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Is this site 19B? Derek had a rendering somewhere. A conservative but nice Stern building.
Excavation is well underway in this building (diagonally across the new Teardrop Park from The Solaire). Haven't found any renderings yet, but here's an awful photo taken on 3/16/04:
Is this site 19B? Derek had a rendering somewhere. A conservative but nice Stern building.
I went down there, and the guard told me that they are actually building 2 buildings. Lotta work going on.
Sites 32 and 33 along North End Ave. The buildings will be similar in massing to the completed 20 and 22 River Terrace.
Actually it's site 19B and 18B. There's a rendering on Ernest Burden III / O'Really inc's website. It's been there for years so the design could have changed. They are suppose to be 24 stories by the way.Originally Posted by ZippyTheChimp
Can anyone tell me the address of the buildings? Or direct me to where I can find that info.
That's a great rendering. Thank you. This whole section of BPC area will have the Robert Stern feel... he's among my favorite architects, so I, for one, am pleased.
Regarding the address: one block to the North is The Hallmark, a Brookdale Retirement Living and it's address is 455 North End Avenue. I imagine these new buildings will have North End Avenue addresses in that range... maybe 453? Map can be found here:
thanks for the map and info!
Anyone know anything about the building going up at site 2A (directly north of the Ritz Carlton)? I read last year that the Millennium Partners (same developers of the Ritz) are also going to be building a new residential building there, but haven't seen any news since.
It could be a 37 floor one, is it on Little West St?
Yes - that's the one.. but does anyone know any more details about it? When will groundbreaking start, designs of the building, estimated completion date, etc.?
Developer chosen for hot Battery Park site
by Christine Haughney
June 30, 2004
Following a hotly contested bid to develop the last available plot of downtown waterfront property, the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority chose a Long Island-based developer, an old-line real estate family's construction company and a former deputy mayor to build a 30-story condominium tower.
Battery Park City Authority officials chose the Sheldrake Organization, which is the state's largest owner and manager of privatized public housing, Plaza Construction Corp., which is owned by the Fisher family, and RW Consultants, a firm run by former deputy mayor Rudy Washington, to build a 537,400-square-foot residential building with more than 300 apartments. The building will be in the northern part of Battery Park City, between the Irish Hunger Memorial and the nearly completed Teardrop Park.
The winning bidder beat out more than 10 competitors to develop the site. These contenders included Brookfield Properties in partnership with the Clarett Group, the Durst Organization with the Albanese Development Corp., and Jonathan Rose Cos. with Avalon Bay Communities.
Copyright 2004, Crain Communications, Inc
Developer Chosen for Battery Park Site
July 1, 2004
The Sheldrake Organization, Plaza Construction Corporation and RW Consultants have been selected to erect a "green" residential tower on the last waterfront site in Battery Park City. The building will be approximately 30 stories tall and contain more than 300 residential units.
The new 537,400-square foot building, slated for Site 16/17, is located on the Hudson River, bordered on the north by Murray Street, the east by North End Avenue, the South by Vesey Street, and on the west by River Terrace.
"We received a record number of proposals from some of the nations most prominent developers," said Timothy S. Carey, President and CEO of the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority. "The wide appeal for this innovative project is further evidence of both the resilience of the New York real estate market, and the attractiveness of building in Battery Park City."
Site 16/17 will be the fifth site developed under the Authoritys "green" development guidelines, and with a 45,000 square foot footprint, it represents the largest remaining residential site in Battery Park City. The future residential tower will sit between the Irish Hunger Memorial and the nearly completed Teardrop Park.
Plaza Construction Corp. is owned by the Fisher family and RW Consultants is a firm run by former deputy mayor Rudy Washington. The Sheldrake Organization is based on Long Island and is New York State's biggest developer of privatized public housing.
Copyright 2003-2004 The Real Deal.
JV Plans $250M 'Green' Condo in Battery Park City
By Barbara Jarvie - Globest.com
Last updated: July 2, 2004 04:11pm
NEW YORK CITY-After intense competition, a development group comprised of the Sheldrake Organization, Plaza Construction Corp. and RW Consultants Inc. was selected to construct a 537,400-sf green residential tower on the last remaining waterfront site in Battery Park City. This marks the fifth site in the Lower Manhattan neighborhood developed under the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authoritys green development guidelines. The 30-story complex is expected to have more than 300 units and be privately financed to the tune of $250 million.
The not-yet-named building, which is scheduled for a spring 2005 groundbreaking and completion sometime the following year, is slated for Site 16/17--the largest remaining residential site in Battery Park City. It is located on the Hudson River, bordered on the north by Murray Street, the east by North End Avenue, the south by Vesey Street and on the west by River Terrace.
The building will feature oversized units, including many three- and four-bedroom apartments, upper-floor duplexes, nature-interior finishes and unique floor layouts. The building will also include a courtyard which will serve as a continuation of the nearly completed Teardrop Park. This is the first project of this kind for Sheldrake, what theyre calling a real breakout deal for them in the New York City market.
In regards to the "green" aspect, the developers goal is to achieve what is known as Gold Leed status. Just a few of the anticipated green amenities will be rain, black and gray water collection and treatment systems, enecrete heat source, rooftop and courtyard plantings, bamboo flooring in residential units and a possible rooftop turbine windmill.
According to Sheldrake, the apartment interiors will be finished by Ismael Leyva architects, which was recently involved in the design of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle. Other projects include luxury apartments in the Chatham and Park Imperial Buildings as well as the Millennium Towers in Jersey City.
We received a record number of proposals from some of the nations most prominent developers, says Timothy S. Carey, president and CEO of the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority. The authority issued an RFP earlier this year and had a dozen responses before selecting a winning team. The wide appeal for this innovative project is further evidence of both the resilience of the New York real estate market, and the attractiveness of building in Battery Park City.
The Battery Park City Authority is a public benefit corporation created by the New York State Legislature in 1968 to develop a 92-acre site at the southwestern tip of Lower Manhattan.
Has anyone visited the new Teardrop Park? It would be great to see some photos. I wonder if the ice-wall is beginning to freeze yet...

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Hebdomadal – (heb-DOM-uh-dl), adjective; taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly. WotD.
In no particular order…
The Way Each Myers-Briggs Type Feels About Reading
Personality Growth
Myers-Briggs summaries always a feel a bit like a horoscope reading, but as an INFJ I do completely agree with this summary. I am constantly reading, both online and off, as well as audiobooks. I've usually got 3-4 going at any given time. I would love to hear what book you last read that left an impression. Don't be shy, leave a comment!
How LSD Saved One Woman's Marriage
Alex Williams | The New York Times
This sounds awesome. So, er, how does one procure LSD?
What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good life
Sebastian Purcell | Aeon
What is the good life?
12 Things About Being A Woman That Women Won't Tell You
Caitlin Moran | Esquire
This write-up is surprisingly right-on. (Not having anything to wear for who I need to be today is especially true.) I was surprised to learn this one myself:
Does Rh Negative Blood Type Equal Alien Heritage?
Humans are Free
Ready for a little deep dive into crazy? I happen to be Rh negative and while investigating what exactly that meant I came across this gem. Enjoy.


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The Emperor 85L internal frame backpack by GP. The Emperor comes complete with 75L main pack, detachable 10L daypack and removable top lid. Includes all high-end components such as YKK zippers, YKK buckles and 600D polyester fabrics. Stay organized with the Emperor's multiple entry point system. Gain entrance to the Emperors main compartment through any of the 3 entry points (top and front). This pack is jammed with features and functionality that you'll be glad are there while out seeking the adventure.
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Review: The Seduction of Delhi by Abhay K.
The Seduction of Delhi by Abhay K., Bloomsbury India, 2014. Pg 92, Rs. 299.
Reviewed by K. K. Srivastava
David Mason's acute observation in The Hudson Review that "The poetry industry fuels itself on shallow rewards, lines on a resume, praise in a workshop, none of which has anything to do with the solitary effort to write real poems" reflects poorly on the state of poets and the kind of stuff being oozed out in the name of poetry. But there are honourable exceptions like the two poetry collections I read recently—Vita Nova by Louise Gluck and The Seduction of Delhi by Abhay K. The latter is a collection of forty-seven poems. Abhay K. is an Indian Foreign Service Officer and a winner of the SAARC Literary Award. He is the author of two memoirs and five poetry collections. In a unique way in itself, the poet presents his thoughts and emotions in measures exquisite. The well-known Italian artist Tarshito has created the artwork for this book.
Abhay K. has indeed adopted a novel method of narration of his poetic thoughts—instead of expressing his musings about his subjects in the first person, the poet allows his subjects to tell their stories themselves to the listeners. That is the reason George Szirtes, winner, T.S.Eliot Prize for Poetry, perceives Abhay K's poems as poems where "transformations are gentle and humane: the history is deep and lightly worn. This is the beautiful way to be introduced to a great city".In fact, Abhay K is lending his words and thoughts to them:
I am the city of Satya, Shanti and Nyaya—-/my streets bear these names/but the Truth is—-/rapists roam my streets in peace/and my women perpetually seek justice/in one of the city courts.'
(Delhi, As I Am)
This method truly takes the reader along on a ride to the life and times of the past and present along with the subject—not as an observer and passive listener but as a fellow traveller of the subjects in their journey through history.
The pride that the City and its monuments—or, rather, symbols—has of its past grandeur, the pathetic state that they have been transformed into by the selfish and greedy attitudes of the present, and the inevitable abandonment and forlornness that is foreseen by them, are laid threadbare for all those who care to have a look.
I sense your changing mood/ your lingering lust/for blood and wealth/and your deadliest addiction—/power.
True to the core, like the musing of the City in the opening poem—Delhi, "My smell/my nakedness/entices", despite the exploitation and abuse, Delhi has not lost her charm. She is still enticing all sorts of human invaders from near and far alike. But unlike in similar situations where the prey lies below and eagles and vultures perch above waiting to embed their beaks and talons into its flesh, here the prey—the city of Delhi—symbolically, the soul of Delhi, hovers above and beyond the reach of her marauders, unharmed and aloof, watching patiently and dispassionately, the eagles feasting below on its riches and abundance.
The poet's concern, love and above all reverence for this great city are abundantly revealed when he laments how Yamuna is "draining darkness/from Delhi's soul" and how Connaught Place is becoming "full of flesh/garbage/and machines…Nearby stray dogs, silent, in slumber".
The poet's style of narration leaves room for a lot of speculation and imagination on the part of the reader about the transformation of the landmarks of the city of Delhi. They only mention in brief about their past and present and invites the reader to gather the filings from what has already been recorded in history. The subtlety and sharpness that complement the poet's imagination and mind are disclosed in each of his poems.
I also survived/to take down their corpses/hanging.
In short, the poet has succeeded in absorbing a voluminous history of Delhi in as few words as those of a veteran in philosophy, who from his abstract study of a situation frames his comments in a few aptly chosen words:
Soaring/poetry in the sky/unrivalled flight….a tower of victory/or a calligraphic feat.
(Qutub Minar)
If ever one goes around Delhi and its landmarks—be it for the first time or a hundredth time—if it is after reading this collection, he is sure to pause a moment longer to turn over in his inner conscience what he has read and savoured about the city. He will be able to visualise them with a better perspective.
If the poet himself happens to come across a passer-by who stands poised before any of these visuals with a look of sympathy and speculation in his face and eyes, uttering a sigh of despair and helplessness, then he can be sure to have met one of his readers.
The genuineness of the attitude of the poet revealed through the soul of his poems underlines the fact that amongst the many who come to this great city, all are not takers; there are givers too. Rahim is such a poem–
Couplets written in blood/My death—–/robbed.
Giving a place for something in one's heart and loving it from within one's soul is not at all a small thing. It is a most noble gesture beyond measure by any standards. Like the many monuments in and around Delhi, the poet has also in his own way, gifted to this great city a monument in words—this very book of collection of his poems which is to quote Abhay K. from his poem Lal Quila: "A prison/a passage/a pilgrimage."
He is not a poet who goes in search of listeners; he lets his poems, a la Alexander Pushkin, voyage "to the banks of deserted waves, into broadly rusting oak groves" to delve into history which is to quote Pushkin again "full of confusion, full of noise—". The desire of a reader to be surprised by the words of a poet is abundantly met through these cryptically written verses.
K. K. Srivastava is a senior Civil servant currently holding the post of Principal Accountant General, Kerala. He is a poet and reviewer with three poetry collections to his credit. Shadows of the Real– his last poetry collection was published in 2012 by Rupa & Co, New Delhi. He reviews for The Pioneer, The Kitaab (Singapore) and Bureaucracy Today. His fourth book Diary is expected next year.


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Never have bagels been more abundant or elusive: Most bakeries, coffee shops, and corner delis hawk them, but an authentic crackly, chewy bagel is as common as a tasty burrito in Dubuque. Tired of settling for bland impostors, we turned to our own oven.
Traditional bagels are made of high-gluten flour, yeast, water, salt, and malt. Some bagelries substitute sugar, brown sugar, or honey for the malt. In the name of convenience, we started with basic pantry items and then added more esoteric ingredients to build a more bona fide bagel flavor and texture. After baking nearly 100 bagels, we're confident that our recipe produces the best in the West.
What to buy: Malt syrup is a natural sweetener made from a mash of corn and barley that is not quite as sweet as honey and has a slightly earthy note; it adds that distinct maltiness that makes a bagel really taste bagel-y. It can be found in natural food stores or online.
Game plan: The bagels are best when eaten within an hour but are pretty darn good for 2 or 3 days. They'll keep well in a cotton or paper bag, and will need a quick warming or toasting before being consumed. They also freeze well: Once they've cooled completely, slice them and store them in a freezer bag for up to a month.


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sentiment and sentimentality
James Lundberg complains — and with good reason — about the vast influence of Ken Burns's Civil War series on students, and on the general American understanding of what in Alabama we call the Late Unpleasantness. I sympathize with the grumpiness sufficiently not to question too much of this piece, but . . . there's this, among his list of annoyances: "Union Major Sullivan Ballou's never-delivered letter to his wife Jenny demonstrates that the sentimentality of 19th-century romanticism can still jerk a tear."
Do we really want to be that belittling towards Ballou's now famous and much-reposted letter? I don't think I do, at any rate. True, it's unlikely that a soldier today, facing imminent death, would write in so elevated, so elaborate a style to his beloved. Almost certainly he would not write at such length. But is that wholly to our credit? Do we want to look at a culture that had a strong sense of rhetorical occasion, and embraced a far greater range of linguistic registers than we now can handle, and dismiss its products as mere "sentimentality"?
Yes, people get all gooey about Ballou's letter, but there are far worse things to get all gooey about. And you could make the argument that the situation actually called for a higher style than most of us, in our linguistically narrow age, can muster. Maybe we could learn something from Major Ballou.


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Your Senior Year
So Much to Do!
Websites You Need to Check Out
College Foundation of North Carolina (College Foundation of North Carolina) – for planning for college & career, applying to colleges in North Carolina, including community colleges and the four-year colleges/universities, figuring out financial aid options, and finding NC scholarships. If you are applying to NC colleges, use this website for the application and it will allow you to apply to more than one NC school faster.
College Board (www.collegeboard.org) – for exploring careers, finding colleges in the US, registering and preparing for the SAT, & learning about financial options.
Military Tuition Assistance (http://www.military.com/education/money-for-school/tuition-assistance-ta-program-overview.html) – Going through military channels to get your college education and possibly a career.
What I Can Do With This Major – Shows the areas covered by the major, the employers, and the strategies for getting those jobs with your major.
Transcript Requests
To have your high school transcripts sent to the colleges or scholarship programs of your choice, you must complete a Transcript Request Form and turn it in to Mrs. Choplin.
Teacher Recommendations
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Be sure to check out the Resources page under College Planning for more links to valuable resources!


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Links with a maple leaf icon are Canadian sites.
Links with with a gold star icon are recommended sites.
- Career Planning and Self Assessment links
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Sources: Zac Efron on "High School Musical" Reunion, Seth Rogen and Zac Efron Party-Down!,
Zac Efron Shows Off Hot Body in New Film
Here are my feelings on this whole reunion thing. I think he was answering to the reunion aspect before Marc inserted in the film part almost as an afterthought and things got moved to a level he didn't mean. Also, not that he doesn't genuinely love HSM or those guys (and they him) but there is always an element of PR speak in these types of answers… never break someone's heart. That aside, more now than ever, he probably reflects on HSM with a deep sense of nostalgia and affection… how simple life used to be, what an amazing time that was and wouldn't it be nice if life could be like that again. But regardless, A) A reunion movie is really, really unlikely to happen anytime soon (if ever) for many reasons and B) A reunion meetup, like for charity or Jimmy Fallon or whatever, is way more likely. In fact, Zac may have even be thinking of what Mo was trying to organize when he answered this.
Also this is as good a place as any to post this very sweet tidbit that I've been saving for awhile now. It's from Rich Ross, former Disney exec and the man who was pivotal in HSM's success, speaking with THR:
Looking back, which of your projects has been most rewarding?
I went to the set of High School Musical, and Zac [Efron] and Vanessa [Hudgens] were singing "Start of Something New." My eyes welled up. I ran out of the trailer, and I called Anne Sweeney. She was in a meeting, and I said, "Get her out of the meeting." I said, "I've just watched something, and I'm telling you, it's going to change our lives." When we got the first cut of one of the music videos, Anne called Bob [Iger] and [Disney Channels Worldwide president] Gary Marsh and I ran over and Bob was like, "You have to invest in this." [Disney Channel] never really invested in movies before that.


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Closing Keynote: Hall Davidson - the Educator with a thousand brains
LEAD 3.0 Closing Keynote
Hall Davidson, Director Global Initiatives, Discovery Education
The Educator with a Thousand Brains
The "stand alone" method of teaching is fading and being replaced by a model that taps colleagues, content, and experts from around the world and across the hall. The same holds true for administrators. The new model takes work but building 21st Century learners into 21st Century citizens makes it imperative. The inevitable arrival of the techbook makes it doable.


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Ela Township Community Family Services
1155 E. Route 22, Lake Zurich, IL 60047
Hours: Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Director of Community Family Services: Susan W. Fackler, MSW LCSW CADC RYT
Mission Statement
- To assess, address and advocate for the needs and concerns of township residents.
- To build partnerships with other organizations and agencies to improve the quality of life for township residents while identifying creative ways to solve problems.
- To provide support and assist individuals and/or families in times of crisis.
Situations which may cause personal and family conflicts
- Domestic violence
- Substance abuse
- Mental health issues
- Grief and loss
- Victims of crime
- Delinquency and runaways
- Undomiciled persons
What is a social worker? What do we do in the this office? What kind of services do we provide to the community?
These are questions we hear often and we want to make sure everyone knows that we are a free service to Ela Township residents. Social workers are highly trained and experienced licensed professionals who have earned bachelor, masters and/or doctoral degrees.
Social workers help people overcome some of life's most difficult challenges including: poverty, discrimination, abuse, addiction, physical illness, divorce, loss and grief, unemployment, educational problems, disability and mental illness. They help prevent crises and counsel individuals, families and communities to cope more effectively with stresses of everyday life. If you need someone to talk to we are here. Please call our office at 847-540-8380 to schedule an appointment.
Referral Process: Referrals are made through community agencies, schools, churches, hospitals and the fire and police departments. You may also call the Community Family Services office directly at 847-540-8380.
Susan W. Fackler, the Ela Township Community Family Services Director, is a licensed clinical social worker and certified alcohol and drug counselor. She uses her professional training to provide crisis intervention, assessment, counseling and referral services for township residents.
Ela Coalition Against Youth Substance Abuse
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I ran across this ad for a "Local Search Expert" this morning in the Houston Craig's List:
This ad intriuged me on a number of levels. One could draw conclusions about the SEM industry, the Local 10-Pack or the need for qualified pros in major markeets.
But the takeaway for me was that Local has arrived. Local is no longer just the province of hotels, restauarants and florists. The percieved value of this type of exposure has reached into the deepest levels of the local business world. For a roofing company to be willing to pay for the service inidcates to me the changing perception and reality that is local.The changing nature of Local Search by Mike Blumenthal


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Caitlyn Jenner should make us all think of gender differently
Transgender Olympic champion, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, revealed her true self on the front cover of Vanity Fair. Coming out of surgery as Caitlyn, she has been the topic of discussion on the tips of everyone's tongues this week.
But why has Caitlyn's body transformation been so fascinating? What has made it a talking point? And how has it changed the way we think about gender?
Generally, the body is always an object when placed in the spotlight. At the basic premise of this, if you capture a single shot by a camera lens you are immediately objectified by the lens. After this, if you are 'famous', you are under the scrutiny of a million eyes which was definitely the case for Caitlyn who accumulated over a million followers on Twitter within one hour; beating President Barack Obama's record.
Either somebody is being criticised for being 'too fat' or 'too skinny'. Is the beard back in? And the list for the criteria of the 'perfect woman' is endless.
Thus, Caitlyn's change in physical appearance was bound to be a big story and the commentary dictating whether she looks good or not was inevitable.
Caitlyn's reformation to her true self is also a victory for all in the same position. Her bravery and courage gives others the same and it is great that being transgender is now being perceived as a 'norm'.
However, the fascination behind Caitlyn's transformation goes much deeper than this.
I love being a 'woman'. I use the term in a single quotation marks because what it means to be a 'woman' is completely subjective; after-all, I believe, we are fundamentally all human and therefore individuals. For me, Angelina Jolie in Tomb Radar is just as much a woman as Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada.
To expand on this, let us look at Sigmund Freud's theory of Psychoanalysis. He states that we are all born with a bisexual disposition. This puts us all on an equal playing field. We are then born into gender. As Simone de Beauvoir, French writer, existentialist philosopher, and feminist states, "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman".
So Caitlyn's anatomical change revealed we can change our 'sex', or in his case return to what he feels is his true sex. But what is more interesting is that psychologically there seems to be an overlap between the 'gender' dispositions. Psychologically and cognitively we have the potential to possess, or come into, both and either gender disposition and then grow into the stereotypes – or don't grow into them.
Whether you believe in this theory or not, Caitlyn's story can make us all think about gender differently. It paves the way to equality knowing there is no real 'gender' divide and that the qualities and characteristics overlap.
And obviously, it is great that she has not been keeping up with the Kardashians and following Kim's footsteps of breaking the internet. She has united the net and showing bravery. Keep it up Caitlyn!


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This one's for you
September morning just cool enough
to show the soil's breath. Forest
in fog, new gold under
old green, give me
your delectable frost, fine
web of lines, the wind-
fallen apple that fits
so snugly in the palm
& when I take a bite it bites back.
Who'd want their sugar
straight, without
some tartness? Give it to me
dry, as they say of wine. Impure,
like every true love. And
the must – ah, let it settle
to the bottom
week by week until all
the fog is gone
& the bottle brims
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Twenty-five years after the release of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Robert Zemeckis will once again mix real-life people with animated rabbits. The director has signed on to bring Kate DiCamillo's 2006 young-adult novel The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane to the screen. As adapted by screenwriter Jeff Stockwell, the film will follow a rather self-involved porcelain rabbit who's thrust into a series of life-altering adventures after being being separated from his 10-year-old owner. Presumably, it should similarly offer Zemeckis an opportunity to reunite with his beloved motion-capture, in what—after Flight and the just-announced Marwencol, featuring only boring, analogue human beings—will surely be its own joyous reunion.
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Information for Patients
What is a Patient Group? The aim of a group is to get patients involved with the practice in a positive way and to help the practice provide services that patients want. A group helps the practice understand patients needs from a patient perspective and therefore helps the practice with decision making. This is two way process and also a forum for patients to get information about the practice to help them understand how general practice is organised.
When will it start? This has been running for a number of years now
Who is involved from the practice? The whole primary healthcare team is involved in different ways, usually this will be with Angela Worobel, Practice Manager, and various other members of the team, e.g. GP's, Practice Nurses, Receptionists etc.
Who else is involved? The practice works in partnership with Bradford Teaching District Clinical Commissioning Group (BDCCG) and different representatives may be invited to make presentations to patients or make requests to use this forum for consultation purposes when re-designing services. BDCCG is responsible for local health services. Also the practice is now part of Bradford South Network which will shape future services
What is discussed at the meetings? The agenda is driven by particular topics that the practice or BDCCG want o bring to the attention of patients. Patients also contribute to the by raising anything they wish. Usually items that can be discussed are: appointments, telephone access, new services coming on line, alterations to premises and services, practice leaflet.
When will the meetings be? The meetings are held quarterly and dates of meetings are advertised on the practice website
Do I have to attend each meeting? No you do not have to attend each meeting. Once we know that you would like to become involved you can decide for yourself exactly how much you would like to become involved. If you would just like to receive the minutes of the meetings then you can pass on your contact details.
If you are interested please contact our Practice Administrator, Clare Wilby on her e-mail clare email@example.com
We would like to welcome all our patients to our Patient Meetings
Our Patient Meetings are usually every quarter and we text all registered patients a week before the meeting inviting them to attend the meeting but also inviting then to put forward anything that they would like to discuss
Meetings are in the evenings staring at 6.30pm
If you ate unable to attend our Patient Meetings but would like to be involved local services then you can always attend local Patient Network Meetings, please contact Clare Wilby at the practice for the date of the next network meeting.
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Minutes 7th March 2019
As a result of patient feedback we have changed the following:
"Why can"t we chose which clinician we want to see on walk in clinic"
Made changes to walk in clinic so that patients could choose which clinician they want to see depending on clinicians available on the day
"We wait too long in walk in clinic, why can't we be given a time in walk in clinic so we can choose whether to stay and wait or come back"
We made changes to walk in clinic so that patients are given an allotted time and they can choose whether to sit and wait or whether to go and come back
"The telephone message is too long"
We shortened the telephone message by removing one of the options
The aim of the PPG is to ensure that effective communications are established in the Practice for all service users and staff. The PPG will be the arena where issues and concerns are raised by participants in order to influence and develop healthcare services with particular emphasis on Horton Park Surgery.
1. To make a positive difference.
2. The PPG shall, from time to time, allocate agreed tasks to working groups and/or (sub) committees. The Remits, Terms of Reference, modes of report, timescales etc shall be determined by the PPG at the same time.
3. To be actively involved and consulted in any potential service developments.
4. Provide feedback on patients' needs, concerns and interests.
5. Continue to improve communications.
6. Receive support from health professionals to achieve shared goals and to access relevant training.
7. Work closely with professionals on key issues.
8. Initiate, help and attend events to promote and educate on health issues.
9. Initiate aid in the design of and evaluate the outcomes of surveys.
10. Liaise with other Patient Participation Groups in the area (NHS Bradford & Airedale can help put you in touch with other groups).
11. Affiliate to NSPP (National Association of Patient Participation) in order to gain support and resources.
To be registered at Horton Park Surgery
The Chair / Vice ChairThe Chair will be a patient elected annually by the PPG group members by ballot and can serve a maximum of 3 continuous years.The Chair's responsibilities being involved with the agenda for group meetings, advising on issues relating to the meetings and follow up of issues arising from meetings.
The PPG will be meeting as agreed. The venue for the moment will be Clinic Room at Horton Park Surgery.
Papers will arrive no less than one week prior to the meeting date.
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Subject: RE: Jon Bosak's suggestion that xCBL be adopted as the ebXML BusinessDocument framework
Hello. I'm quite behind on all of what's going on at ebXML, so forgive any ignorance. At most, I've only been able to skim through messages during the last 18 months, just in case it ever became part of my job to pay attention. Well, looks like this is about to happen (and I'm in a state of total terror and panic - what you all worked on all this time is stuff I have to come up to speed on overnight!) Regarding the EDIFACT standard, which is a good one that has served us well up until now, I'd make some caveats regarding the number of segments/elements, etc., that are required for a robust core dictionary. Caveat 1: X12 and EDIFACT have both suffered simulataneously from redundancy and insufficiency. Example: EDIFACT has three Credit Advice messages. On the other hand, there's no message (as far as I can tell) for transmitting a Bill of Materials to a partner. Example: The EDIFACT code list 1153 for references includes an "ON - Order Number [Purchase]" and "OP - Original Purchase Order". Name someone who hasn't gone through the exercise of interpreting which is which. On the other hand, I can't find a code in 1153 that I would use to uniquely identify a Bill of Materials. Caveat 2: Related to Caveat 1 ... the X12 and EDIFACT dictionaries currently contain message/segments/elements which represent *historical* intercompany exchanges. In the world of the virtual enterprise, an lot of processes that we previously considered to be intracompany have and are becoming intercompany processes. Not only that, but companies are looking for standards to use as intracompany standards for exchanges between applications, having realized that, as Gartner predicts, the enterprise is so complex that it is not possible to quickly converge on a single enterprise-wide data model and therefore converge to a single enterprise-wide business application. So, what does all this do to the count of necessary core components? How much of this world have xCBL, OAGI, RosettaNet, etc. addressed? Caveat 3: Name/Value pairs (code lists): One element in X12 or EDIFACT or any other standard may really represent a whole bunch of elements. Quite likely, a code that made it onto a code list represented a distinct data element in someone's back-end system. How many name/value pairs are just auxilliary information, and how many really represent key back-end systems drivers? Example: "Invoice Number", "Packing List Number", "Consignee's Shipment Reference Number", and "Bill of Lading" number on a code list look like harmless references. Then you begin and implementation and discover that the seller's system revolves around packing list number, and has no way to obtain/assign a bill of lading number, and that the buyer's system revolves around the bill of lading number as the key identifier. This example is taken from real life. Coming up with a shipment identifier that everyone agreed on proved to be impossible, so we had to resort to ye olde "We're the customer, and this is what you're going to send in the ship notice" school of e-bullying. I think most of the breakdown in communications occurs when you get down to elements and codes, because that's where you *discover* the underlying business models that led to the designs of the back-end systems. When I say "back-end systems", I also mean any "off-the-shelf" solution that may be purchased by an SME -- someone somewhere designed the solution (or is designing it right now), and we can only hope that it involved business users, not just modeling experts. Regards, Steph. P.S. Does anyone have suggestions for the order in which I should approach the existing ebXML documentation in order to come up to speed efficiently? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Philip Goatly [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 3:04 AM To: John McClure; 'ebXML Core' Cc: Peter Guldentops Subject: Re: Jon Bosak's suggestion that xCBL be adopted as the ebXML BusinessDocument framework Hi there, Just as a matter of fact: The latest EDIFACT standard has 157 Segments 200 Composite Data Elements 640 Dta Elements Let us talk facts - ther are many myths about EDICAT and thousands of segments ;-) Cheers, Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McClure" <email@example.com> To: "'ebXML Core'" <email@example.com> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 2:51 AM Subject: RE: Jon Bosak's suggestion that xCBL be adopted as the ebXML BusinessDocument framework > > Hmm, with over 600 DTDs in the xCBL distribution file, and not knowing the > total number of XML elements, I must admit my concern that this approach is > the traditional recipe for lots and lots of software, and that's > unappetizing to the SME. Not meant as a flame, but rather to point out that > when an XML namespace is designed using a normalized model for data > representation, far fewer element-types result, with less complexity, less > transforms, less software. Less hassle. > > To me, ebXML's approach is to create a repository where is stored a > canonical data model reflecting its application-document domain. > Unnormalized XML namespaces are (with help) mappable to such a model, and > vice versa, i.e., the so-called 'generated DTD'. Thus, ebXML remains > agnostic about the XML elements designated as standards by industry/market > groups. > > Eventually, we'll see how normalized the ebXML model is. So far, I am not > particularly encouraged, what with examples like "PartyDetails" and > "PartyID". My hope is that the model is one that uses inheritance liberally, > knowing how that saves us all alot of coding. Further, I hope that ebXML > establishes a set of XML elements that correspond to its canonical base > entity classes, meaning that there would be a base namespace of something > less than 100 XML elements. Speaking for myself, I surely don't relish the > thousand XML elements found in namespaces like xCBL. I can deal with > thousands of dictionary entries -- if they're organized -- by sticking > subsets into pulldowns at the appropriate spots in my applications. But I am > most definitely troubled by the thought of a thousand XML elements becoming > a world-wide standard. EDI failed IMHO because people like me did not want > to learn a thousand 'segments', sensing a self-appointed priesthood existed > around that standard. I urge you not to repeat history by having an XML > element set that has over a thousand elements in it. > > Regards, > John > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > "unsubscribe" in the body to: firstname.lastname@example.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body to: email@example.com
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4 killed after flames erupt on oil platform in Gulf; 2 seriously injured
Helicopters ferry workers with burn injuries from the platform to hospitals for treatment
By Mark Stevenson
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — A huge ball of flames engulfed an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, killing four people and sending terrified workers leaping into the sea.
State-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it had averted any significant oil spill following the blast, which also injured 16 workers, two seriously, and forced the evacuation of 300.
Pemex later said a total of 45 workers had received some form of treatment or health evaluation.
Firefighters using 10 firefighting and emergency boats had gotten the blaze under control, the company said on its official Twitter account late Wednesday.
Speaking at a news conference in the nearby city of Ciudad del Carmen earlier, Pemex Director General Emilio Lozoya said the cause of the fire was still being investigated, but it appeared to be something mechanical.
Helicopters ferried workers with bandaged hands and faces and burn marks on their overalls to Ciudad del Carmen, where crowds of relatives of oil workers thronged outside hospitals.
A survivor of the blaze on the shallow-water Abkatun-A Permanente platform in the Campeche Sound said workers "jumped into the sea out of desperation and panic."
"There was nothing you could do but run," said Roger Arias Sanchez, an employee of Pemex contractor Cotemar who escaped the burning platform in an evacuation boat.
Many of the injured appeared to be Cotemar employees.
In a statement later Wednesday, Pemex said the accident "did not cause an oil spill into the sea, given that there was only a seepage, which is being taken care of by specialized vessels."
The company said it had been able to cut off pipelines to avoid a spill, and suggested that the oil remaining in the pipelines was burning off.
Lozoya said the accident "would have a minimal impact on production, because this was a processing platform," not a producing well. Production from nearby wells it normally serves could be rerouted to other processing platforms.
President Enrique Pena Nieto promised an investigation to "find whoever is responsible" and avoid such accidents in the future.
The Abkatun A platform largely serves to separate gas, oil and other petroleum products, and pump them to refineries onshore.
Previous spills from Mexican facilities have usually occurred at active offshore wells, not processing stations.
The Abkatun platform lies off the coast of the states of Campeche and Tabasco. It is farther out to sea than the platform involved in the last severe fire in the area, a 2007 blaze at the Kab 121 offshore rig.
That accident was caused by high waves that hit the rig, sending a boom crashing into a valve assembly. The blaze killed at least 21 workers and the rig spilled crude and natural gas for almost two months.
Mexico's worst major spill in the Gulf was in June 1979, when an offshore drilling rig in Mexican waters, the Ixtoc I, blew up, releasing 140 million gallons of oil. It took Pemex and a series of U.S. contractors nearly nine months to cap the well, and a great deal of the oil contaminated Mexican and U.S. waters.
Pemex has had serious security problems in the past, mainly in its onshore pipeline network, where thieves drilled around 2,500 illegal taps in the first nine months of 2104 and stole more than $1 billion in fuel.
That problem got so bad that in February, the company announced it would no longer ship finished, usable gasoline or diesel through pipelines.
That apparently hasn't stopped the thieves, though. On Wednesday, federal police announced they had seized three tanker trucks and 148,000 liters (39,100 gallons) of stolen fuel at several different sites throughout the country as well as locating two illegal pipeline taps.
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We are pleased to inform you that the Singapore Dragon Boat Association will be conducting the SDBA Helm Accreditation Scheme 2013 on Saturday, 3rd August 2013.
Enclosed is the application form for your immediate action.
The purpose of this Scheme is not to train helms. The training of helms is the responsibility of the individual affiliate, club or organization.
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They saw what he had done and all the people asked Jesus to leave because they were overwhelmed with fear. So Jesus got in the boat and returned." – from Luke 8:37
My husband had to drive the tractor up the road to do some work in the front field. Along the way, he took a little time to cut the grass that had grown up in the ditches and along the road.
The next ay the neighbor called to complain because my husband had inadvertently mowed part of his yard. My husband calmly explained what he had done and why he had done it. The conversation ended with a stern warning from the neighbor of what would happen if my husband ever tried to "help" again.
Jesus came in and changed a man's life. Not only did he change that man's life, but the lives of all those who had to deal with in in one form or another.
The overwhelming response that Jesus received for this act of kindness was a cry for him to leave.
Even when we do something good for others, it does not mean others will appreciate the good.
Weekly Challenge for Scripture Living
Before you take action – think about the WHY fueling the action. If you are doing it for any other reason than to honor God then you might want to rethink the action.
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Date Night at Knott's Berry FarmFebruary 9, 2018
Spending quality time with your significant other is memorable, but let's be honest thinking of ideas for date night can be a bit tedious if you don't prepare in advance. Well, you can leave the planning to Knott's. There's nothing better than surprise dates so break out of the routine and surprise your partner some spontaneous date nights to the park, they'll never see it coming. There's always something fun in store for couples to enjoy.
Share a sweet treat
This Valentine's Day, avoid the clichés and enjoy a relaxing stroll through Knott's Berry Farm culminating in an unforgettable dessert - a classic funnel cake smothered in boysenberry topping and deliciously topped off with swirls of ice cream. Sometimes the simplest dates are the sweetest!
Get competitive
From traditional games of skill to an immersive interactive game experience, Knott's has it all. At the park's arcade, you can go for the gold with classics like foosball and air hockey. Out in the park, you can take it up a notch and challenge your date to see who wins a stuffed animal or prize at one the many boardwalk games. You can even test your date's skills by jumping on the interactive ride, Voyage to the Iron Reef or stepping into the virtual reality shooting game, VR Showdown in Ghost Town and comparing scores, loser buys the funnel cake!
Scream Together!
The thrill rides at Knott's are more fun when you have a special someone to share the experience with, not to mention the hilarious ride photos you two can share.
Picture Perfect
There are plenty of places to take fun photos together around the park, like with the ceramic figures of Ghost Town, on your favorite ride together or under the twinkling lights of Fiesta Village. You and your sweet baboo can even visit the Peanuts characters for an extra adorable photo.
Valentine's Day Dinner at the Amber Waves Restaurant
For one night only, the restaurant at the Knott's Berry Farm Hotel hosts a special Valentine's themed dinner. Choose between filet mignon, salmon, and several other delectable options. Check out the full menu below and call 714-995-1111 to make a reservation.
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Christmas Cards
We finally got our Christmas cards out today along with a Christmas letter. Unfortunately, I didn't order enough cards to send them to everyone, so I'm including a scan of our Christmas card on the blog. Merry Christmas!
A good friend of mine, Kristina Hicks, invited us to her home to make gingerbread houses. Unfortunately, I packed my rolling pins away in a box which is somewhere in our storage unit. So my poor children had to use graham crackers (as all the stores were sold out of their gingerbread house kits, and I didn't make gingerbread). They did a really good job. I especially like John's house.
Thanks, Kristina!
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We have over 100 new step vans on the ground (two chassis/body manufacturers and 4 different sizes per manufacturer). Our customers range from Independent Service Providers and linen delivery companies to food truck builders and contractors.
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A website that is using the proprietary Microsoft technologies can choose a web hosting company that uses a Windows NT server to host the website. To expand its web technology presence in 1993, Microsoft started to roll out its operating system support for web hosting. These families of 32-bit operating systems fall under the umbrella name Windows NT for New Technology. The Windows NT that is marketed for desktop edition is called Windows NT and the one that is used for web hosting web servers is called Windows NT Server. Just like its competitor's web hosting operating systems which is usually a Unix, the Microsoft designed Windows NT to have the following advanced features:
a robust and self-healing file system called NTFS
supports RISC CPUs aside from the traditional CISC
the Windows NT kernel can work up to 32 CPUs
a Hardware abstraction layer separates the hardware from software
an Object Manager that arbitrates software communication inside the OS
a Process Manager that coordinates several processes simultaneously
a Virtual Memory Manager that expands the actual amount of RAM
a process communication support called Local Procedure Call
a better I/O Manager for data read and write to pheripherals
a Security Reference monitor (SRM) for data integrity
a Preemptive Multitasking behavior that takes the highest priority task first
a better networking communication Interprocess Communication (IPC) using DCOM
As a server operating system, the Windows NT NTFS file system has been designed to be tolerant and robust and has security built from the beginning. This is unlike the older FAT file system of the MS-DOS. However, Windows NT is also backward compatible and works with the older FAT file system.
Windows NT also supports the HPFS file system. This is a fast file system, because it keeps several information in RAM memory in a form of a cache and only does a write to the physical disk at certain times when the cache is almost full or when there's an explicit flush. The speed of thes particular file system is compensated by its decrease in reliability for example during a sudden power failure and the information that is still in the cache is forever lost.
Nevertheless, Windows NT has the best of both worlds in terms of its support for HPFS and FAT. In contrast to HPFS, FAT is a slower but a more reliable file system during sudden power failure as it writes the information to the disk right away. Caching is also a feature of NTFS and in addition it also keeps a log that can be used to restore the file system to a working state in case of a power failure.
Microsoft also provided a Windows NT to run on RISC processors (MIPS, PowerPC, DEC Alpha) in addition to its traditional support on CISC processor in the intel x86 architectures.
Windows NT for the desktop is not exactly the same as the Windows NT server. The latter can run on 32 processors and this is a significantly faster system since multiple processes are delegated to a separate CPUs.
The Windows NT kernel interacts with a software layer called the HAL. The HAL is the layer that directly communicats to the processors. The HAL layer makes the Windows NT run on many different processors.
The object manager in Windows NT is the subsystem that arbitrates proper channel and communication to different various resources which are abstracted as objects.
Windows NT can run several processes at a time and the process manager is the subsystem that protects threads and process addresses. This makes several applications and services available.
Windows NT can actually support more memory than it actually has throught the Virtual Memory Manager. The portions of memory in RAM that are not currently used is written into the hard disk to free up some RAM needed for other programs to be able to run. When this memory is needed back, the data is read from hard disk and gets loaded into RAM by the Virtual Memory Manager.
Several processes within the Windows NT can communicate to each other using message-based messaging which results to procedure calls invoked locally (LPC).
The Windows NT's I/O manager is used to manage I/O data communications between thet operating system kernel to the peripheral devices such as the physical disk, network cards etc, through the device drivers of these devices.
Windows NT also has a fine-grained object-based security via SRM. The operating system intervenes each object accessed operations and ensures proper security authentications.
Preemptive Multitasking in Windows NT guarantees that processes with the highest priority gets the CPU's attention by suspending current processes with lower priorities. When the high priority process completes, the lower priority processes continues to run.
Windows NT supports client/server network communication model as its interprocess communication. Important events happening within the system sents out a windows message to processes for notification. One such high-level implementation of this IPC communication is through Distributed Component Objcet Model (DCOM) which is used to communicate with other computers.


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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on Thursday ahead of an election scheduled to be held on March 4.
Following are the main parties and leaders, some of their key policies, and how they stand in opinion polls:
Ruling Democratic Party, leader Matteo Renzi (42)
Policies: negotiate with Italy's partners to abolish the EU's Fiscal Compact which imposes steep budget cuts on high-debt countries such as Italy. Raise the budget deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product for five years in order to cut taxes and increase investment. Continuity in social and foreign policy, with Italy maintaining its traditional pro-NATO stance.
Support sliding in opinion polls, now at around 23 percent.
5-Star Movement, leader Luigi Di Maio (31)
Policies: universal income support to ensure monthly income of at least 780 euros ($925); renegotiate the Fiscal Compact; raise the budget deficit above 3 percent of GDP to cut taxes and increase investments; hold a referendum on euro membership if partners refuse any concessions on the Fiscal Compact; cut privileges of politicians, trade unions and well-off pensioners; repeal 2011 pension reform to allow earlier retirement; repeal 2014 labor reform to make firing harder; raise taxes on banks and oil and gas companies; toughen conflict of interest rules; cut red tape, abolishing 400 laws; scrap public financing of newspapers; separate banks' retail and investment arms; improve relations with Russia.
Italy's most popular party, according to polls. Support stable at around 28 percent.
Forza Italia, leader Silvio Berlusconi (81).
Policies: Introduce parallel currency for domestic use to boost the economy while keeping the euro for international trade and use by tourists; replace current staggered income tax rates with a single rate "flat tax" of around 23 percent for both individuals and companies; double monthly minimum pensions to 1,000 euros; abolish housing tax, inheritance tax and road tax on most cars; tax breaks for pet owners; guarantee minimum income of 1,000 euros per month for everyone; block the arrival of immigrants through accords with North African countries. Berlusconi is pro-NATO but boasts of his friendship with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Berlusconi cannot run at the election due to a tax fraud conviction. He has not yet said who Forza Italia's candidate for prime minister will be.
Support rising, around 16 percent, making it the most popular party in a center-right coalition expected to win most seats at the election.
Northern League, leader Matteo Salvini (44).
Policies: Parallel currency for domestic use; push for abolition of the Fiscal Compact and Stability Pact; leave the euro as soon as it is politically feasible; "flat tax" for individuals and companies at 15 percent; repeal 2011 pension reform to allow earlier retirement; immigration crackdown by intercepting and sending back migrant boats and repatriating up to 100,000 illegal immigrants per year; toughen penalties for violent crime; improve relations with Russia.
Support slipping, around 13 percent.
Brothers of Italy, leader Giorgia Meloni (40).
Policies: Immigration crackdown by intercepting and sending back migrant boats and repatriating illegal immigrants; toughen penalties for violent crime; improve relations with Russia. Policies generally close to the Northern League's but unlike the League, its support is based in central and southern Italy.
Support stable at around 5 percent.
Free and Equal, leader Piero Grasso (72)
Left-wing party formed this month to unite small movements which had left the PD in dissent with Renzi, who they said had moved it too far to the right.
Policies: Repeal 2014 labor reform to make firing harder; soften 2011 pension reform to end automatic increases in the retirement age on the basis of rising life expectancy, increase spending on education, health and public works; improve relations with Russia and fully recognize state of Palestine.
Support rising gradually, around 7 percent.
Reporting by Gavin Jones; Editing by Alison Williams
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Albert Lexie has walked the halls of Children's Hospital twice a week for more than 31 years.
There's no telling how many shoes he's shined for doctors and staff. But we do know how much he's donated to the hospital's free care fund: all his tips, totaling $220,000.
"It feels good when you do something for the kids, you know," Lexie said. "You see other people on the telethon."
Lexi says he was inspired by the late Patti Burns, who hosted the Children's Hospital telethon on KDKA for many years. But he knew that sooner or later this day would have to come. At the age of 71, Children's Hospital's shoeshine man is retiring.
"Oh, I'll just so some loafing and walking around," he says. "And soon as summertime comes, I'll be wanting to come back and see my buddies here."
One of those buddies is a Children's Hospital cardiologist who's shoes he's been shining for more than 20 years.
"I had to keep telling him to raise his rates because he was far too generous," cardiologist Fred Sherman said. "He catches the bus at 5:10 a.m. in Monessen every Tuesday and Thursday, arriving at Children's by 7:15 a.m."
Lexie's singing will be missed as much as his shoe shines, but not as much as the gift he gave to the kids of Children's Hospital.
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But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! (2Tim. 3:1-5)
The culture is increasingly becoming contemptible and execrable against God. It is not peculiar for those who are at enmity with God to employ deviant practices in their unbridled pursuit of promoting turpitude that favors their agenda, while suppressing constitutional liberties for those who oppose.
In 2017 thus far, Americans have seen the Constitution perpetually assailed by those who only care about liberties that promote their agenda, and not for all. Homosexual supporters, pro-choice advocates, Black-lives matter, and anti-God watchdog groups will use the words equality, love, justice, but once someone disagrees with them, it will be transparent just how unequal, unloving, and unjust they will become.
Homosexual advocates and supporters love to dialogue about love, respect, and solidarity. Nevertheless, once a Christian disagrees with the same-sex position, homosexuals will loath, revile, and sue.
Gender-confused homosexuals, who aspire to be the opposite sex, have many demands that they forcefully demand of others. They will plead for inclusivity, yet they become irate when Christians will not subjugate themselves to their demands. Gender-confused homosexuals want to be called by the pronouns of their choice, regardless if it violates a Christian's conscience, and they want to relieve themselves in restrooms with people of the opposite sex, regardless if others feel that it is odious and not safe. This is why I have often said that the homosexual agenda should never be lauded as heroic—but hypocrisy.
Pro-choice liberals will advocate for women's rights, yet they are blinded that abortion is not contrite, beautiful, or meek—it is cold-blooded murder. It is ironic that pro-choice advocates actually feel that they defend women's rights when abortion is a premeditated decision to annihilate a woman's right when they are forsaken in what is supposed to be the safest place in the world—the womb of the mother. This is why young mothers, who are contemplating abortion, need to be reminded that abortion is a twenty first century holocaust, and those who approve of mothers aborting their children are accomplices to this grizzly act that conspicuously target innocent children.
The Black Lives Matter propaganda is perplexing since this ideological movement does not advocate that "all lives matter." There are many proponents of this movement, not all, who will decry law enforcement officers of bigotry and lawlessness, yet the violent protests, looting, arson, shooting at police, shouting racist rants at white police officers, and failing to recognize others who have allegedly been mistreated by police just because that are not black, do not help their cause. God created male and female after His own image, which is why "all lives matter."
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is a professing atheistic watchdog group that operates under the guise of protecting the constitutional principle of the separation of church and state. On the FFRF website, they laud themselves with victory for the removal of Christian vestiges and Christian sentiments [emphasis added]:
FFRF keeps several challenges in the courts at all times, and has ended a variety of violations of the First Amendment including: Removing a devotional Jesus painting from a public middle school (Ohio), ending a city chaplaincy and prayers (Pismo Beach, Calif.), removing a Ten Commandments display from schools (Virginia, Pennsylvania), halting a school Child Evangelism subsidy and removing a nativity scene from a city hall entrance (both Wisconsin)…
In my opinion, the FFRF does not defend the constitutional principle of the separation of church and state. They are purveyors of Christian denigration, and their appellation of being a "freedom from religion" foundation, a phrase not used in the Constitution, expressly states their agenda which is to remove all religion from the public sphere.
What can Christians do when homosexuals, pro-choice supporters, Black-lives matter advocates, and anti-God watchdog groups are pervading the culture with their ideological agendas? Herald the Gospel to them all. What is the Gospel? The Gospel is the irrevocable message that unveils the character of God, the implications of sin, the person and work of Christ, and the necessity for repentance and faith.
"Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead (Acts 17:29-31)."


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Last week, clowns ruled the news.
I don't mean the presidential candidates… I mean clowns. CLOWNS.
Unless you live in a cave, you must've heard reports of clowns hanging out in places one wouldn't normally expect to see a clown, trying to lure children into the woods, chasing teenagers out of the subway, and even chasing runners.
Chasing runners… WTF?
New Hampshire has actually had a couple clown incidents recently – one was in the city where I live. A woman in the local MRTT group posted about her sighting to the Facebook page we all use to communicate.
Mind you, these tend to be mature women – some with kids, some without… but I haven't met a woman yet who strikes me as the type to claim she saw a clown for the sole purpose to cause mass hysteria amongst the group. If this woman says she saw a clown lurking near a popular park in town, I believe her.
I've always felt safe in my city. There are certainly parts of town that I would only run through with a buddy, and other parts of town I wouldn't even drive through without locking the doors. But not once have I ever felt the need to arm myself on a run. Because of this clown business, I'm actually considering purchasing mace.
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Clowns. With their unnatural makeup, weird hair, big red noses, oversized clothing, and creepy laughter.
I hate clowns. I have always disliked clowns, but my hatred for them developed in middle school. I went to a haunted house with my parents and my best friend, and shortly after getting out of the car, a clown started chasing me around. He went so far as to chase me back to my parents' car, and despite being in what I thought was a safe zone, he leaned right in the window and cackled in my face. No. Just… no.
So. I hate clowns.
Why is it that my fear of clowns is what pushed me over the edge to even consider buying mace? It seems ridiculous even admitting it…
Do you run armed? Why, or why not?


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Chronic joint disorders occur in all types of dogs. Although some breeds and especially larger dogs are more sensitive to this, age, exercise and (over) weight also play a role. Joint disorders cause constant (chronic) and often severe pain and must always be taken seriously. Treatment can quickly worsen without treatment. It is precisely for this reason that it is important for you as an owner to immediately recognize the first signs of pain.
Unfortunately, a dog can not tell if and where he is hurting. As an owner, we will therefore have to pay attention to other signs. We must realize that pain is a warning signal from the body to prevent any further damage. We distinguish between two types of pain, acute pain at a certain location and chronic and often slowly rising pain.
Recognize pain
Acute pain is fairly easy to recognize in a dog. The animal will retreat, squeak, whine, scream or even show aggression when touched. This is a reflex on intense pain. The dog can not do anything about this.
Chronic pain is more difficult. Because it often comes in gradually, the dog gets the time to get used to it without the aforementioned reflex. This does not alter the fact that the dog can have a lot of problems. However, he will express this in a different way.
Behavioral changes
In the dog we also know differences in pain threshold. That means that there is a difference in when it is still a bit bearable for the dog and when not anymore. This can be different for every dog, just as for every person. This situation may also be dependent. For example, a dog may refuse to sit on command if it does so, while it does hurt its pain to run after a ball. In the second case, the ball is more important than the pain and in the first case the opposite applies.
However, if we look at normal house situations, there are a number of things you can look out for:
– The dog can move differently: he walks stiffer or even crippled.
– He has difficulty getting up (so-called 'start pain') or does not even want to go outside anymore.
– He no longer wants to play so exuberantly, runs no more stairs or no longer jumps at you (if that was allowed by you at first).
– He follows commands like sitting and is not or no longer so easy.
– He stays longer in place when something happens (out or with a ringing doorbell).
– Aggression when you stroke or touch it in "sore" places.
– Polar bears or constantly licking or chewing to make your own body painkillers.
The most common joint disease in the dog is the so-called osteoarthritis, also known as osteoarthritis. It is a chronic inflammation of the joint where eventually the cartilage and the underlying bone can become damaged. The joints lose their suppleness, pain develops and the dog moves stifferly and stiffly. In principle, osteoarthritis can occur in all joints, we see this most in the hips, knees, elbows and spine. The causes can be very different:
– injuries
– acute infections
– growth disorders
– wrong power
– wear
– overload
– or a hereditary condition
In older dogs, osteoarthritis usually develops as a result of wear and tear. Obesity and lack of exercise are also important risk factors for the development of osteoarthritis.


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