only picked up the shade Cornelia Pink and if I wasn't overwhelmed by all of the lip products that I have in my collection, I would have picked up more. The shades run quite dark or bright. There's a couple lighter shades online but yeah, you're gonna get a bold lip with these. Love this formula, so comfy. One thing to note is it's almost like a lip blur. I know they market these as liquid lipsticks but they kind of have that lip blur formula so it's not gonna give you super pigment and I would recommend using a lip liner just to get the defined edge around the lips but they're so comfortable that it's worth it. I can truly tell that these are a luxury formula and I've been wearing this nonstop. It's one of the most comfortable liquid lipsticks. Even though I really wouldn't describe it as a liquid lipstick, it's more so like a very pigmented lip blur formula and it doesn't necessarily dry down but it's great. Also, you might recall that this month, I don't even know if it was this month but it was last month that it came out but we all received it this month. The Pat McGrath Labs in Bridgerton 2 Collection Launch. I liked the collection overall but in terms of what Pat McGrath has launched, it wasn't my favorite collection of Pat McGrath but her lipstick collection, one of my all-time favorite lipstick collections she's ever come out with for this, starting from the packaging.  They don't feel as heavy in the component and the component does feel a little bit cheaper. Doesn't feel as nicely made but the aesthetic I can overlook it personally. I know some people can, that's fine. That's why I'm warning you that these do feel a little cheaper but the aesthetic of it, I don't even care and I loved the colors that she came out with. It's still Pat McGrath's great, great formula. So the lipsticks that I've been loving, honestly, they're very, very close to each other so you probably don't need both but I'd be lying if I didn't tell you that I wear both of these the most so pick one. The nude romantic two is a little bit lighter. It has a little bit more of a dusty rose quality to it but it's a beautiful, beautiful formula and again, it's within that mauve family that I've really been enjoying color-wise this month. It goes with all of my rose tone lipsticks and then the other one that I love is Negligé. Negligé is just a hair deeper so like I said, you don't need both but I've been loving both so yeah. Best lipstick collection color story-wise As you know, I've been integrating a little bit more handbag content on my channel. Obviously I'm still a makeup channel but I just thought I'd mention the handbag that I've been loving this month. I did do a whole unboxing on this so if you wanna see that, just look up my Tory Burch unboxing but this bag that I picked up, I've been wearing nonstop. I feel like it goes with the vibes of all my outfits which is what I bought this for. I wanted a cute summery purse. This is the Kira Mini Crochet I believe is the name. I love it. This is the update. I've just been absolutely obsessed with it. It goes with so many summery outfits and cute dresses. I love the very thin chain. I find it to be a very comfortable bag to wear around the shoulder. You can cross body it as well if you want. The only thing is this is a Rafia bag. I've never owned a bag that had this material and I do feel like I see a couple of these coming out a little bit so you definitely need to be careful about this. It's like this as well but I think that's just the nature of the material but that is something I want you to keep in mind but other than that, I don't have anything bad to say. I think it's very, very comfortable. I think it's so cute. I think it's just the perfect summery bag. It holds all of my stuff. I love the card pockets here. So yeah, this has definitely been my favorite bag this month that I've been reaching for the most and I'm super into Tory Burch handbags now. From what I can see, they seem to be really well made and I love the designs as well. And don't get me wrong, Tory Burch is expensive.  So I'm very happy with my Tory Burch. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this month's favorites. It was quite long and a lot of rose items but some really great stuff that I tried out since I did try out so, so many products. Thank you guys so much for hanging out with me and liking this video. I appreciate it so much and I will catch you in the next one. Oh, by the way, if you're wondering, I will have a palette rankings going up this month. I skipped last month because I didn't try that many palettes but I have a lot of palettes for that video. So keep an eye out for that. All right, I will see you guys in the next one. Bye guys.


In tonight's Your Health segment we're joined by Dr. Mark Siegelbaum, Chief of Urology and Director of Urologic Oncology, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. Dr, thanks for being with us. You're welcome. Thanks for having me. Thinking about seasonal conditions, I would have guessed sunburn was a summer condition. I would not have guessed kidney stones were a summertime problem. Why is that? It basically has to do with the fact if you're not hydrating yourself well enough or the temperature you're overheating outside and not hydrating, that combination platter will usually result or could result in kidney stones. So places in the southeast, for instance, which are classically known as the sunbelt, there's a much higher incidence of kidney stone disease down there. Fascinating. Millions of people get kidney stones every year, right? About 500,000 people wind up in emergency rooms across the country in in this country for kidney stone disease. Right, so we'll focus on the summer first and then broaden out. So talk about staying hydrated. What happens where, I mean, certainly you get thirsty on a day like today's been, what do people do wrong when it comes to staying hydrated? Well, kidney stones basically will form, start forming by little crystals, and then those crystals coalesce into larger crystals and actually become stones. If your urine is well lubricated, if there is a higher volume of urine, there's a much less chance that these little crystals will aggregate into a stone. So the more you drink, the more you urinate, the more the urine volume, the less chance of these stones forming. This is a terrible analogy, but there's a thing called rock candy and it's like a kid's school science experiment where you get a super saturated solution of sugar. You put a string in there and the crystals start to form and then they keep growing. Does it work that way where you get a little tiny crystal and then it grows from there? That's a great analogy, Jeff, actually, because the urine does become super saturated with these chemical components. Those chemicals might be calcium, they might be oxalate, they might be uric acid, and that's exactly what happens. There's too many crystals in the given volume of urine that you have and you become then at higher risk for forming these stones. So it's not a situation where it's a problem in the summer and it's not a problem in the winter. You could start something growing in the summer maybe and it continues to build. Does that make sense? Oh, absolutely. I mean, it's a all-year-long disease for us, quite frankly, but I think people just aren't a little bit more risk because they tend to not hydrate themselves perhaps as well when they're overheated.  Let me remind our viewers, if you have a question about kidney conditions, kidney stones, give us a call. We'll have the number on the screen and you can also email questions to livequestionsatmpt.org. We hear these things are really painful. What's the first symptom that somebody comes in with? The most common is pain. It's a sharp pain, usually in the flank area, which is in the upper back area. And sometimes that pain will radiate down towards the front of the abdomen into the groin area that usually also is associated with nausea and vomiting perhaps, but pain is the synquinon symptom that's most common. When people have that pain, I'm guessing a kidney stone isn't the first thing they're thinking of. They think it's something they ate or they pulled a muscle maybe? That's a great point too. If they've never had one, they don't know exactly what they have. They generally probably think that they have gas pains, but this pain is very different than gas pain. And usually with gas pain, you can figure out a maneuver to sort of relieve yourself. This is just unrelievable, no matter how you position yourself or what you may take over the counter product you might take for your gas ailment. It just does not help. So it does eventually hit you that this is something different than you've ever had. All right, so two things can happen to the stone, I'm guessing. What are the possible outcomes here? Well, hopefully you wind up passing the stone. If it's small enough to pass, the problem is that the stone starts formation in the kidney.  It's a very tiny, delicate tube called the ureter. And if it cannot fit through that ureter tube, it's going to block the tube and eventually the ureter and the kidney will fill up with urine. It's actually the distension of the kidney and the ureter with urine that causes the pain. It's not actually the stone itself that is painful. So if you don't pass it, you're going to have persistent pain. If you do pass it, it's almost an instantaneous relief of your symptoms. Is there anything that can help in terms of procedures, medication, to have it pass normally? Well, first of all, I would recommend to my patients that if they think they're having a kidney stone, the pain usually becomes so intense that you really need a little help from your friends. I would suggest that they go to the emergency room because, number one, we can hydrate them. Number two, we can give them pain relief. And number three, we can do the x-rays that we need to determine where the stone is, how big it is, and will they need help in passing it. Let's take a phone call. Baltimore County, this is Lewis. Lewis, thanks for the call. Go ahead. Hi. I'm wondering if being overweight makes you more likely to get kidney stones. Good question. Thank you, sir. That is an excellent question. And yes, people who are obese are at higher risk for formation of kidney stones. All types of kidney stones, but the most common are uric acid stones, which are a byproduct of some protein food stuffs that we eat. But they also have higher incidents of getting oxalate stones as well. So, yes, obese patients are at higher risk for kidney stone formation. Any other risk factors or demographics that work here, male versus female? There is a higher incidence of male stone victims compared to female. There is a genetic preponderance for stone formation. Patients who have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis could have it. Other diseases like hyperparathyroidism, patients are prone to getting stones. And also, people who have a very high sodium intake in their diet have a predisposition to getting calcium oxalate stones as well. Is there an age group where this problem pops up? It does affect all age groups, including children, but much less so in the childhood age range. And I would have to say probably in the fifth to seventh decade is probably the most common. All right. You talked about the emergency room could do an x-ray. What other diagnostic tools are available? The most common diagnostic x-ray that we would do in that setting is a CAT scan. And that will give us the position of the stone, the location of the stone and how big it is. We then decide if we would allow that patient to then go home and try to pass it on their own with a few medications that we would give them to aid them or whether they need to have an intervention with either a laser procedure through a scope or whether they might need a procedure where they can lay on a stretcher. They're anesthetized and from outside the body we can deliver shock waves to the stone to break them up into dust particles. How on earth does that work? I mean it sounds like science fiction. How do you apply the shock wave? Well to tell you the truth that science fiction has been around for close to 35 years and it started off immersing patients in a bathtub and they would be placed on a gantry immersed into this bathtub that sort of looked like a coffin. The stone then would be imaged on multiple different fluoroscopic images and then you deliver a shock wave that used to be transmitted through the water so that it wouldn't create such havoc inside the body but that shock wave treatment now has been really miniaturized. It almost looks like a portable x-ray machine and the energy is so focused and immediately directed onto the stone itself that it doesn't cause any damage to surrounding structures unless you overdo it. Let's get one more phone call Prince George's County. This is Arno. Thank you for the call. Go ahead. Yes. Does drinking high acidic juices such as cranberry juice help to dissolve kidney stones? Good question. Thanks. And also while we're talking summertime what about beer? Right. Beer probably is a reasonable thing to drink. I was just wondering if it makes you dehydrated though. Well I think ultimately because you probably urinate a little bit more perhaps if you're overdoing it but to have a couple of beers would be a good source of hydration. It's my kind of doctor right here. Right. So the caller wanted to know cranberry juice. Right. So cranberry juice actually is very bad for stone formers in fact because it has a high oxalate content in there. So specifically cranberry juice is bad because of the oxalate but also acidifying the urine is not a great thing to do in terms of having certain types of kidney stones because uric acid stones in an acid environment in fact would become worse. So cranberry juice is not necessarily a beverage that's recommended for stone formers. The best beverages for stone formers are either plain water or lemonade as long as you're not loading it with sugar. Very good. And just a sentence our summertime advice here is drink some water. Hydration, hydration, hydration that's the chief reason for preventing stones. Dr. Mark Siegelbaum, University of Maryland, St. Joseph Medical Center, thanks for your time. You're welcome. Your health segments are a co-production of Maryland Public Television and the University of Maryland Medical System.


WWII MIA, 2nd Lt. Fred Brewer laid to rest at Salisbury National Cemetery. U.S. Army Air Forces Tuskegee Airmen, returned home to Charlotte after missing for 79 years. Charlotte, NC, after 79 years missing from WWII, U.S. Army Air Forces Tuskegee Airmen, 2nd Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr. of Charlotte has finally come home. His remains were laid to rest with full military honors at Salisbury National Cemetery today. In the service of this country, who have nine roles in that great spirit army? Who footfalls? But in our memory of this old gold-maw arch-in-all, probably, we remember they served the entire war because our nation lived. We may have served on it today, deep in our repress for our dead. Let us not inscribe them in with thoughts of sorrow, tears, people bowing and sifting your loss. When you fail, that is at rest. And in this peace, generation after generation. All of us, we follow this. It is our land, Lord, that is able to give proper thanks to them, to their families, and to say that God is with us when they are going to have food. Thank you.


ITU turns 150 this year. So why does that matter to you? Nowadays, telecommunications are an essential part of our lives. They are how the world connects and does business. But for information and communication technologies to work, they need to overcome multiple barriers. And our crucial mission started 150 years ago. When the telegraph was invented, service providers and countries had to agree on protocols to be able to communicate across borders. And that's how ITU was born, uniting key players to connect the world. The arrival of telephone and radio confirmed that international harmonization was truly needed. And we were there to make it happen. We joined the United Nations family and continued our vital work to ensure that satellites communicate without frequency interference. The digital revolution brought about new technical challenges, overcome with the standards we developed. The new millennium saw an explosion of mobile technologies. The way they worked together made possible thanks to ITU, broken global agreements, allocating spectrum and opening up the telecom's market to all. As we face our biggest opportunity, universal digital inclusion, our role has never been more relevant, expanding broadband access and preparing the ground for future ICT innovations. The networking needed for the Internet of Things, mobile money, e-Health, intelligent transport systems, M-Learning, promoting Cybertrust as well as green and smart technologies and connecting remote areas. ITU keeps advancing global innovation by providing a neutral collaboration platform to our members, the key players in the ICT ecosystem. We've been working behind the scenes for 150 years and we'll continue connecting the world together with you and for you. ITU innovating together.


Good evening everyone and my name is Tom Elliman. I am the current Board President of Greater Portland Landmarks, and I would like to welcome everyone to the program tonight We'll also like to thank our co-sponsors right at the outset the Portland Public Library Maine Historical Society Monjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization and the Friends of Eastern Prom The top topic for tonight's talk is the history and significance of the Portland company complex Architectural historian Scott Hansen of Sutherland Conservation and Consulting Recently prepared a 97 page report on this topic for the city of Portland to do the research He combed original documents maps and images Including the Portland company archives at Maine Historical Society of approximately 25,000 documents our purpose tonight is to build public awareness of the latest research on the history of the Portland company and Sutherland Report We know that redevelopment of the Portland company complex and site has generated a high degree of public interest However tonight, we will not be discussing any aspect of the proposed redevelopment of the site or any related Advocacy we encourage everyone who was interested in the proposed redevelopment To participate in the public process being conducted by the city of Portland There's a lot of good information on the city of Portland website www.portlandmain.gov Including the schedule of public meetings and workshops and the full text of the Sutherland report You can request to be added to the city's interested parties list by contacting the Portland planning department if you'd like to share your contact information with the organizations sponsoring tonight's talk there is a Sign-up sheet at the back of the room near the door I would like to thank our speaker Scott Hansen by the way the author of a soon-to-be-released book with Earl's Earl shuttle worth called Homes Down East I Paid announcement Scott currently works for Sutherland Consulting and Conservation of Augusta Scott's firm Was the preservation consultant for the rehabilitation of the former Cumberland cold storage warehouse on commercial Street That is now revitalized for office and marine related uses Many of you also remember Scott in his recent role as the preservation compliance officer for the city of Portland's Historic preservation office Scott brings to us his extensive experience with local History research and historic preservation, and we are delighted to hear firsthand about his findings on the Portland company Complex, please join me in welcoming Scott Hansen Okay The lights are under control so well she figures that out Tom mentioned that we did a 97-page report on the historic significance and integrity of the Portland company complex This is that report it actually exists And not only in the digital world And we did that At the behest of the city of Portland as part of their process to understand the Significance and integrity of the complex as they move forward with their planning efforts so That's the background What we're going to do we have a lot of territory to cover We're going to take a quick look at the context for the development of the Portland company just to Provide some basic understanding of why it was created And then we will look Briefly at what is historic significance? How is it defined? What does it mean? And then we will look at how the Portland company is Historically significant and we will also look at the historical and architectural integrity of the buildings And that is separate from structural integrity separate topics And we'll talk a little bit about what the difference is when we get to that section So to get started we're going to look at Portland right at the beginning Four street along the water before it had a name One street running back which is today India Street and Queen Street at the center of the Peninsula, which is today Congress Street at the foot of India the original Portland waterfront You have clay Cove on one side and broad Cove on the other The red star represents where the Portland company complex would be built Jumping ahead a long way to 1840 We see the same area of the city just before the Portland company complex came into being and You see that the street grid has developed the waterfront has developed a good portion of clay Cove has been filled Warbs extend well into the river It is a growing thriving port that Has reached a point in 1840 to 1845 Where it's infrastructure that was perfectly adequate to the 18th century and the early 19th century Suddenly was antiquated and Inadequate as the age of railroads began and The age of railroads came right into the waterfront with the Grand Trunk Railroad coming in from the east and Commercial Street being constructed across the historic Warves and piers to create a new waterfront that worked for the age of steam and this would allow Railroads access to the wharves and ships access to the railroads Over where the star is you see that some land has been created and the first Portland company buildings have been built here At the foot of India facing commercial the Grand Trunk Railroad built this depot and the roundhouse was at the corner for the key to understanding Portland in the 19th century is Understanding what's happening in this map of the Grand Trunk Railroad system The Grand Trunk Railroad which initially connected Portland to Montreal Eventually extended to the Midwest and it made Portland a very convenient port for Midwestern farmers and For Canadians who had no access in the winter months when the St. Lawrence River was frozen Portland became a major Transshipment point for agricultural products out of the American and Canadian Midwest and also became Canada's winter port for passengers as well as merchandise and Of course commercial Street was built To provide access from the railroad to the wharves here. You see a siding breaking off headed on to a wharf Back one and the Grand Trunk was not the only railroad that came into Portland And connected to commercial Street. In fact, there were six and The red line along commercial Street is the connection for all of them And the Grand Trunk of course comes in On the east the lower right and the red star again is indicating where the Portland company would be built So what's the Portland company connection to this rail development? The Portland company was built by the same individuals who created the Grand Trunk Railroad and Commercial Street for the purpose of producing the locomotives and railroad equipment. They would need to run railroad in the 1840s when railroads were brand new and Railroad equipment manufacturers were few and far between This is just a few years from the point where all locomotives were being imported from England and American locomotive building was in its infancy John a poor is the key individual in the Portland company development the Grand Trunk Railroad development and a point of clarity Poor and his associates built the Atlantic and St. Lawrence railroad Which was leased to the Grand Trunk Railroad the minute it was completed So you'll hear both railroads names used it's referring to the same railroad line from Portland to Montreal in 18 and poor was the Man who conceived and pushed through the construction of commercial Street to make these other projects more workable in 1846 poor and a number of associates founded the Portland company they purchased a state charter that had been issued the year before to another group of individuals for an iron foundry and changed the name and Expanded the scope of what they would be able to do They brought in Philadelphia locomotive builder Septimus Norris the Norris brothers were very early Locomotive builders in the United States Septimus Norris helped with the planning of the Portland company He was hired as chief engineer and served on the board of directors for about six and a half weeks and then He failed to come up with the funds that he was supposed to He was fired as chief engineer and sent back to Philadelphia and the Portland men decided they could handle this on their own they did manage to retain the rights to a number of Septimus Norris's patents, however Which greatly facilitated getting their operation going The other prominent Portland individuals involved in the formation of the company included William Pitt Fessenden J.B. Brown who would become president of the company eventually and serve for many years and a long list of other prominent Portland residents who were involved in commerce banking transportation a wide range of areas and interests The land was purchased from Captain George Turner in December of 1846 initially Turner asked for $8,000 for the property After some negotiations the Portland company purchased it for a little over $4,000 and somehow Captain George Turner got a seat on the board of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Work immediately began in in late 1846 to build a seawall and fill to create land to build buildings on and Three brick buildings were built in 1847 a foundry a machine shop and a blacksmith shop This was the first self-contained railroad locomotive manufacturing facility in the nation. That's a key point No one had brought all of those functions together in one site There were machine shops building locomotives who were contracting out the castings to a separate foundry and there were foundries building locomotives who were Contracting out the machining to separate machine shops. No one had previously brought it all together in one point and Very quickly additional buildings were built in both wooden brick The company grew very rapidly once it was established The first locomotive built by the Portland company was started in November of 1847 and completed in July of 1846 That's backwards How about completed in July of 1848? A slide I threw together this afternoon And the first ship spoiler was completed the same year The Portland company would go on to produce more than 600 locomotives Hundreds of railroad cars and hundreds of marine boilers and engines among other products primarily for transportation and industry and Here we see the other side of that Portland company float showing a steamship So what is historic significance? We used the criteria that are used by the National Register of Historic Places to determine Areas and levels of significance. This is a nationally recognized standard that is Widely used and is in fact Tied in with the same standards that are the foundation of the Portland Historic Preservation Ordinance They've been in use since 1966 and They are recognized as the national standard the criteria recognize areas of significance in four categories Properties associated with events that have made a significant contribution to broad patterns of history associated with the life of a person significant in our past Significant for design or construction. This would be architecture And significant for their potential to yield important information On prehistory or history. This would be archaeology As I mentioned this this is consistent with the Portland Ordinance within each of the four categories or the areas of Within the categories the areas of significance are identified Within events they can be areas such as industry transportation planning and development or others Association with a person is pretty clear. You know a great example would be James P. Baxter here in Portland anything associated with Baxter in a significant way Is potentially significant design and construction our Properties or buildings embodying distinctive characteristics of a period type or method of construction that represent the work of a master that possess high artistic value or that contribute to a significant and distinguishable district or the archaeology question at the end which we don't really get into here a level of significance is then Identified for each area of significance and that would be national significance state significance or local significance and finally a period of Significance for each area of significance is also identified and these would be The period during which the property was used for the identified area of significance That's the end of the long wordy slides. I promise Well one more how does the Portland company fall within these areas levels and periods of significance our determination is that under criterion criterion a industry for 1847 to 1865 the Portland company is significant at the national level at the state level we have industry transportation and Association with John a poor for various periods related to those three separate categories and At the local level again, we have industry. We also have community planning and development and Architecture with identified periods of significance So now we're going to look at each of these With lots of interesting photos rather than lots of boring words And we're going to start with significance at the national level for industry 1847 to 1865 Portland company was the first self-contained complex built for the purpose of manufacturing railroad locomotives and equipment in the nation in 1847 the surviving original buildings of the Portland company complex Appeared to be the only extant pre-civil war railroad locomotive production buildings in the nation the pre 16 buildings at the Portland company are the only surviving buildings where locomotives were produced for the US government during the civil war Here we see a New Brunswick and Canadian railroad locomotive built by the Portland company in 1858 This is one of the locomotives built for the United States Army in 1864 This is a drawing in the collection of the main historical society from the Portland company Collection that shows plans for shafts for a new cannon crane in the foundry in 1863 this cannon crane was built because the Portland company was producing cannons for the Union's Army during the Civil War They also produced Boilers and engines for two Steam warships for the US Navy during the Civil War Now we're going to jump to the state level industry 1847 to 1982 That is the period during which the Portland company operated as a going concern The Portland company built equipment and machinery for many of Maine's most important industries Including the paper industry the textile industry the canning industry and commercial fishing They also manufactured products for many Maine municipalities including fire engines standpipes manhole covers and street light fixtures Additionally, they fabricated building components used across the state of Maine Including cast iron building facades elevators and decorative cresting and fencing Here we see a soda digester for the SD Warren paper company around 1900 a Tank for SD Warren 1920 the latest in delivery methods Here we see log debarking drums for a paper company and A driving gear for the Oxford paper company a steam chamber for the Sanford mill textile mills The Portland company had a remarkable electrical engineer named Chapman who Invented a number of products including an electrical neutralizer Which became extremely important for removing Electricity from textiles and paper during the manufacturing product process Once electric motors took over from steam and water static electricity became An issue in the mills and the Chapman electric neutralizer machine removed the static electricity This became a really important product for the company steam retorts for the canning industry The kettle tipper and bean snipper for the canning industry The kettle tipper I believe was for B&M baked beans Elevator motors and elevators The Falmouth number two steam fire engine for the city of Portland and An internal combustion steam No, not steep an internal combustion fire engine from around 1920 a Gate host hoist for water power control Water power was again extremely important to the industrial development of Maine it was captured by building dams which would impound water and Then that water would pass through the dams in a controlled manner to turn turbines or water wheels and Machinery like this was essential for controlling that water flow that created the power as were valves and This radial gate for a hydroelectric dam from around 1920 During World War one the Portland Company produced armaments here. We see how it's their shells being produced And here we have a magazine advertisement from 1964 showing the company still very involved and active More than a century after it was founded Near the end of production we see a nuclear reactor shell that is fabricated at the Portland Company in 1970 Now looking at the state level for transportation 1847 to 1945 as I mentioned the company built hundreds of locomotives and railroad cars for Maine railroads including If I could stop getting it the Atlantic and St. Lawrence the Grand Trunk the Portland and Ogdensburg the Portland and Rochester the Portland and Kennebec Portland Sacco and Portsmouth Eastern Maine Central Boston and Maine and the Rungford Falls and Buckfield They also built locomotives and cars for Maine's iconic two-foot gauge railroads Including the Phillips and Range Lee Sandy River Kennebec Central Bridgestone and Sacco River and Wisconsin Quebec Here we have a locomotive from 1867 for the Grand Trunk posed along the Eastern promenade a Boston and Maine parlor car from 1880 Maine Central box car a Geared locomotive for the logging industry Logging railroads were built fast cheap and temporary a typical Rod driven steam locomotive could not handle the rough Trackage well, but a geared locomotive could so these were widely used by the logging industry Here we see castings of car and locomotive wheels and other railroad items on the left and A log bunk for a logging railroad on the right. These were used to haul logs out of the forest One of the two-foot gauge locomotives for the whisk asset in Quebec And at the state level for transportation the company built boilers and marine engines for hundreds of vessels built in Maine and elsewhere Including coastal passenger steamers ferries fishing trawlers porgy boats freighters tow and tugboats yachts US Navy gun ships in addition to the ships and boats they built navigation aids including Castings for Portland headlight All a plug light is a Portland company product The Rockland breakwater light the Kennebec River fog stations and two lights among many others Here we see the coastal steamer Bay State at the Portland company's wharf being outfitted around 1915 a Marine boiler being dropped into the hull of a ship at the wharf a Wonderful drawing from around 1870 in the company collection at Maine Historical Society for propeller engines a Passenger ferry Ilesborough from 1910 A ferry boat engine for the Knox and Lincoln County Railroad 1871 The ferries for this railroad ran between Bath and Woolwich before the construction of the Carlton Bridge in the 1920s all Passenger and freight rail traffic up the coast used these ferries to get beyond bath And here we have a tow boat Orion Fraders and Engine for the Cumberland and an advertisement for propellers And note the size of the individuals standing there a fog whistle engine 1868 and the Portland breakwater light better known as bug light This is a marker buoy They also produce snow plows for both railroads and highway equipment They built this snow loader, which we see on India Street in 1927 that's the Grand Trunk Office building and Significant at the state level For association with John a poor I've told you a little bit about mr. Poor He lived from 1808 to 1871 and he was the individual most responsible for establishing the winter port for eastern Canada at Portland and Creating the first international railroad in North America Through the related projects to build the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad the Portland Company and Commercial Street he transformed the economic landscape of Maine for a century He was president of the Portland Company during its formative years and a director of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad The Portland Company buildings are the most significant surviving buildings associated with the career of John a poor Now we're going to look at the local level. We'll start with industry again 1847 to 1982 by the way, this is an aerial view of the complex from the early 20th century The Portland Company was Portland's largest industrial complex in the 19th century It is the only surviving 19th and early 20th century industrial complex in the city of Portland in 1876 Portland had more than 30 industrial buildings and or complexes Only two single buildings from other complexes and the Portland Company remained from that period in 1924 Portland had more than 60 sizable companies engaged in manufacturing Occupying more than 85 buildings Including six large complexes Fewer than a dozen Individual buildings survive outside the Portland Company complex. No other complex survives except in fragments This is an 1876 bird's-eye view of the city of Portland and circled our manufacturing buildings and complexes within the city of Portland of these This is what survives today The Portland Company provided employment for More than 130 years it was a major employer and At one point it was the largest employer in the city At the local level for industry it produced many of the manhole covers and street grains That you see every day It produced Portland's first electric street lights in 1910 It built the elevators that served Almost every major building in the city of Portland in the early 20th century This list includes more than 60 buildings with Portland Company elevators This Wonderful drawing from the collection is for a Portland Company hydraulic elevator it from 1876 and the note in red that's written on it says Figures in red as ordered by J.B. Brown December 8th 1876 and Significant at the local level for architecture here. We see the original machine shop behind the locomotive and the car shop to the right The Portland Company buildings include representative examples of typical industrial buildings of the period from 1847 until 1918 which retain a high level of integrity the Portland Company buildings include a variety of wood and metal cross-systems that represent important advances in building Technology over a 70-year period the remaining original 1847 buildings of the Portland Company complex are the oldest industrial buildings remaining in the city Each of the surviving buildings was used for a different part of the production process With all stages of production Represented in the buildings that remain We'll just look at a few of the buildings. This is the erecting shop from 1918 One of the drawings for it in the collection. It made historical society at the left is The original machine shop at the right is the original blacksmith shop with a second story added and a rooftop addition on the machine shop this drawing for that rooftop addition is by Portland architect Frederick A. Thompson and He created these remarkable projecting shed dormers To create new offices and a drafting department for the company on top of the machine shop some other views of the complex The car shop again and the drawing for the car shop The first car shop was wood. It was destroyed in 1871 In a fire that took out a number of the original wood buildings most of which were then replaced in brick This in the early 20th century became the elevator factory this alleyway along Forestry Contains a number of interesting spaces and buildings The Portland company is also significant at the local level for community planning and development between 1847 and 1853 in the View you see a dotted yellow line showing the original shoreline Of the city of Portland before commercial Street was built The Portland company is associated with Portland's largest public works project of the 19th century Which was the filling of broad Cove clay Cove and the waterfront to create a modern rail and marine infrastructure the Portland company site the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail yard in dwarves and commercial Street were three components of the plan the opening of the Portland company plant in 1847 spurred the residential development of Atlantic St. Lawrence and Waterville streets where many Portland company employees and their families lived in 1866 Warren Street now Kellogg Street was laid out for temporary housing for Portland company employees Displaced by the Great Fire Here we have a historic view and Current view and we're going to talk about integrity as I mentioned we were asked to assess the historic integrity of the individual buildings and the complex of the complex as a whole and Historic integrity is based on the retention of sufficient essential physical features from the historic period Including location design setting materials workmanship feeling and or association To convey the significance of the property a Shorthand way to think of this is would it be recognizable to a person who knew it during the period of significance? the buildings of the Portland company exhibit a high level of integrity to the time of their construction or Significant alterations during the period of significance a number of buildings are essentially unchanged Since construction including the foundry pattern store houses an erection shop Changes to the earliest buildings occurred more than a century ago The site retains its historic character of private streets or alleys lined on both sides with Related industrial buildings connected by overhead pedestrian bridges This is a character that is unique in Portland. Here. We see the foundry in 1900 and in 2014 This is William H. Chapman's electrical laboratory on the top floor of the machine shop 1910 and 2014 Yes, I think some of the same items are on The erecting shop 1900 and 2014 The car and paint shop. I couldn't get quite the same angle the boats were in the way These are the pattern storage buildings and the entrance yard with the drive coming in from 4th Street around 1880 and in 2014 the car shop 1900 and 2014 and if you look at the historic image You see a row of those log bunk cars for the logging railroads lined up down the center of the building Here we have the car shop and the elevator shop pattern storage buildings The pattern shop, which is the second floor of the original blacksmith shop now we're going to look at how the complex developed over time and As you look at the images that follow Anything that has a plaid pattern is still standing So you'll be able to follow through what you see In each image as it relates to what is there today You'll also see by the color coding whether a building is brick wood metal And I think that is essentially in the Little key on the right the name of each building is identified We're going to go through these fairly quickly because I just want to give you a sense of how it developed Without getting into enormous detail This is all in the report if anyone's interested in seeing it in more detail. So this is 1847 You see by 1858 the company was growing rapidly Both wood and brick buildings being built to expand more wood buildings by 71 the Civil War period was very very busy and it was The board of directors Minutes all exist at the main historical society and what becomes clear in reading them is When business was really good, they didn't have time to build in brick. So they would build in wood and When that building burned down they'd replace it in brick 1880 we were now past the fire that took out some of the early wooden buildings And we see that wooden additions are being built to the original buildings in the center as well 1890 They have pretty well filled the site by this point 1896 By this point the foundry has been replaced by a lot larger foundry, which is the one that still exists built in 1896 1909 1918 the erecting shop replaces the original wooden erecting shop And that's the last major building built on the site during the period of significance 1951 there are a few losses along the waterfront and by 1986 the Wooden boiler shop has been replaced by a modern metal building And there's a modern addition on to the east end of the foundry there's also a new office building by four street and today Largely unchanged from the previous image So now we're going to look at how Production occurred at the complex And we're just going to walk through some basic illustrations on a typical Production process for many of the products produced by the company It will address the work done in each building and how it related to the work done in other buildings Although buildings were replaced or rebuilt rebuilt in some cases over the hundred and sixty years of operation The basic steps of production Illustrated occurred in essentially the same locations for the majority of the company's existence in the earliest years of production, which is 1847 to 1851 steps that later took place in the boiler shop erecting shop and later blacksmith shops occurred in the original machine and blacksmith shops So we start with power the boiler house provided power for all of the production processes via direct drive Shafting from a stationary steam engine in the 20th century electric motors replace the direct drive Shafting for most machines John a poor bought the original boilers from the boiler company in Bangor in 1847 The production process always starts at the office building with a signed contract from a railroad a ship builder Or another customer all contracting materials ordering and production scheduling took place in the office building Engineering and design work took place in the drafting room and laboratory on the third floor of the machine shop If the design required new casting patterns They were made of wood in the pattern shop on the second floor of the original blacksmith shop The new wooden patterns were then moved down to the foundry to be cast in iron or steel using a sand mold process If the patterns were being reused from a previous job They would be moved from the pattern storehouse to the foundry for casting Once cast and cooled The manufactured parts were moved to the machine shop for finishing on a variety of machines Including lathes, corers, drills, etc. The wooden patterns were returned to the pattern storehouse for safe storage After machining and finishing parts for boilers they went to the boiler shop after machining and finishing parts for railroad cars They went to the car shop Other parts for locomotives went to the erecting shop for assembly prior to construction of the erecting shop assembly took place in the machine shop Completed boilers for locomotives also went to the erecting shop for assembly Completed boilers for ships went to the wharf for installation or transfer to the company's shipyard on spring point Rod iron parts were made in one of the blacksmith shops and then taken to where they were needed Lumber was kept in the lumber storehouse attached to the car shop And then moved to the car shop to be used in the construction of railroad cars, locomotive cabs, and other carpentry work Which was done in this building Paint and varnish were stored in the paint storehouse and taken where they were needed to be used As different steps of the production process were completed Drawings were sent to the vault for safekeeping Which is why we have the amazing collection at Maine Historical Society today So what are our findings after The research and analysis That we undertook our findings are that the Portland Company complex is Historically significant within local state and national historic context Related to industry transportation community planning and architecture The buildings individually and the complex as a whole retain a high degree of Architectural integrity to the period of significance for the company all of the buildings of the complex constructed over 50 years ago Contribute to the historic significance and integrity of the complex Collectively the existing buildings encompass the complete historic Manufacturing process of the Portland Company with the exception of one shop for the construction of boilers Together the historic significance and historic integrity of the Portland Company complex Make it one of the most historically important sites in the city of Portland The removal of any of the historic buildings Existing in the complex will diminish the ability of the complex to demonstrate the historic manufacturing process of the Portland Company The Portland Company was the largest business in the city in the mid 19th century And is the only remaining intact 19th and early 20th century industrial complex in the city of Portland today the Portland Company buildings remaining from the 1840s and 1850s are the only industrial buildings of that period remaining in the city of Portland The outstanding nature of the architectural integrity of the complex and Exceptional historic value of the Portland Company as the first self-contained complex in the nation built specifically for the manufacture of railroad equipment May make it a strong candidate for national historic landmark eligibility consideration The historic Portland Company complex is a compact Manufacturing facility characterized by two distinct areas the entrance yard and the manufacturing corridors the historic functional Organization and placement of the Portland Company buildings in linear proximity to each other along the manufacturing corridors Creates a visual character for the site that is unique for Portland in the way that the industrial buildings Form private streets or alleys This is similar to the character found in large textile mill complexes in main cities like Lewiston, Bitterford and Sanford, but not found elsewhere in Portland the compact nature visual continuity and Circulation routes of the historic manufacturing process a facility of the Portland company are Significant character defining features of the site the removal of any contributing building would adversely impact the historic Significance and character of the whole complex Currently the only modern intrusion in the visual continuity of the complex is Building five located on the northeast side of the foundry building That would be the large modern metal building a Large city owned parcel vacant parcel to the southwest of the site might provide an Opportunity for a connection from the site to Thames Street Allowing enhanced access without altering the historic entrance to the site or the visual character of the entrance yard and streets between the historic buildings a Large area of vacant land to the east end of the site Abuts the largest building on the property the not historically significant modern building Wrapping around two sides of the foundry Removal of the modern building Could allow access to new development at the east end of the site in a way that maintains the visual character Of the street between the erecting erection shop Machine shop and foundry and the car shop and blacksmith shop Compatible new buildings on the sites of the demolished boiler shop and ten in Smith's shop Could reinforce the historic character of the sites streets And that brings us to the end of the formal presentation Portland Thank You Portland is very fortunate in having a number of neighborhoods and districts that represent specific parts of the city's history The Oldport historic district represents the city's 19th century waterfront and business Center Congress Street represents the city's 20th century business Center the West End has one history of Residential development the East End has a different history of residential development India Street has its own history As the oldest neighborhood in the city During Center is a 19th century village that grew into a streetcar suburb During Highlands is a streetcar suburb Stroud water is an 18th century village Each one of these areas is Unique there's only one and each tells an important part of the city's history the Portland company is the only industrial complex left and the only major rail transportation Facility left to tell that part of Portland's history so within that larger context of The different characters of the different parts of the city This part is important. Thank you Thank you all for coming and thank you especially to Scott Scott We'll be able to take a few questions about his research and the history of the Portland company Just as a reminder tonight We will not be discussing any aspect of the proposed redevelopment of the site or related to advocacy So I will let turn it over back to Scott After mentioning his new book of course Yes The question was was the Portland company Competitive and successful Explaining its longevity and the answer is yes, they were very successful and and Evolved over time For instance as locomotive manufacturing got consolidated into a handful of very large Corporations in the United States the Portland company stopped producing locomotives and increased their production in industrial products for Mains rapidly growing mills and and other industries Yes The question is How did the 1866 fire affect the structures on the site and the answer is it didn't The fire did not reach the Portland company site However, a number of Portland company employees lost their homes and the company built temporary housing Within a matter of weeks to house their displaced employees So they could keep operating The miracle of the great fire is that the waterfront and rail infrastructure was untouched So the money kept flowing in and that's how Portland was able to rebuild remarkably fast after that devastation The question is what portion of the company's revenues were devoted to research and development And the answer is we don't know what we what we do know is That the collection at Maine Historical Society today Contains thousands of drawings for machinery equipment locomotives boats You name it Hand drawn at the Portland company by their own draftsmen and engineers They had a large staff of drafts people and engineers As I mentioned they had an electrical engineer with a laboratory on site in the third floor space for the drafting department and offices and laboratory in the machine shop Up in the eaves the apparatus is still in place that directed sunlight in to develop blueprints for their drawings Yes The other There is only one surviving locomotive built by the Portland company standard gauge locomotive It is in a museum in Canada. It was a Grand Trunk railroad locomotive There are steam fire equipment That were built by the company that still exists And if you go through The mills of Maine as I often do in my work You will see many pieces of equipment and boilers with Portland company and their castings all over the state The question is did the I think I can paraphrase did the city schools Develop curricula to help produce trained and ready employees for the company and We did not research that question what I can tell you is that I'm not going to remember the exact year in the late 19th century at a particular point There were 500 engineers in the state of Maine trained licensed engineers 150 of them worked for the Portland company What The question is What was the ownership of the company through its history? the initial group of investors and Stockholders retained ownership of the company into the Trying to pull the date out of my mind For a number of decades and at a certain point determined That it made sense for the corporation to sell its assets which were purchased by Another group of investors Who retained ownership again for a long period of time? It came under the control of the Sprague family Quite early on they retained it Into the middle of the 20th century Sold it and then bought it back Think about a decade later So it's only gone through a couple of ownership groups in its history well it the Owner who recently sold it was a Sprig. Yeah, I'd stayed with the Sprigs The question is did they have an apprenticeship program I did not find documentation specific to that but I know from research from my recent book That architect Anton I'm going blank on his last name Dordacos Trained as a draftsman at the Portland company before he became an architect So that tells me that they did have a training apprenticeship type of program for training draftsman Yes The question is has an environmental evaluation been made of the company and the answer is I don't know Nancy Yeah, oh so the the comment is that this question has been looked at on a city-wide Basis at one point. So there is probably information available somewhere Yes I The comment is that more primary records of the Portland company are at the Baker Library at Harvard Business School the Baker Library at Harvard Business School The early records are all at the port at main historical society board of directors meeting minutes Stockholders annual meetings right through the period of the original ownership of the company The I don't believe the records for the next ownership group are there So that may be what's that the Harvard Business School? Yes The question is after studying the records of the company Was it profitable? Was it a successful company and the short answer is yes You know the the company Was able to grow very rapidly Build the facilities they needed to expand their production and their research To fill the remainder of their site which started out as broad cove So they could build more buildings. They were hemmed in by the Grand Trunk Railroad which Ran along the waterfront initially on a trestle and then they filled their right of way You now walk on it on the eastern prom walkway It was a very tight site and They were hemmed between the hill to 4th Street and the railroad and over time They built more and more retaining walls against the hill to gain a little bit more space And then they those stone retaining walls had buttresses at right angles to hold them up and Between the buttresses they roofed and walled over to create more usable spaces They really did a remarkable job of Building a large complex on a very tight site which of course had to be tied into the rail Infrastructure which was just to the west in the Grand Trunk Railroad yard that filled the rest of what had been broad cove The the question is what happened to the equipment that was in the building The overhead traveling cranes are still in place still functional some of the post cranes in the machine shop the foundry and That area are in place I don't know where the majority of the lades and drills and that equipment went It the most of it is gone However, a large number of the wooden patterns remain in the complex There's an attic over the third floor offices and drafting room Full it's just this narrow walkway Under the eaves with bins on each side that are just full of these handmade wooden patterns That were used for casting gears and wheels and other items And then in the pattern storehouse There are still a number of much larger patterns, you know patterns this big Those wooden patterns were very important to the operation. They were made by hand based on the drawings developed upstairs and And of course being wooden they Were subject to damage So protecting those patterns Was a priority for the company and it's not coincidental that the pattern storehouses were built at a little distance from the rest of the buildings and In the direction that the prevailing winds would come from So that they were less likely to be burned in a fire because those wooden patterns, you know Were a huge investment by the company and had great value The the question is can I summarize what led to the demise of manufacturing at the company? I'll punt a little bit. It was the same forces that led to the demise of manufacturing throughout America And I it's such a complex question And and a very interesting one But we could stand here for another two hours talking about what led to the demise of manufacturing in America Okay, one more question the the question is Has anybody looked at the structural integrity of the buildings In terms of their potential for rehabilitation for new uses The city is currently having that evaluation done by an engineer architect and and Related professional team. I believe their RFP for that work went out last week and I'm not involved in it, but I believe their hope is to have that done Relatively soon so that question can be answered Okay, Scott. Thanks again


Got my drain. Oh, just getting it in me as quick as possible That was a doozy Schedule everyone I do have an event to go to at 9 30 So I got to be expeditious this morning get this run done. It's it's a doozy This is not the hardest run of the training block, but this is a key very very critical run For getting the legs going is the bottom line I'm not gonna go into crazy oxygen debt today, but it's time to make it hurt a little bit. We are we are I can't believe it We are four weeks to go until Amsterdam four weeks as of today So it's no time to mess around. I'm going to I'm where I'm driving to now is actually not the starting line I'm going to drive to halfway on this dirt course. So today is gonna be 15 miles Seven and a half out seven and a half back all on dirt Halfway through the course. I'm gonna plant a water bottle. That's why I got the bottles ready yesterday So I'm gonna plant a water bottle that I will be able to grab halfway and then halfway out and then halfway back So that'd be about three and a half miles and three and a half and then no three and a half and then 13 and a half in order to keep the Keep everything going internally here okay, I'm ready and I know there's a little concern out there about me being ready for a fast road marathon And I get it, you know all the mountain running I do I do think it's setting me up for good leg strength and good breathing But I get it like I need to get the turnover going absolutely So that is the goal today is to get it going So you're gonna see on my when I get back and by the way I'm gonna carry the GoPro to the starting line once again, but I can't film The run because I'm not gonna carry it with me because we're going at a faster clip, but I think you'll see like okay 15 miles this kind of pace at at elevation. We're at five thousand two hundred and eighty feet above sea level So I've heard that from Denver down to sea level. You can basically subtract about eight to ten seconds off of your average Mild time Just because you're you're in thinner air up here And of course Amsterdam is at sea level.  It's 7 30 in the morning. So we're nice and cool and Let's do this. All right, let's do this. All right. Here we go And what one last point before we get going can't I'm not gonna run in fear meaning I don't know where my fitness is like I haven't done a flat race in a long long time. So again, just going by feel being comfortable Whether that's slower than last week. I don't think it will be whether it's faster than last week Because I don't want to cut myself short. All right, so Let's rock and roll. Oh, man. We've been working baby on the cool down Swallowed a bug at about mile 13. That was interesting, but we made it through you better believe it I gotta go get something to drink get this bug out 15 miles in the books what I titled. Uh, well, I'll just tell you at the car No messing around with recovery Me as quick as possible That was a doozy That was a doozy. Oh, yeah All right, there it is. Oh, yeah Oh, that's what I'm talking about. All right. I gotta zip off to an event. I'll get to the stats I'll get to the stats for the run back at the back of the house Beacon beacon beacon v2s. These were my shoes from yesterday six miles yesterday 10k 920 a mile 920 a mile. Okay, remember that number real quick and I'm gonna set these down here Put the Nike zoom fly flynits right up here from today's run and before we dive in I just want to say I Get the privilege of coming before you guys every single day and sharing and talking about my training here on YouTube It's amazing and I thank you for coming back and listening to me as often as you do But how I like love to approach YouTube is that it's not just about me. All right, even though. Yes, I'm talking I'm editing. I'm publishing It's the question of the day, which is I'm gonna say right now How was your race this weekend or how was your long run and the reason I say that that the reason That's the question of the day is because I get to talk so much about my training I'm gonna talk to you about my tempo run here in a minute But I don't want it to be just about me I want it to be about us and I want to hear about your victories your highs and your lows Okay, so in your in the question of the day in your answer Don't hesitate to share like maybe you had a bad race or maybe your long run didn't work out like you had planned So that is why I asked the question of the day. It's not just about me It's about us working together to achieve our goals So that's the question of the day for you and yes, thank you for listening to what I'm about to share about my run today 15 miles 24 kilometers 533 a mile basically or 325 per kilometers in a per kilometer in the Nike zoom fly flying it a throwback shoe to 2018 and This was a big week of training. So how did the run actually play out the first two miles? My legs were pretty stiff not taught. Well, yeah a little tired, but they just were a little tight I think it's the right word to share like I just was not as loose as I had hoped to be but by about mile three I was feeling a little more loosey-goosey. You know how I like to use that Terminology so I felt like my legs opened up after mile three and then I just hit a rhythm I hit a rhythm and I kept cranking and cranking and cranking now I did want to close a little stronger than I did the last three miles I held I I did drop the pace, but I actually wanted to drop the pace a little bit more And this is a little strategy that I use in my training Maybe a little tip of the day is in a long run or in a tempo run or whatever the case may be Especially if you're training for anything past 10k, I like to close my long runs Strong, maybe not fast like a ton faster, but I basically How do I rephrase that I want to be in charge of my body the last in a marathon the last three miles in a half Marathon, let's call it the last mile and a half to two miles in the last in a 10k We'll call it the last the last like mile and in a 5k the last half mile So I like to be in charge meaning I'm so mentally strong that I am telling my legs to go faster and pump my arms harder So I'm in charge that is my goal for Amsterdam the last three miles so mile 23 boom I'm in charge. I'm gonna finish this race strong. So I was practicing that today. I did go faster the last three miles I do believe I was basically like right at 530 pace maybe a little below the last three miles So I felt good about it, but I wanted to go a little stronger there So overall I'm very happy with the effort with four weeks to go as I already mentioned at the beginning of the vlog and But I do have the US mountain championships next Sunday, but my ultimate goal is Amsterdam So this week I'm gonna freshen up. I'm not gonna taper I'm gonna freshen up Friday and Saturday, and then the US mountain championships are on Sunday in New Hampshire So you're gonna see some pretty solid mile mileage volume at the beginning of this week Monday Tuesday Wednesday and even into Thursday to a certain extent because I'm not done training Four weeks to go. We still have a little work to do Before the taper begins for Amsterdam and we're gonna go with tempo for the keyword already asked the question of the day Again, it's about us down in the comments about us.  Maybe that could be your comment Just go encourage everyone that's working hard out there chasing down their PRs chasing down their goals. It's all good All right, everyone. This is man for four weeks four weeks four weeks. I'm very excited about that number All right, everyone. We'll throw it back to the last tempo run from a week ago You can go watch that vlog if you're interested and we'll also toss it back to another threshold run that I sorry a threshold run From the previous training block getting ready for Cleveland. All right, everyone. Thanks for being here. See beauty work hard and love each other See you tomorrow


Welcome to Nursing School Explained and this video on how to accurately measure a blood pressure. Now, as you know, assessment always comes before intervention. And if we do not have an accurate blood pressure measurement, the patient's treatment might not work. We might over or under treat them. So an accurate measurement of blood pressure is super important in the clinical setting or in any patient care setting as well as at home for patients. Because if patients tend to get anxious at the doctor's office or at the hospital, then many times the recommendation is for them to keep a log of their home blood pressure readings. So then after an average of maybe two weeks, the provider can take a look at these readings and come up with a treatment plan for this patient. So the most important thing is to have an accurate measurement of that blood pressure so that all the treatment that is based on these readings will be accurate and successful for this patient. So let's look at this. I have divided it into before, during and after the blood pressure management. So before, we always want to make sure it's the same time a day because our activity level typically is a little bit different in the morning and at night. So if we keep it at the same time, we get the most accurate measurements. Many times in the hospital that's not possible because we measure blood pressures much more often than once a day. But for home measurement, this is very important. And then we need to have a properly sized cuff. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is. I see that many times in the pediatric setting where patients come in different sizes where if the cuff is not properly fitted, the blood pressure will be off. I guarantee it to you, but that also applies to the adult population. So we need to make sure that the circumference of the cuff meets the needs of the patient in terms of the width of their arm but also their length of the cuff needs to be accurate. And I have a separate video where I just go about how to actually manually measure a blood pressure about how to measure the cuff properly. And then the machine needs to be calibrated. At the hospital, that is very easily done, usually by the biomedical department. They service the machines on a regular basis, but at home make sure that you know how the monitor works as well as how it's calibrated and it might require you to calibrate it once a year or whatever the recommendations are from the manufacturer. It's very important because otherwise, again, the reading will be off. It is recommended not to have any activity five minutes prior to measuring a blood pressure because sitting, walking upstairs, any of that will get the heart rate and the blood pressure up and then the reading will be accurate. And that also includes eating and drinking, actually. And then certainly we want to have no smoking or caffeine consumption for about 30 minutes prior to taking the blood pressure because, again, those can give us inaccurate readings. The patient is also recommended to have an empty bladder because that can kind of make him a little bit anxious or a little bit more stressed out if there's pressure in that bladder region and it can, again, throw off the blood pressure reading. And this, again, is super important. The cuff needs to be on a bare skin. Please do not ever put it over the clothing, no matter how thin or thick that clothing is. It will possibly give you an abnormal reading. I see that sometimes the ground gets kind of crunched up underneath the blood pressure cuff if the patient is hospitalized and, first of all, it's uncomfortable because it squeezes and the wrinkles might actually cause some skin damage to the patient but also you're running the risk of having an inaccurate reading. And then over here, during the procedure, we want to make sure that the patient doesn't talk or move so be nice and still. Both feet are on the ground. If they are sitting down, if they are laying down, that's a different story. We're not going to have that. And the back needs to be supported also that mostly applies to when they're sitting up in a chair because, again, the strain of holding themselves up, maybe they've had some sort of surgical procedure or they're not able to keep themselves in an upright position, that strain might elevate their blood pressure reading. And so once we have completed our blood pressure recording and we were aware of what needs to happen before and after, we can record the findings. So in the hospital setting that means in the medical record, so we can see the trends that the patient has or if the patient is at home in their home log so that afterwards they can take it to their provider to follow up appointments and the treatment can either be checked or changed or initiated depending on the readings. So thank you for watching this very important video on how to accurately measure a blood pressure because, again, I cannot emphasize enough how important that is in the assessment portion of the nursing process because everything that we do will depend on these readings. And if just a couple of things are off here, we definitely will have an inaccurate reading and then the treatment will be based on some wrong information and we don't ever want that to happen because patient safety is our number one concern. So thank you for watching this video right here on Nursing School Explained. Please also check out my Instagram channel for study tips and announcement of new videos. And I'll see you soon right here on Nursing School Explained. Thanks for watching.