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People who experience auditory difficulties fear having hearing tests. This is because they fear that the hearing tests may confirm their worst fears, and that they will be forced to wear some bulky electronic devices after they undergo the hearing exam. This article will show you that having a hearing exam has a lot benefits compared to all the negative consequences that you may perceive.
Peace of Mind
In all cases, having hearing tests gives the individual some peace of mind. This is because sitting around while worrying that there could be a problem with your body can be very nerve wracking. Most people who do not feel the need to undergo an ear examination often have to live with the worry that something could be wrong with their hearing. Having the test carried out on you will give you a definite answer as to whether or not you really have an auditory problem. You could be having some small problems with your ears that could advance to bigger issues if they're not checked early. After you have undergone the exam, even in the cases where the feedback will be negative, it reduces your stress level better than when you do not know, since you will be advised on how to deal with the issues, which will put you at ease.
An obvious benefit of getting hearing appliances in Winnipeg is that the patient's worries can be disconfirmed. These are the cases whereby the patient goes to undertake the exam thinking that they have severe hearing loss, maybe due to the pain they are experiencing or the different symptoms that have been showing up. But, having the test might disconfirm your worst fears, since you may find out that it is just a minor problem, which can be dealt with easily and the patient can start living a life of no worries. This disconfirmation may also end up uncovering a different set of difficulties that the patient is experiencing, which will prove to be a helpful benefit.
Improved Quality of Life
The most important benefit of having hearing tests in Winnipeg carried out on you is that it allows the doctor to diagnose the patients' condition accurately. After this first step, the doctor advises patients on the precautions and the right treatment that is best for that particular condition. Improved auditory capabilities in most cases lead to improved quality of life. Imagine being able to hear things clearly that were once indistinct and fuzzy. This will boost your self-esteem since you can now easily relate with individuals without the struggles of miscommunication. Improvement of hearing makes you perceive the world in a more vivid way compared to a life of having poor auditory sense.
There are no reasons to worry about taking hearing tests. Getting in check with hearing appliances in Winnipeg makes the patient stand a better chance of gaining peace of mind, since their fears of the exams are disconfirmed. Treatment of an individual's auditory defects will drastically improve their quality of life in an important and real way.


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The tech giant 'Google' has made an all new addition section in its Play Store app marketplace called as the 'Free app of the week'. The new addition will now highlight one free app every week. But there is a twist as the new free apps section now will only appear at the US storefront for now.
How to operate-It is quite easy to access the Free Apps section, as described by the Android Police. If the user is on their desktop, they just have to point their browser to the Google Play Store and then click on the Apps section. After that, just scroll down right to the very bottom (Yes, its an odd place to showcase something that's up for free) to find the 'free app section". Smartphone users can only tap on the Play Store icon and then scroll down to the same section.
The Free App feature has just been introduced and this comes after Google recently started testing new sale features on the developer console. The apps can now be free for a maximum of 8 days and only once in 30 days. It is predicted that the new move will surely fetch a considerable increase in the number of downloads or installs for the said app, the tech giant here is also going fair here as free downloads don't demonstrate up in the developer comfort as buyers and the app won't be listed on any top paid lists during the sale.
If we will compare, then the iOS has been offering one free app per week since 2012. The reason for introducing the section could be to give more visibility to apps. The developers at Apple have been allowed to change their pricing from free to paid and back, to paid. From March 2016, Google allowed select publishers to temporarily drop their prices to free, an important tool for promoting downloads.

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You may remember from the last annual report that STAAG, the St Andrews University student charity that organised St Andrews to Mongolia 2012, nominated FLOC as its charity for the year. The STAAG Team of University students did a rigorous canoe trip and raised more than £1000, which was made available to us this year. This allowed our first trip to Lebanon in April 2016 to help Syrian refugee children; more about that later in this issue….
This has been a very busy year and now that the charity has really gained momentum we anticipate that next year will be the same! Donna has stepped down from her job as dramatherapist at Dundee Rep to concentrate on building the charity. She has developed a new therapeutic service located in City Church to address the emotional, psychological and spiritual wellbeing of children and young people under the umbrella FLOC charity.


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Importing a Voter File will likely be one of the first things you do with Ecanvasser. This Voter File will serve as your Voter Database as your campaign begins, saving vital time on the doors.
Voter File Formatting - Best Practice
We have found that some of the common support questions we are asked can be traced back to an issue with a Voter File upload. As such, spending a little bit of time ensuring that your file is formatted appropriately, is well worth the investment - your entire Voter Database will rely on this file, and it's format!
Voter Files can be: .xlsx, .xls, or .csv, and should be a maximum size of 40mb. If you require to upload a Voter File larger than this, it may be split into multiple files for individual upload.
If you have any problems importing your voter file, you can check out our Formatting Your Voter File article, alternatively you can contact Support.
- The individual order of columns within your Voter File is not critical, you will have the opportunity to assign column headings later in the upload process.
- Consistency! Ensure that the information in individual columns remains uniform (if it isn't, uploading separate Voter Files) may be the best option, or else you may want to 'clean' your data
- Be thorough - even though your campaign may be quite local, in order to ensure that your addresses are geocoded (converting addresses to locations on the map), be sure to include complete addresses, including state.
- If you wish to pre-populate any of your custom fields with generic information, it is essential you add this to your file before importing your Voter File. For example. pre-populating a column with "N", so you only have to fill out "Y". Thereafter, Custom Fields may of course be created but they will not be pre-populated with information.
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- Select Voter File Option
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Once your Voter File has completed uploading, we must finalize the data, before beginning your import.
5. Use the Select Field header to title each individual column in your Voter File (that you wish to import) from the pop-up menu
- A number of fields are required to be completed for an import to take place, these are marked with a black asterisk, and relates to the minimum level of data required on a voter record:
6. If desired, a new Custom Field can be created within the pop-up menu, and act as a heading. Similarly, we can create a New Election (these columns are exclusively for Voter History).
Importing your Voter File
- Select Start Import
You will now be alerted to any potential entries that may cause issue
2. Use the arrows to cycle between entries with potential issue
3. You can now choose whether to Cancel, so as to further review and revise your Voter File, or you can select Confirm Import to proceed.
This will bring us to our Voter Files page. From here, we can review the progress of our Voter Files upload. Once the progress bar shows 100%, these Voter will be listed on our Voter tab.
We also have the options to:
- Download Voter File
- View Voter File History
- Delete Voter File
The Geocoding process will now begin. This is the process whereby your voters addresses will be translated into latitude and longitude points on the map so they can best be plotted. This process is generally completed within 24 hours, depending on the size of your voter file.


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Compare the characters and beliefs of Lenin and Stalin Lenin, born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, was the leader of the Bolsheviks and the ruler of Russia from 1917 to his death in 1924, and then Stalin, born Joseph Djugashvili, took over, taking undisputed control of Russia in 1928 and remaining in power until his death in 1953. As characters, Lenin was a humble man even when in great power. He was not openly vain or arrogant. Stalin was far more interested in the cult of personality - he was obsessed with being the centre of attention and giving himself credit for everything and had huge posters erected just to remind everybody who he was and what he was doing for Russia. Lenin was an extreme person with dogmatic beliefs. He, like Stalin was hard hearted, so that they could achieve their aims. They were both ruthless - the Red Terror under Lenin arrested anybody speaking out against the government, and the Police State and the NKVD of Stalin were responsible for the deaths of millions and for the Great Purges. ...read more.
He was also outwardly more selfish and more obsessed with power than Lenin. When the Revolution succeeded, Lenin was delighted that 'at last the soldier and the worker had been brought together. Lenin was able to win over his party with his April Theses. He then won them over to the NEP. He was intelligent and a flexible, persuasive individual. That was not Stalin's style. He was not a great negotiator - he played one factor off against another - he didn't try to win them all over. His approach was very different - he worked with factions. Stalin was obviously unintellectual, but many mistakenly believed that this made him unintelligent. Russia became a paranoiac country under Stalin. People were in a climate of fear over saying anything in criticism of Stalin and the government. The secret police could, and would just cart them off, taking them to labour camps or having them executed without trial. Stalin was quiet and strong, dangerous and sinister. He kept albums of the people whom he had had executed. There were also the show trials where people were vilified for things that they hadn't come close to doing e.g. ...read more.
Conversely, many think it was Stalin who betrayed the Revolution. Others though think that he completed what Lenin had started. Trotsky thought Lenin was 'a man of great moral passion' and 'a thinker, observer and strategist' whereas Stalin was 'gifted with practicability, a strong will, and persistence in carrying out his aims' and his 'strength lies in his political blindness.' Stalin was found by many to be a tyrant. His beliefs are not always entirely obvious. Lenin stuck to more to Communist principles and was not such a dictator. His switches from Communism to the dictatorship of War Communism and the capitalist ways of the NEP show he was flexible and would change policies that didn't work. War Communism was for an emergency - the Civil War - the NEP only a temporary measure. If he had lived longer it seems as though he would have returned to the fundamental ideas of Communism. Stalin drifted from left to right in order to get into power and then reaffirmed Communism, in the forms of Industrialization and Collectivisation, bringing it back with a vengeance. ?? ?? ?? ?? Josh Weinberg 11C ...read more.
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How to Work with Intention Candles
Changing your life begins with changing the energetic story you are projecting into the world. Action must proceed intention. And intention is the seed of creation. When we look at our lives like puppets on the strings of fate we lose vital power. You are meant to live a life of expansive power, brilliant splendor and creative output. Sometimes we get a little lost in the storm of life… And forget how powerful we really are!
So much magic lies dormant within you, and all around you. Tools of change are at your fingertips… Little treasures of magic just waiting to empower your intentions. These tools are nothing more than energetic supplements to add to the already innate power within you. Crystals, candles, talismans and prayers… All of which elicit a visceral response that pours out into the Universe to create change.
You are always engaging in this process with your thoughts, your feelings, and whatever you choose to put energy into. But when you learn that you can direct this energy, you find big magic is everywhere just waiting to work for you! Rather than getting caught in the undertow of life you learn to move with your personal flow. And you can attract or repel the things that you want and need in your life.
I present many, many tools and techniques here to help people reclaim this birth right of empowerment. Through spiritual cleansing and protection you learn to protect your energy, and take ownership of what manifest in your life. These simple tools become ceremonies that gesture to the Universe, and your inner wisdom helping you to co-create the life you want.
Check out: Spiritual Cleansing and Protection Introduction
It must be said that you cannot change every single thing in your life… Because you are part of the larger world. But you can at least control your reaction to these things. This is the root of personal empowerment and manifestation.
One way I like to use this raw potential is by lighting candles of intention. These intention candles become beacons in the vast Universe igniting your desires and pulling them to you. Firelight has long been honored and regarded as something magical, divinely created. It awakens our sense of wonder and reverence. So naturally lighting a candle can be a simple form of relaxation, or a major energetic game changer.
A candle is simply a vehicle for infusing and impressing your intentions upon and then allowing the energy to spiral outward. You are taking a more active approach to creating your dreams. Rather than daydreaming, or speaking you are literally creating!
Whatever candle you choose, let it be a fresh one that has never been burned before. Color can factor into the decision based on the vibration of color and the symbolic association. A white candle is, in my mind, a pure form of energy waiting to manifest. You can take this candle and wash it with a bit of fresh water mixed with sea salt, or some Florida Water, or even a bit of incense smoke. This is to energetically cleanse the candle to make it fresh and ready for your desire.
Holding this candle in your hand, and near your heart you can fill it with you desire, dreams, and prayers. Impress upon it what you are wishing to manifest… As if it is a light signal conveying a deep message to the Divine. As you hold that candle fill it with as much energy, feeling, and imagery you can. You are imprinting your personal power upon the candle's raw potential. Again, this is a signal to the Universe for change… Much like making a wish before blowing out a birthday candle!
I often repeat a prayer or affirmation to convey my intention. I usually write this affirmation or prayer prior to creating my intention candle. I really hone in on what I want to create. What tides of change are you trying to summon? By writing this down you solidify it within you head and heart, and you can leave this near your candle for an added layer of intention.
Some people will choose to use an already written prayer, a psalm, a poem or even a song lyric. Sometimes you might find yourself speaking stream of conscious as you hold the candle. Let your inner wisdom guide you as you articulate what your truest intention is.
Keep in mind that you want your intention to be affirmative, rooted in the present and always positive.
For example:
This candle is the light of change. Like a moth my desires are drawn to me. Opportunities for love and romance are all around me. My perfect partner finds me. Loving, attentive, and completely committed. I am open to this change.
Once you have completely impressed upon this candle your intention it is ready to be lit. Light the candle in a sacred space where you feel open, receptive and safe from distraction. Imagine the flame igniting your desire, and pouring light into the Universe. This is the light of change, and whatever you desire is attracted to it… Like a moth. Being drawn closer to you.
This is a signal to Divine, benevolent forces!
Or if this candle is to keep something at bay… Imagine it to be a protective barrier warding off and keeping the shadows from your life. Whatever works for you… The energy will follow your intention.
Light the candle and allow it to burn. Be with it for a bit, continuing to focus on the intention you are creating. Allow it to burn out completely. Or snuff it out and relight it again the following day. You never want to blow out an intention candle. Allow it to burn for a few minutes each day if you can and continue to focus on change.
Check out: How to Manifest Dreams and Intentions with Candles
Let your candle burn, and build energy and project your intention outward. Each time you light your intention candle muster as much energy as you can toward your desire. Repeat your affirmation to help you keep your focus and clarity. When the candle has burned you may choose to create another intention candle… Depending on how big or small your goal is.
A good rule of thumb is within a few days you should see some sign of change… If anything a feeling of shifting energy within you. Within a few weeks you should begin to see things manifesting that support your desire. And within a month or so you should see this goal actualized. This is not a guarantee… Sometimes you may need to alter your intention and heed the message that Spirit might be trying to convey. It is good to consult an Spirit worker if you are trying to tackle a big, or somewhat lofty goal!
Please, feel free to ask questions below about the process of creating Intention Candles. I will share more information in the future.
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SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras – In the US national team's Hexagonal opener at Honduras, head coach Jurgen Klinsmann gambled on the future of the American defense. It's hard to say he came out on top – at least this time.
With usual captain Carlos Bocanegra looking on from the bench, Klinsmann sent out the green center back combo of Geoff Cameron and newcomer Omar Gonzalez, who won his place in the team with an excellent winter camp. The pairing – particularly the Galaxy man – alternated between good enough and somewhat shaky all afternoon, as the Catrachos attacked in constant waves.
In the end the effort of the young backline – which along with wingbacks Fabian Johnson and Timmy Chandler had a total of zero matches' experience in Hexagonal games – didn't quite measure up, particularly on the plays that led to the Honduran goals.
OPTA Chalkboard: Where did the US backline struggle?
Still, Klinsmann was quick to defend his defense, especially the LA Galaxy center back.
"We believe that Omar is ready for the next step at the international level, and the only way you find that out is to give him a chance and throw him the cold water," Klinsmann said following the game. "There will always be moments when there's miscommunication, but the backline is not the reason we lost that game."
The first Honduran goal came after a series of American miscues led to a corner kick for the hosts. A lack of passing precision resulted in unnecessary pressure on the American line in the 40th minute, when Gonzalez stepped up to make a saving tackle that ended in the corner on which the home side would tie the game.
"Obviously no one expected a goal like this a couple moments after scoring the first one," Klinsmann said of Juan Carlos García's stunning bicycle kick. "It was just an outstanding thing that they did in that moment. We didn't hold the ball well and make the opponent chase the game, and so compliments to them today."
READ: Klinsmann on loss: "Too many mistakes in too many areas"
The US had taken the lead just four minutes earlier. After the Catrachos goal, the plan looked to be to hold tight and try to earn a valuable road point.
But just when it looked like the effort might be enough to accomplish that, the central defensive pairing was exposed on Honduras' 80th-minute goal. Cameron failed to anticipate a slicing through ball, and Gonzalez was caught flat-footed as Jerry Bengtson raced past him for an easy tap-in.
"I thought we were starting to get stronger and then all of a sudden they get that second goal," Gonzalez said. "It was definitely a dagger. I didn't see it coming the way it happened, I didn't see the guy on the left post – maybe I should have looked over my shoulder and saw him quicker but that's the way it goes. Obviously I didn't have my best game."
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Still, the newly capped Gonzalez was as positive about the experience gained as his coach.
"It's a meaningful experience, to have this game here," said the MLS Cup 2012 MVP. "These games will only help us in the end. In the end it got out of our hands but it's just the first one."


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Samuel "Champ" Ferguson
Samuel "Champ" Ferguson was one of the most notorious Confederate guerrilla fighters of the Civil War. Born near Albany in Clinton County, Kentucky, Ferguson moved to White County, Tennessee, with his family in the 1850s.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Cumberland Plateau was extremely volatile in its divided loyalties to the Union and Confederacy. The mountainous terrain made military control of the area almost impossible; guerrilla operations became the preferred tactics of belligerent locals like Ferguson. Largely due to the efforts of Ferguson and his men, the area around Sparta in White County where Ferguson lived remained under the control of Confederate partisans for the war's duration.
By war's end, the Federal government had branded Ferguson an outlaw. Ferguson and his supporters responded that his actions were within the boundaries of just warfare and self-defense. He surrendered in May 1865, believing that he would be treated according to Confederate surrender agreements and paroled. His co-partisans were released, but he was arrested and tried as a guerrilla.
The controversial trial, which took place from July to September 1865, was a sensation among Nashville citizens and newspaper journalists. The defense, led by Judge Jo Conn Guild, maintained that Ferguson was a captain in the Confederate Army and should be paroled as such. The prosecution, led by Judge Advocate A.C. Blackman, claimed that, as a guerrilla and outlaw, he acted outside the bounds of the army. Ferguson was charged with 53 counts of murder.
The Military Commission decided that, since Ferguson was not paroled, he was not to be accorded the protection of army status; he was sentenced to be hanged. The execution took place in Nashville on October 20, 1865, with Ferguson's wife and child attending. Ferguson was one of only two Confederates who were executed by the Union Army, the other being Henry Wirz, commandant of Andersonville Prison. Ferguson's last wish was to be taken back to his home in White County, Tennessee, which was granted. His grave now resides in France Cemetery north of Sparta.
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- His guerrilla tactics kept the area around Sparta under Confederate control.
- At his controversial trial, Ferguson was ordered to be hanged for 53 counts of murder, in spite his defense that he acted within the bounds of war.


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The Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance (MHSA) is a nonprofit, public policy advocacy organization dedicated to ending homelessness in Massachusetts. We know that homelessness is a solvable problem, and we believe this solution can be achieved through effective public policy that is rooted in research and best practices. While shelters and homeless services have saved lives, it is time to move beyond this emergency response. MHSA advocates for a transformation of our homelessness response system to a system that focuses on triage and assessment, short-term shelter, rapid re-housing, and permanent supportive housing.
Work with Service Providers
Member Agencies
MHSA's advocacy is shaped by the on-the-ground experience of 87 MHSA member agencies that serve homeless individuals across Massachusetts. We use our unique position between public agencies and homeless service providers to incubate innovative responses to homelessness and direct resources toward solutions with the greatest impact.
MHSA administers emergency shelter beds, transitional housing units, rapid re-housing funds, and permanent supportive housing units in over 30 cities and towns across Massachusetts. Our expertise in technical assistance, data collection and program evaluation informs our advocacy, ensuring that our work to end homelessness is shaped by measurable experience from the field.
Work with the Government
MHSA is committed to collaborating with local communities to implement housing-focused responses to homelessness. From our work to bring Housing First to Gloucester to our active engagement in the City of Boston's campaign to end homelessness among veterans, we provide resources and technical assistance for local efforts to end homelessness.
MHSA advocates with both the legislative and executive branches of state government, calling for the strategic use of public resources, appropriate discharge planning and integrated care for homeless individuals. Our advocacy resulted in the creation of the first-ever line item in the Massachusetts State Budget that funds a statewide Housing First initiative – Home & Healthy for Good.
MHSA mobilizes our member agencies and supporters to advocate with Members of Congress for increased federal funding for the housing-focused initiatives that are working on the ground here in Massachusetts.
Work with National Partners
MHSA works with jurisdictions across the United States to promote the replication of initiatives integrating health care and housing, reducing the public's reliance on costly emergency resources. MHSA has played a critical role in the growing utilization of Medicaid as a way of providing support services for formerly homeless individuals.
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None of these partnerships would be possible without the support of the partners who share our dedication to ending homelessness:
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Seriously, what's he doing?
Seattle Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman won the vote to be on the box art of Madden 15. What exactly he's doing on the cover, well, that's anybody's guess.
Does he want a high-five? (If so, gotta go higher, Richard.) Is he telling everyone to "Stop, collaborate and listen?" (No, because I took the time to watch the video, and Vanilla Ice doesn't put his hand out.) Ever the controversial fashionista, he probably just wants to show us his nifty glove.
Yeah, that's gotta be it.
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Is The IPL Fever Making You Fat?
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Cricket, to most Indians is not just a game of fun and celebrations, but a play of emotions that keep us so addicted to the IPL season! It's a real fever that most of us go through. The match keeps us awake all night and don't we all need some food for accompaniment? What is it that most of us end up eating? Some chips, some biscuits, bananas or may be some unhealthy snacks soaked in oil?
The match starts at 8 pm, when some of us sit down for dinner. After about 2 hours is when you start getting hungry, and so, you look in the kitchen and end up eating some unhealthy food that is easy to get your hands on. If you are trying hard to lose weight, you may be in trouble every time you put that piece of chips in your mouth. Here are some options for you to make your late night snacks as healthy as possible.
1. Hold on to a cup of green tea without sugar. Keep sipping on it through the match. You could couple it with a wheat cracker or two.
2. Bite on some carrots or if you can, make yourself a salad
3. Stock up some pop corn
4. Some boiled corn with pepper and salt can be a perfect way to watch your match
5. Bite on a fruit, or get a bowl of grapes
6. Pomegranates are another good choice of fruits
For the ones heading to the stadium, have your dinner and then leave. You can opt for popcorn and bottled water. After all, it's a match for 3 hours that is going to keep your excitement going, so just watch what you eat during this time!


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In a rollercoaster month that's seen John Lewis and Waitrose unveil a major rebrand and then announce a 99 percent profit dive, plans are now afoot to combine their loyalty schemes. If the brands can think mobile-first and harness the right data insight, there's a massive opportunity to boost both customer experience and sales, says Yoyo CEO Michael Rolph.
It was announced last week that John Lewis and Waitrose have plans to combine their loyalty schemes, as the sister companies look to bring both brands closer together.
According to Charlie Mayfield, chairman of parent company John Lewis Partnership (JLP), an initial 600,000 customers will receive a combined loyalty card that will work across both brands. If the new loyalty offering proves a success, the card will then be rolled out to their wider customer bases.
This announcement comes during a bit of a rollercoaster month for JLP. The beginning of September saw a major rebrand announced for both Waitrose and John Lewis – the first in 18 years – with the words "and partners" added to both names to empathise the brands being brought closer together.
But this was quickly followed by the news that JLP profits for the six months to 28 July fell by a humongous 99% to £1.2 million compared to last year, with the John Lewis side of the business taking much of the hit, and blame placed squarely on "a challenging time" in the retail market.
These starkly contrasting events give validation to JLP's plans to focus more on customer experience and combine both John Lewis' and Waitrose's loyalty offerings:
One – if the brands are serious about promoting their partnership, it's a no brainer that customers should see their loyalty benefits seamlessly integrated.
And two – in this "challenging time" that is the retail market, it opens up an opportunity to delve into the behaviours of these two distinct customer bases, identify invaluable data trends and develop hyper-personalised experiences and retention strategies that could measurably help boost footfall and sales across both brands.
Earlier this month, Charlie Mayfield told Marketing Week:
"Department stores that innovate, change their proposition, move with the times, offer people what they want, will thrive. We are determined to be in that camp."
Combining both loyalty schemes, is one part of Mayfield's plan to place John Lewis firmly in this "camp".
It could potentially deliver:
This should be a no brainer for John Lewis and Waitrose if the aim of their new combined loyalty strategy is to bring the brands closer together and redefine their customer experience.
At the moment, John Lewis' current loyalty scheme members can only choose to receive rewards and vouchers, as well as create and share "wish lists" by tying a plastic loyalty card to the John Lewis app. But if the plastic card is still the dominant method of loyalty delivery – they are not redefining anything.
A full end-to-end digital offering would introduce a combined and seamless payments and loyalty strategy for Waitrose and John Lewis, bringing both the brands and the customer experience even closer together.
What's more, in a time when the high street is desperately trying to compete with the ease and speed of online shopping, a mobile-led experience is the only way to deliver other simple but convenient loyalty perks like order-ahead and queue-jumping functionality. It's also by far the best tool to meaningfully engage with customers.
More importantly, there is also a huge customer data insight opportunity here for JLP – and it's something that both Waitrose and John Lewis have been doing online since 2013.
By pooling each other's data into targeted CRM technology, one brand has been able to target customers based on how they interacted with the other. For instance, a customer who buys a fridge from John Lewis online is now likely to find themselves seeing ads about food from Waitrose.
Now think of the awesome marketing potential if Waitrose and John Lewis analysed and segmented the data from their massive in-store customer bases – creating customer preference-based campaigns from spending behaviour born out of the newly-combined loyalty programme.
The opportunities around personalised loyalty expereinces, hyper-targeted campaigns, data-led incentivisation, and intelligent acquisition strategies are endless. Based on individual purchasing preferences, a customer could be incentivised enough to step out of a Waitrose shop and straight into a John Lewis store (or visa versa).
And with two such high-value brands, large, affluent user bases, and granular data, JLP could create the perfect foundation for valuable third party partnerships – think airline tie-ins, health insurers and more.
John Lewis Partnership's decision to connect the loyalty experience up for their customers could be seen as a move in the right direction as it looks to drive more footfall and sales.
But in retail today, digital, data and personalised experiences need to be at the top of the priority list (Amazon is winning precisely because of this). Unless you utilise these three areas you are fundamentally NOT redefining the customer experience.
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Magnet schools in Pittsburgh losing racial balance
While magnet schools in Pittsburgh Public Schools historically ensured racial balance, city magnet schools now operate as schools of choice without any guarantees or deliberate measures racially balancing them.
Some magnets have become less racially balanced than they were two decades ago. Some essentially are feeder schools where as many as 95 percent of students are black.
Most of the city's magnet programs started in the late 1970s and 1980s as a way to desegregate schools by offering attractive, specialized programs and allotting spaces by race.
Beginning in 2010-11, the district discontinued considering race in magnet admissions as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on race-based admissions in Seattle and Jefferson, Ky., in 2007.
In addition, population has dropped, and school closings - many in 2006 and later - have led to reassignments, including assigning students in feeder patterns based on street address to schools that had admitted students only through the magnet process."Without diversity goals, without oversight with the goals and then without funding to help boost the magnetism of the thematic offering, it can be hard to maintain that desegregation," said Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, assistant professor of educational leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University and a research associate at the UCLA Civil Rights Project.
City school board President Sharene Shealey said the figures point to the importance of the district's equity plan set in motion last fall.
"I think it moves us to a place where we get high-quality education in all of our schools versus in pockets of schools.
"Hopefully, that would affect the way parents choose so that we have a better distribution."
The district offers 28 magnet programs, some schoolwide and some partial programs in a school.
Open via lottery to students from throughout the city, magnets offer themed studies, including the arts, classical studies, college prep, international studies, computer science, JROTC, science and technology, teaching and traditional studies.
Pittsburgh's magnet system was developed as part of a desegregation case that led to a consent decree with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. The district was one of 26 school districts statewide that the commission ordered to desegregate in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
While the commission initially monitored Pittsburgh's progress, the Legislature in 1996 limited the commission's authority over school districts.
When much of the district's desegregation plan went into effect in the early 1980s, enrollment was divided into two categories: black and other.
In 1979, the year before much of the desegregation plan started, 48 percent of city district students were black. Whites and other races were combined to form "other."
Today, the district is 55 percent black, 33 percent white and 12 percent other races.
Until 2010-11, admission to most magnets was by race -- divided into black and other. In the early years, parents waited in line at their school of choice, but in more recent years, for schools where there are too many applicants, a lottery has been done by computer.
The current lottery does not consider race but gives extra weight for various factors, such as eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch and living within the geographic region where the school is located. Siblings have preference.
School board member Jean Fink, who first joined the board in 1976, said, the city has "changed a lot over the years," including closings of both district and parochial schools and opening of charter schools.
Two decades ago, Pittsburgh had 78 schools, not counting special schools. Today, also not counting special and online schools, there are 50 brick-and-mortar schools.
"A lot of people still want their kids in their own neighborhood," Fink said. "It doesn't matter what color they are, they prefer to have their kids close to home."
Shealey said she would like to see, particularly in the magnet high schools, a diversity in ZIP codes.
However, the neighborhood preference, driven at least in part by busing costs, weights the lotteries toward students who live nearby.
The lottery for Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy 6-12, known as Sci-Tech, in Oakland, also gives extra weight to students who were proficient on the state math test, had at least 90 percent attendance and other factors.
Some programs have other requirements, such as a grade point average of at least 2.5 for students in grades nine-12 applying to pre-engineering at Allderdice in Squirrel Hill, computer science at Brashear in Beechview, Sci-Tech in Oakland and Obama 6-12 in East Liberty, which offers international studies and the International Baccalaureate diploma program.
Admission to CAPA 6-12, Downtown, which offers a creative and performing arts program, is by audition, letter of recommendation and a student essay.
For many years, magnet schools had a goal of 50 percent black and 50 percent other, but a range of 40 percent to 60 percent black was considered acceptable if there weren't enough applicants of one race or another.
Enrollment in the current versions of some long-standing magnet programs now falls outside that range.
That includes Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12, which is 31 percent black and Pittsburgh Obama 6-12 in East Liberty, which is 70 percent black and offers international studies and the International Baccalaureate program, which can lead to college credits.
While CAPA 6-12 today is 31 percent black, CAPA 6-8, which used to be in the Rogers building in Garfield, was 42 percent black in 1993-94. CAPA 9-12, which used to be in the Baxter building in Homewood, was 56 percent black that year.
Shealey, who herself attended Rogers, said, "It is very concerning to me we put so much money into CAPA, and it doesn't reflect the composition of the district."
Obama, which moved to the former Peabody building last fall, is less racially balanced at 70 percent black than its predecessor schools in Oakland were.
Obama comprises middle school grades that used to be housed in the Frick building, which was 49 percent black in 1993-94 and in high school grades that used to be in the Schenley building, which was 57 percent black in 1993-94.
Of Obama's current racial makeup, Fink said, "I think it's an instance where people want to be in their area, and the area that it's in is more African-American than it is white."
Some schools are called magnet schools but also serve as assigned feeder schools for at least some of their students.
That list includes Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12, also known as University Prep, in the Hill District; Perry High School on the North Side; and Sterrett 6-8 in Point Breeze.
Allegheny 6-8 and Schiller 6-8, both on the North Side, this school year accepted some feeder students from the now-closed Northview PreK-8, but that pattern will change as Pittsburgh Morrow PreK-6, also on the North Side, expands into grades seven and eight.
Students take the same program whether they entered via the magnet lottery or were assigned because of where they live.
The district website lists one of the newer magnets, U Prep, which was phased in beginning in 2008, as having an "outstanding academic magnet program."
However, no students were admitted to U Prep via the magnet process in fall 2012; incoming students came from the feeder pattern.
U Prep - which counted 584 students in the fall and is 95 percent black - had been accepting about 25 students per grade level through the magnet.
But in fall 2012, there wasn't room to admit any magnet applicants. The year before, U Prep was offered as an alternative to students who did not want to go to the single-gender program that was tried and dropped at the new Westinghouse 6-12 in fall 2011.
Pittsburgh Perry High School on the North Side, long a traditional academy magnet, also has become essentially a feeder school. The district website calls it "a partial magnet school that focuses on developing the whole adolescent."
However, with reassignments from the closing of Pittsburgh Oliver High School, also on the North Side, at the end of last school year, nearly all of the new students this school year were there because they live on the North Side.
This school year, only 10 were admitted through the traditional academy magnet and seven through JROTC, a magnet program which used to be at Oliver.
Perry has 951 students and is 74 percent black, compared to 51 percent black in 1993-94. The percentage of black students had been growing even before the Oliver students were assigned there. It was 63 percent black in 2008-09.
With Perry largely a feeder school, Fink said she thinks that "kinda put the nail in the coffin of the traditional academies" because the elementary and middle school programs no longer have a clear path to high school.
"They may just evolve into a neighborhood school, which is probably pretty much what they are anyway by now," she said.
Sterrett, a long-standing classical academy magnet school, for many years accepted students only through the magnet program.
However, since 2006, students in the feeder pattern for Minadeo PreK-5 in Squirrel Hill automatically are accepted to Sterrett, which historically was a popular choice for Minadeo families. The change was part of the district's "right-sizing" school closing and realignment plan.
More than a fourth of Sterrett's 393 students come from Minadeo, 15 of whom signed up through the magnet, which enables them to stay at the school even if the family moves or the Minadeo feeder pattern changes.
Sterrett this year is 73 percent black, compared with 49 percent black in 1993-94 or 54 percent black as recently as 2008-09.
Fink said she thinks - given the introduction and impact on the curriculum of the Common Core State Standards - the concept of a classical academy has "pretty much gone by the board. I don't see much difference personally between that and a regular middle school program."
One contributing reason for the change in racial makeup at Sterrett may be the opening of a new magnet school, Sci-Tech, in the former Frick building in Oakland.
The new school was phased in beginning in fall 2009, has attracted a student body of 521 and is 47 percent black this school year.
Twenty-six non-black Minadeo students - plus nine black students - who would have been assigned automatically to Sterrett this school year are enrolled in Sci-Tech.
Alan Lesgold, dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, said one reason Sci-Tech draws a diverse group of students is many parents want their children to be prepared for a high-tech world, making its mission compelling.
"It's an easy sell," he said. "I don't think the average person in the city of Pittsburgh knows IB. That makes Obama a harder sell."
If parents don't know why a school matches their vision for their child, he said, "You pick by neighborhood."
Some long-standing magnet schools remain relatively racially balanced, including Pittsburgh Carmalt PreK-8 in Overbrook, 47 percent black; Montessori PreK-8 in Friendship, 46 percent black; and Pittsburgh Classical Academy in Crafton Heights, 45 percent.
Others are close, such as Linden K-5, in Point Breeze, 62 percent black; and Dilworth PreK-5, on the East Liberty-Highland Park line, 61 percent black.
When the state Human Relations Commission monitored Pittsburgh, it used a formula for K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 schools to determine whether a school was racially compliant.
Now that Pittsburgh has K-5, K-8, 6-8, 6-12 and 9-12 schools, it is difficult to reproduce the formula.
Overall, however, the percentage of black students in Pittsburgh has grown by 7 percentage points since 1979, so the acceptable range likely would have changed as well.
When most of the magnet programs started, charter schools - another public school choice - didn't exist. The first charter schools in the city opened in 1998.
Charters, which do not admit based on race, are public schools operated by their own boards and, by law, use sibling preference and a lottery for admission. Parents do not pay tuition, but the home district pays a fee set by the state.
Magnet schools still are the more popular option in Pittsburgh, with 21 percent of students living in Pittsburgh choosing magnet schools compared to 10 percent in charter schools, according to district figures.
Most students who reside in the city - 70 percent - attend district schools.
Of students enrolled in the district's schools, 30 percent chose magnets, not counting those assigned there by feeder pattern, according to district data.
Black students choosing a school other than the assigned one are more likely than white students to select a magnet school.
Of black Pittsburgh residents attending a school other than their assigned school, 46 percent choose a district magnet while only 25 percent of white students making a choice select magnet schools, according to district figures.
Charter schools are a choice for 20 percent of black students and 15 percent of white students going to a school other than the assigned choice.
The top choice for white students other than the assigned school is private and parochial schools, accounting for 52 percent of those making a choice, compared to 13 percent of black students making a choice.
Shealey said, "It's an interesting commentary on our city that nonblack people choose -- as their first choice that is not a feeder school -- is to go outside of the district. So it seems like self-selected segregation."
Lesgold that when "an awful lot of the wealthy kids aren't living in the city or are attending private schools, you no longer have a wide enough population to homogenize in the first place."
Still, magnets remain an expanding choice nationwide.
Scott Thomas, executive director of Magnet Schools of America, said there are about 4,000 magnet schools nationwide, with about 150 to 200 new magnet schools opening a year.
"Districts are trying to meet the demand from their communities. They're also recognizing that magnet schools play an important role in the portfolio of choice," he said.


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What to wear for your family portraits – RI Family Portrait Photography
People are always asking me what they should wear for their family portraits. I usually go on about color pallettes and matching without looking too matchy. I have an easier time with images than words (duh). So, I've decided to put together some what to wear inspiration for everyone. This will also make life easier for me. Now when someone asks what do I wear I will be prepared with photos to go along with my ramblings. Enjoy!


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Friday, 2 April 2010
May 29th 5047 BC - 14:23
Crisis! Shem just noticed we made a mistake with the elephants. Instead of bringing two Africans and two Indians, we brought four Africans! What are we going to do? It's too late to go back now!! Ham suggested we pick the smaller pair - the ones with the small ears - and pretend they're the Indian ones, but I'm not convinced. Indian elephants are very big, brown, covered in long, thick hair, and with very long tusks. Then again, who is there to argue?! Ham and I don't always see eye-to-eye, but I may have to go with him on this one. I'll just have to make a note somewhere that the brown, long-haired elephants were extinct long before I was born. I'm not exactly sure who the note is intended for... maybe my descendants thousands of years from now...
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Walking around last week's Grow Conference at the Discovery Cube in Santa Ana, I was stunned to see that the future of my boyhood home doesn't apparently include people like me.
It seems like we've been having the same debate here in Santa Ana for what seems to be decades on how to spur economic development that attempts to hide the Latino face of the city.
I first encountered it, I still remember the very day, on August 3, 1958 upon arriving home from military service. One of my boyhood friends, an Anglo named Donald Dunn, told me about a rental opportunity around Highland Street – now where the Boys and Girls Club is in that area. He inquired for me and told the owners I was Latino, and then had the tough job of calling me and letting me know that I wasn't welcome in my own hometown, even after serving my country as a military veteran.
Flash forward 57 years later and that same feeling comes back as I walk around the event at the Discovery Cube.
When I look at the faces of the event, picturing what downtown Santa Ana will soon look like, there are few Latinos, other than meal servers and parking attendants.
That makes me angry. Even worse, as a Latino and someone with roots here going back to 1912, it makes me sad.
But it doesn't have to be this way.
Economic development should be more inclusive.
Small business and property owners across Santa Ana should be included in this city's future in a role other than food server.
That's a concept that our all-Latino city council and property owners seem to not share. They seem to even fight it.
Yet they don't have to.
Consider the current debate over what to name our city's main business thoroughfare.
Given that some Anglos were offended that it might simply be called by it's historic name, Calle Cuatro, we opted for a more inclusionary approach advocating for signs that would read: Calle Cuatro/Fourth Street.
Even though I have yet to see those signs, it's a signal that we can all be part of downtown's future.
Yet watching the photos from this week's event, it makes me wonder if at some point, even the name Santa Ana will disappear from this city.
I sure hope our city council and civic leaders prove me wrong.
Sam Romero is retired Santa Ana business owner and former Marine who was based at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. The Romero family has been in Santa Ana since 1912. His parents married in 1920 and had four children, two boys and two girls. Besides shining shoes and selling newspapers as a boy in the 1940s on Fourth Street in front of what is now the Taqueria Guadalajara. In High School, he worked at Neal's Sporting Goods on the 200 block of East Fourth Street. Later in life, he, his wife and daughter opened a Catholic gift shop, first on Main Street, and then relocated it to the 300 block of East Fourth St, operating it for more than 30 years. Sam has been active in numerous business associations focusing on downtown Santa Ana since the 1980s.


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Company recruits individuals for trade and hospitality jobs in western Canada.
Edmonton, Alberta (November 4, 2013) — Actyl, a leading Canadian workforce solutions firm, will make a special recruiting trip to Zagreb, Croatia to interview candidates to fill more than 400 jobs in the hospitality industry throughout Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
The trip, which will take place in mid-November, aims to bring temporary foreign workers (TFOs) into Canada to fill the labor gap that currently exists, particularly in the western part of the country.
"We are very pleased to embark on this trip to Croatia and meet with hard-working and talented candidates who are interested in both a job and a new adventure," said Dr. Linda West, president of Actyl. "While most of the world has experienced slow economic growth over the past several years, western Canada has been booming thanks largely to oil and gas exploration. As a result, there is a labor shortage in a number of industries, including hospitality. We aim to help fill the gap by finding exceptional temporary foreign workers from Zagreb this month."
Actyl works with more than 75 employers in Canada and seeks candidates who have experience working in restaurants and the trades. The firm has years of experience finding and recruiting TFOs, which are critical for businesses that need to fill workforce gaps. Individuals who accept jobs in Canada find them to be highly fulfilling, while the chance to travel and live abroad can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia are somewhat unique in today's global marketplace, as they represent some of the few places where rapid job growth is evident. Paired with the growing economy is the fact that the region has an aging population, leaving more jobs open than can be filled by its current labor force.
"In many ways, western Canada is still an open frontier, with a wide range of possibilities for entrepreneurial and industrious individuals," said West. "In many cases, these jobs lead to other great opportunities, so this is a chance you won't want to pass up. We are looking forward to visiting Croatia and meeting potential candidates from many different backgrounds."
Actyl officials will be available at the Four Points by Sheraton Panorama Zagreb from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. November 13-18, and will offer free information sessions and interviews. To learn more about this opportunity and to apply for open positions, visit http://www.actyl.com/jobs.
Please direct inquiries to: Dr. Linda West, (306) 569-7948.


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HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. — April the giraffe continues to progress toward giving birth to a fourth calf, park officials said Thursday.
The live stream from Animal Adventure Park has been going for more than two weeks with April not close to giving birth to the calf.
"We start the day without a new calf on the ground," officials said on Facebook. "All in due time and without a rush. She continues to be in great physical and mental condition."
Saturday and Sunday, April and Oliver hunkered down against the bitter temperatures.
Animal Adventure Park posted this update to Facebook Sunday:
"April and Oliver remain inside during our horrendous cold spell.
April continues to be in great condition. Today, we have posted the shot from underneath, to show you our keeper's perspective. Wax caps are present and udder appears to possibly have more content – another few days of comparative photo will confirm changes.
Giraffes do not "bag out" like cows, goats, pigs, or other animals in lactation. It is a very subtle fill and development."
This update is from Saturday:
"Brrrrrrrrrr! Single digits have settled in our area, but the giraffe barn remains a warm retreat for the giraffes and our keepers!
To combat the extended stay indoors, enrichment does increase for our animals – and this week we will begin to move some of that enrichment into view of the web cam so you can see just how much (or little) interest our giraffes have in their toys!
April continues to do great, Keepers noted no significant changes this morning in physical appearance. We are watching the udder closely, as we wait for milk to fill the area. When our keepers bend down to look underneath, they snap a photo for development comparison."
An exact date and time of when April will be giving birth is still not known.
This will be April's fourth calf and the first for the father, Oliver. The calf will weigh around 150 pounds and be approximately 6 feet tall at birth.
Animal Adventure Park began streaming on Feb. 23 on YouTube showing April preparing to give birth.
The video was initially removed after animal rights activists flagged the videos as "sexually explicit" before being restored.
Nearly 100,000 people were following the YouTube channel on Tuesday morning.
The zoo has also launched a GoFundMe campaign to offset the annual care of the giraffes and has also established a website for April.


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Atalanta Stakes Preview – Saturday 2nd September
Last updated: August 31, 2017 by Leon Marshal
The richest race on the card at Sandown on Saturday is the £65,000 Group 3 Atalanta Stakes over a mile. The race is restricted to fillies and mares aged three years and upwards.
Sir Michael Stoute has a good record in the race with six winners, including Dank in 2012. She went on to win the Grade 1 Beverly D Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. The following season, Stoute's Integral dead-heated with Richard Fahey's Lady's First in a thrilling finish. Other high class winners of the Atalanta Stakes include One So Wonderful (1997), Musicanna (2005) and Fintry (2014). Last year's race was won by John Gosden's Persuasive who defeated Blond Me and Lucy The Painter.
Intimation bids to give Stoute seventh victory
Sir Michael Stoute's representative this year is Intimation, a five-year-old daughter of Dubawi out of a Pivotal mare. She was placed in a Group 3 last season before winning a Listed race at Naas in heavy ground in October.
Intimation returned to action at Goodwood in May where she chased home Laugh Aloud. Her next outing was not until last weekend's Group 3 Snow Fairy Stakes at the Curragh. She met trouble in running before finishing strongly behind Rain Goddess. She will be difficult to beat if she turns out again quickly.
John Gosden bids to win the race for the second successive season with Nathra. The Iffraaj filly did not quite live up to expectations last season, despite finishing second in the French Guineas. She looked in need of the run when sixth to On Her Toes at Ascot in July before finishing third to Massaat at Newbury. She took a long time to hit top gear over seven furlongs and now goes back up to a mile.
Aljazzi the market leader at Sandown
Aljazzi has solid claims if able to reproduce her excellent run at Royal Ascot. Marco Botti's four-year-old started at 40-1 but was beaten only three-quarters of a length by Qemah. That was in the Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes on fast ground. William Haggas saddles On Her Toes, the winner of a Listed race at Ascot in July. She holds Nathra on that evidence and has been placed in Group 3 company in the past. Joe Fanning rode her prominently from a wide draw that day and she is likely to be up with the pace again on Saturday.
Lincoln Rocks won a very competitive York handicap last week under 9st 10lbs. David O'Meara's four-year-old had previously been beaten by the impressive Sea Of Grace at Haydock. The Rock Of Gibraltar filly does not know how to run a bad race and has not been out of the first two in her last five outings.
Tisbutadream is a three-year-old filly by Dream Ahead trained by David Elsworth. She has won five of her thirteen races, most recently beating Queen Of Time in a listed race over course and distance in July. Tisbutadream was only three-quarters of a length behind On Her Toes at Ascot before losing out by a short-neck in a Group 3 at Deauville.
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Gorgeous curves of the Starrett-Lehigh building:
On July 15, 2008 the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the
West Chelsea Historic District, comprised of all or parts of seven (7)
different city blocks situated between the Hudson River & Tenth Avenue
and West 24th Street & West 28th Street.
From the High Line Blog / Friends of the High Line (pre-designation):
Warehoused! New Historic District to Hug the High Line
The handsomest factories and warehouses around the High Line got a kiss from
the city on March 18, when the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
calendered a proposal for a new industrial historic district in West Chelsea ...
Read the LPCs statement about the district after the jump.
Heres a map of the district:
There are many people and groups whove helped make this happen, most notably New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who provided crucial leadership on this initiative, as she has done on so many other important projects in our neighborhood (including the High Line!). State Senator Tom Duane also championed the effort, as did the Society of the Architecture of the City.
That said, the historic district was originally the brainchild of a longtime Chelsea resident and Community Board 4 member, Ed Kirkland. Ed has been pushing for this historic district for years its one of many ways this dedicated preservationist and tireless community activist has worked to ensure that the most valuable historic resources of our community are maintained.
Were excited about this district, because it joins the High Lines preservation in demonstrating the importance of preserving industrial architecture and infrastructure. Some of the buildings in the district are among our favorites in the High Line neighborhood, including the Starrett-Lehigh Building, the New York Terminal Warehouse Companys Central Stores, and many others.
Photo courtesy NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The Otis Elevator Building, built in 1911-1912, is one of the buildings
in the proposed West Chelsea Historic District.
Other buildings in the proposed district include: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Freight Warehouse;
the RC Williams Warehouse; the Cornell Iron Works, and the Reynolds Metal Company.
Statement about the West Chelsea Historic District by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission:
The proposed West Chelsea Historic District is significant as one of the few remaining industrial areas associated with Manhattans once-thriving port and waterfront. The three large properties between 11th and 12th Avenues are directly tied to waterfront business, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Freight Warehouse, the Starrett-Lehigh Building, and the New York Terminal Warehouse Companys Central Stores.***
The long blocks of West 26th and West 27th Streets between 11th and 12th Avenues form one of the citys most impressive industrial streetscapes. The remaining structures centered around the presence of rail facilities. The R. C. Williams building, for example retains a second-floor loading dock opening directly onto the High Line. Several buildings were constructed for companies that had a notable impact on the citys development: the Otis Elevator Company, the Cornell Iron Works and the Reynolds Metal Company. Ranging in date from 1885 to 1930, most of the structures are brick-faced with stone trim and intended for manufacturing or storage.
Styles include classical revival, Beaux Arts, Moderne and modern. Many of the buildings are designed by significant architects including Cass Gilbert, Clinton & Russell, Cory & Cory, Schickel & Ditmars, and the noted industrial architect, William Higginson.
A number of these buildings have been flagged in environmental reviews by LPC staff as appearing to be eligible for individual Landmark designation, these include: the New York Terminal Warehouse Companys Central Stores, the Cornell Iron Works building, the Reynolds Metal Company buildings, the Williams Building and the Otis Elevator building.
Landmarks Commission Designates
West Chelsea Section of Manhattan as
New York City's 92nd Historic District
Cornell Iron Works
LPC website
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved
the designation of the West Chelsea Historic District, a collection of 30 architecturally
distinctive buildings that recall New York Citys standing as the leading manufacturing
center in the United States during the last half of the 19th century.
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From the LPC Press Release:
Comprising 30 Buildings, District Recognized for Its Distinctive Architecture and Role
as a Major Center of Manufacturing, Warehousing and Freight Handling
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission today unanimously
approved the designation of the West Chelsea Historic District, a collection of 30
architecturally distinctive buildings that recall New York Citys standing as the
leading manufacturing center in the United States during the last half of the 19th
century. The creation of the district, which roughly stretches from West 28th to
West 25th streets between Tenth Avenue and the Joe DiMaggio Highway (Twelfth
Avenue), affirms the Commissions continued commitment to preserving significant
reminders of the Citys industrial heritage in all five boroughs.
The buildings in this neighborhood convey a strong sense of place that clearly
set West Chelsea apart from Midtown to the north and Greenwich Village to the
south, and is now one of five districts weve formed in the last five years that are
tied to the Citys industrial heritage, said Commission Chairman Robert B.
Tierney. West Chelseas streetscapes owe their cohesiveness and special
character to the fact that the majority of the districts buildings, which are 75
years old or more, are still remarkably intact.
Several of the nations most prestigious manufacturers had a presence in Westcentury, including the famed Otis Elevator Company (260 Eleventh Ave), the
Chelsea at the end of the 19th century and during the first decades of the 20th
John Williams Ornamental Brass and Iron Works (549 W. 26th St. and
536 and 544 W. 27th St.), a manufacturer of fine arts castings such as Columbia
Universitys Alma Mater, and the bronze doors for the Boston Public Library --
both of which designed by renowned sculptor Daniel Chester French -- and the
Reynolds Metal Company (521-537 W. 25th St.), a maker of tin foil wrappers
and bottle caps that was founded by the nephew of tobacco maker R.J. Reynolds.
Constructed from 1885 to 1930, the buildings in the district followed the popular
industrial design trends in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The buildings that were erected at the turn of the century feature red-brick facades,
and a number of them were constructed in American Round Arch style, an interpretation
of the Rundbogenstil, a German style of architecture thats characterized by arches,
elaborate brickwork and pilasters. Examples of this style are the Reynolds Metal
building and Cornell Iron Works.
Later buildings, such as grocery wholesaler R.C. Williams Companys
Cass Gilbert-designed warehouse at 259 Tenth Avenue were generally made
of reinforced concrete, reflecting a major change in the kind of materials used
in the construction of factories.
Because of its proximity to the Hudson River ports and railroads, West Chelsea
also became the home of several important warehousing and freight handling businesses.
The Terminal Warehouse Company opened its massive Central Stores complex
at 261 Eleventh Ave. in 1891, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad completed a
terminal warehouse at 239 Eleventh Ave. in 1913 and the Lehigh Valley Railroad
constructed its own warehouse and freight terminal in 1931. Occupying an entire
block and completed in 1928, the Starrett-Lehigh Building, at 601 W. 26th St.,
was one of the earliest examples of modern architecture in New York City and
received individual landmark status from the Commission in 1986. During the
second half of the 20th century, the number of manufacturing, freight handling and
warehousing businesses started to decline.
Photographs (available for viewing: pdf file) and descriptions of some of the
buildings in the district:
Central Stores Building, 601 W. 27th St.
The Terminal Warehouse Company erected its Central Stores warehouse
complex so that trains could travel down the middle of Eleventh Avenue
from the New York Centrals yards on West 30th and enter the warehouse
complex through the massive round arch in the buildings eastern facade.
The seven and nine-story building, designed by George B. Mallory and Otto Beck,
was completed in 1891 and occupies the entire block bounded by West 27th and
28th Street and by Eleventh and Twelfth avenues.
Otis Elevator Building, 260 Eleventh Ave.
Constructed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and designed by the noted
architectural firm of Clinton & Russell, the seven-story building originally housed
the famed elevator manufacturers corporate headquarters as well as a repair and
manufacturing facility. The building, completed in 1912, was inaugurated the same
year Otis was commissioned to build elevators for the Woolworth Building.
During the time it maintained its headquarters here, Otis provided elevators to the
Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center
and the Sears Tower in Chicago.
R.C. Willams and Company Building, 259 Tenth Ave.
Cass Gilbert, the architect responsible for the Woolworth Building and the U.S. Customs House,
designed this 10-story warehouse building for R.C. Williams, a wholesale grocery company.
The modern, reinforced concrete structure was completed in 1928. Part of the reason
why the company selected the site was the proposed removal of the New York
Central Railroads at-grade tracks along Tenth Avenue, and their replacement with
an elevated and electrified freight line that would run immediately adjacent to the site.
R.C. Williams consigned the very first carload of freight to use the High Line
on Aug. 1, 1933.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission is responsible for protecting and preserving
New York Citys architecturally, historically and culturally significant buildings and sites.
Since its creation in 1965, LPC has granted landmark status to more than 25,000 buildings,
including 1,200 individual landmarks, 110 interior landmarks, 10 scenic landmarks and
92 historic districts in all five boroughs.


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CONIFER — The Journey Community Church in Conifer has big plans, which include its possible inclusion in Guinness World Records for the world's largest lawn chair.
Constructed in July, the more than 30-foot-tall Adirondack chair is hard to miss for travelers along Highway 73, east of Conifer High School.
According to Cortland Coffey, youth pastor, the project was conceived by the youth group during a summer class on entrepreneurial endeavors for teens and college students.
"And it was done to have fun," said Coffey.
Not everyone in the community is thrilled about it. Some have complained.
Senior Pastor Michael Cheshire acknowledges that, but, he said, "This represents more than just the chair. It's about team building and it was a fundraiser so we can build a sledding hill."
Cheshire said after a load of lumber was donated to the church, a team member suggested the Guinness contest. Sponsors were identified, a team of engineers worked on the design, the county OK'd the project as furniture and the project raised money.
"We do like to stir things up," Cheshire admitted.
The project is just one of many that involves families and youth in the area.
Since the church began five years ago, some of its members, who number 700 to 800 (1,300 showed up for Easter services), are active in several businesses the church operates at its Conifer headquarters.
Coffey said the church recently began a U-Haul service. Other businesses include a driving school, publishing company, banner printing facility, screen printing and the Angry Llama diner, 11825 U.S. 285, where patrons will find church members waiting tables and cooking meals, some of which are regularly offered to those in need for free.
Cheshire said the church also plans to build a recreation center on the 50-acre parcel the church owns adjacent to Conifer High School, 10101 Highway 73, so kids will have a place to play basketball, bowl and enjoy other amenities a rec center would offer.
"The idea is to have a place where everyone can go," he said.
Even though residents have struck down several attempts at a special district to establish a rec center, Cheshire said he thinks using a church facility for the purpose is logical.
"We aren't here to build a Walmart in the meadow. Church buildings are usually vacant six-and-a-half days a week. We would use the gym as the church," Cheshire said.
Cheshire said the chair will soon get a paint job, but conceded people will still complain.
"The chair color will be changed for causes. In October we are going to paint it pink in honor of breast cancer month," Cheshire said.
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Chest pains more often than not indicate heart issues but sometimes the two may not be related. If you're experiencing chest pains and losing weight simultaneously, get yourself checked ASAP.
If you have been experiencing chest pains for a while now, weight loss could be the reason behind it. Chest pains usually imply cardiac concerns, but these concerns may not be related to the heart at all times. The medical condition could either be moderate or severe. Symptoms of chest pain may be persistent or vary in intensity.
Chest Pain and Weight Loss
A loss of appetite or avoiding foods can lead to a relapse of chest pain and this often leads you to distress. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the causes of weight loss, which starts as a burning sensation in the chest.
Stomach ulcers and gastritis may also make you lose weight. It has symptoms similar to that of heart failure with chest pains several times in a day. The reason for this, however, is the decreased amount of calories consumed and not a cardiac concern.
Psychological problems, such as anxiety disorder and stress that have been making you lose weight could be possible reasons for chest pain.
Can Weight Loss Cause Chest Pain?
Get Your Chest Pain Examined
If you're losing weight and simultaneously experiencing chest pains more than often, you must visit a doctor to get it evaluated. Individuals with a family history of heart problems, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity must visit a doctor immediately to find out the underlying reason for chest pain.
A doctor must be consulted when your diet schedule is interrupted suddenly or you witness unintended weight loss along with chest pains. The doctor will suggest a requisite treatment after finding the cause of chest pain.
Maintaining a healthy body weight, ensuring streamlined blood circulation and maintaining body's fluid levels are recommended by American Heart Association to ensure that chronic diseases remain at bay.
Losing excess weight is the way to get rid of chest discomfort caused by problems, such as GERD, stomach ulcers and gastritis. A healthy lifestyle is an ideal way to maintain a healthy weight and decrease the risk of chest pain.
The National Institutes of Health advise eating a low fat, low-cholesterol diet (full of fruits and vegetables) along with a moderated physical activity to ensure healthy body weight.
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NTDC Starts Biometric Registration of Hotel Workers
The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation in collaboration with a private security firm has officially commenced the registration of staff working in all hotels across Nigeria.
The commencement of registration, which is to ensure maximum security in hospitality outfits was revealed during the signing of agreement between NTDC and Orbit Technologies and Investment Limited in a ceremony held during the week at the Tourism Village, Abuja.
Speaking during the event, the Director-General of NTDC, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, stated that the official take off of the process signals a new dispensation in making sure that only genuine people work in hotels while ensuring the total security of tourists and visitors to the country.
Runsewe noted that it was imperative to integrate every staff working in the hospitality industry in a single database, which will be monitored by NTDC as a way of checking the movement of fraudulent people within the industry.
He emphasized the need to maintain a viable database to encourage foreign direct investment in the hospitality sector as this was in line with international standards.
On his part, Mr. Yakubu Ochefu, Chief Executive Director of Orbit Technologies, observed that the essence of the move is to track and trace staff moving about the hospitality industry in a bid to checkmate vices and criminal activities.
Ochefu lauded the initiative as a successful public private partnership driven by the NTDC boss in his efforts at repositioning tourism explaining that the pilot phase of the project will commence in Abuja with the hope of incorporating other parts of the country before the year runs out.
He also commended Runsewe for embracing technology in the pursuit of his mandate aimed at promoting and developing tourism in Nigeria.