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The county is only asking for the exterior of the library to be designated. That has raised concern from the Broward Trust for Historic Preservation, which said portions of the interior are just as important historically. |
The library's concrete walls on its east, south and west faces are typical of the Brutalist style, with Gatje softening their starkness by placing Florida keystone over the concrete. |
But its glass north face is completely different, forming a see-through curtain between the interior and exterior of the building. Multiple terraces of greenery and continuous ground tiling merge the interior and exterior spaces. A water element — now under repair — seems to flow from inside to outside the building “ju... |
It hasn't been easy appreciating the library's architecture in recent years. Much of the distinctive structure has been hidden because of ongoing repair and renovation work instigated by damage from Hurricane Wilma in 2005. |
If approved, the designation would make the 1984 library the city's youngest landmark. |
The next youngest structure, the Leonard Glasser model home on Northeast 16th Place, dates to 1952. Most of the buildings are from the ‘20s. |
The oldest? The 1901 Stranahan House, which sits on the New River just seven blocks from the main library on Andrews Avenue. |
A Republican judge running for re-election in Bexar County, Texas, announced this week that he is leaving the GOP because of the government shutdown and a variety of social issues. |
Key is currently Bexar County’s Presiding Judge of Criminal Court at Law Eleven. Speculation that he’d switch parties began several months ago when he was spotted at a fundraiser for Democratic State Senator and gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis. |
6ix9ine stays in some beef. This time it's over an incident at the Galleria Mall. |
(AllHipHop News) Police in Houston, Texas are looking for rap star Tekashi 6ix9ine, over an incident at the Galleria Mall. |
The rap star was involved in a physical confrontation with a teenager named Santiago Albarran during a meet and greet he hosted with Ugly God and fans back in January. |
The teen tried to film 6ix9ine, who did not want to be recorded, resulting in a fight between the pair, which resulted in the teen being choked, after the rapper grabbed him by the neck to demand he erase the footage. |
The cops are looking to charge 6ix9ine with misdemeanor assault. |
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The Community arts project, Resilient Hearts, wrapped up a year of workshops with the release of a book and short film. |
1 / 1 A 24-page book about the Resilient Hearts Project captures some of the art and experiences of those who participated. |
THUNDER BAY - For student and aspiring artist, Selena Baxter, a community arts project not only helped her develop and share some big ideas, but also allowed a little light to shine in to her life. |
Selena was one of many who participated in and helped facilitate the Resilient Hearts Project, a community driven arts project highlighting the strength and resilience of people in Thunder Bay. |
The project was a collaborative partnership between the Community Arts and Heritage Education Project (CAHEP) and Faye Peterson House, Community Clothing Assistance, Evergreen: A United Neighbourhood, Speak Up Program at Churchill Hub, Thunder Bay Boys & Girls Club, Community Action Group, and Inside Out Community Art ... |
Throughout the year, more than 200 people participated in 40 workshops that were held with partnering organizations and focused on themes of resilience and self-care. |
The project was funded by the Ontario government program: It’s Never Okay: Ontario’s Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment. |
The workshops utilized a variety of different artistic styles and teachings, from poetry to visual arts to film, which Albanese said creates a much stronger sense of inclusivity. |
To celebrate the year of workshops and highlight the work that was created, CAHEP released a book and a short film. |
“We created a book that has little examples of the art pieces that were made, interviews from participants and artists, and a short animated film was made entitled I Am Sincere that celebrates the creative process that took place in all of these different settings throughout Thunder Bay,” Albanese said. |
Zoe Gordon, an artist facilitator and filmmaker, said the film came from collecting one word lines from people participating in different projects and is very much a collaborative story. |
The book, which is a 24-page collection of some of the work created throughout the workshops and the experiences of participants, is available on the CAHEP website. |
For Selena, her hope is people will see the true power of art and creative expression, and just how resilient it can make you feel. |
UNTIL the recent release of a research paper by the Productivity Commission, little has been said about preservation age - the age at which you can access your superannuation. |
A recent email highlights some of the potential difficulties. "I just read that the preservation age will be raised to 70 to bring it into line with the age pension. This is stupid. If I was a young person and wanted to retire at age 60 after many years of hard work, my super would be unavailable. I could then be in th... |
There is no need for panic. The Productivity Commission report was simply a research paper that modelled the impact of increasing the preservation age above 60. But, what it does do is highlight how compounding makes a huge difference for people who stay in the workforce longer. |
CASE STUDY Joe is about to turn 65, earns $100,000 a year, and has $500,000 in super. If Joe retires now, $500,000 is what he'll get. |
However, if he works for two more years and contributes the maximum concessional contribution of $35,000 a year, his super fund would be worth $663,000, if it earned 9% a year. |
In one more year, if he continued the strategy, it would be worth $756,000, and in two more years, at age 70, it would be $970,000. Yet Joe would only have contributed an extra $175,000; the other $295,000 would be from the compounding returns. |
Obviously, it's worthwhile from a financial point of view to work as long as you can. |
But governments of all persuasions are well aware that there are many in the community who have to retire early due to a wide range of circumstances, which include occupation and their state of health. |
Under the present rules, preservation age for superannuation is 60 for people born after 30 June 1964, and age pension qualifying age is 67 for those born after 1 January 1957. |
As Centrelink does not assess superannuation until the member reaches pensionable age, there are many people now who have money in superannuation but are not accessing it, and are receiving Newstart in lieu. |
As our reader pointed out, this will lead to growing anomalies as superannuation balances grow, and it would not surprise me if Centrelink's treatment of superannuation changed sooner rather than later. |
Time Warner shares fall after a report that the Justice Department is considering an antitrust lawsuit to block its $85 billion deal with AT&T. |
AT&T officials have met with the Department of Justice in recent weeks, and the department hasn't made a final decision, The Wall Street Journal reports. |
Time Warner shares fell Thursday after a newspaper reported that the Department of Justice is considering an antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T's acquisition of the media company. |
Time Warner share price was down 4.1 percent after The Wall Street Journal reported that the department's antitrust division is preparing for litigation in case it decides to sue to block the deal. AT&T's stock was down 1.2 percent. |
At the same time, the department and the companies are discussing possible terms that would allow the deal to receive the government's approval, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. |
AT&T representatives have met with Justice officials in recent weeks, and the department hasn't made a final decision, but the two sides aren't close to an agreement, the Journal's sources said. |
"When the DOJ reviews any transaction, it is common and expected for both sides to prepare for all possible scenarios," AT&T said in a statement. "For over 40 years, vertical mergers like this one have always been approved because they benefit consumers without removing any competitors from the market. While we won't c... |
Time Warner and the Department of Justice declined comment. |
AT&T reached an agreement tobuy Time Warner for more than $85 billion last October. In July, sources told CNBC the deal could close in as soon as 60 days. |
Read the full Wall Street Journal story here. |
The race for the last spot in the 2015 Southern League baseball playoffs won't be decided until this weekend, perhaps as late as Monday. |
With five days left in the regular season as of Thursday, the Mobile BayBears sit two games back of the first-place Pensacola Blue Wahoos. As luck would have it, the BayBears open a 5-game series at Pensacola on Thursday night. |
Also in the playoff race are the Mississippi Braves, who sit a half-game behind the Blue Wahoos. Mississippi finishes the season with a 5-game series at last-place Jacksonville. |
The Biloxi Shuckers won the first-half crown, but are three games back in the second half standings heading into a 5-game home series with Tennessee beginning Thursday. Should Biloxi win the South second-half crown as well, they would face the team with the best season-long record in the first round of the playoffs (cu... |
The Montgomery Biscuits have already clinched the North second-half title, and will face first-half winner Chattanooga in the best-of-5 Southern League semifinals beginning Sept. 10. Montgomery hosts Birmingham for five games beginning Thursday to end the regular season. |
2nd half South winner at Biloxi, 7:10 p.m. |
Chattanooga at Montgomery, 5:35 p.m. |
Chattanooga at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m. |
In response to CNN guest host Jim Sciutto’s point that Trump didn’t quickly dismiss his support from white nationalists, Duffy pivoted and tried to pin the blame on President Barack Obama. |
Duffy said that while he didn’t share the same viewpoints as white supremacists, Obama should have condemned “Black Lives Matter” and anti-Trump protesters for alleged violent incidents across the country after Trump was elected earlier this month. |
DUFFY: [Trump] did condemn them and that’s a good thing. Someone who says, ‘they maybe endorse me, but I don’t endorse their viewpoint of the world.’ Again, I think it’s important that a leader step forward and make the right move, which is what he did. My concern is that Barack Obama, when he had a chance, didn’t cond... |
SCIUTTO: You’re equating Americans protesting a politician with outright hate and bigotry from a group that was using the Hitler salute to celebrate Donald Trump’s victory and are nothing more than white supremacists? I mean, that’s not a fair comparison. |
DUFFY: No, no, no. Both are disgusting, for different ways. |
SCIUTTO: You’re putting them on equal footing? You’re putting political protests on a footing with white supremacists? |
DUFFY: Let me explain. I think this is a horrible group, don’t share their values or their viewpoint. But you have people taking to the streets and damaging property, pulling people out of cars and beating them up, little girls getting beaten up in schools for supporting Donald Trump. This was violence on American stre... |
It’s one thing if you stand on the sidewalk and hold a sign in protest. That’s the American 1st Amendment right to protest. But when you get violent and you damage property and you hurt people, that’s something completely different. |
Duffy’s comments cast aside historical evidence that white supremacists have a well-documented and fearful past filled with violence against minorities in this country. But his comments are also wrong. |
After Trump won the election in early November, “Black Lives Matters” and anti-Trump protesters did not riot to the extent that the Republican congressman suggested. There were mostly peaceful demonstrations across the country for several days. There were a few isolated instances of more destructive protests led by a “... |
Meanwhile, there have been hundreds of incidents of hate crimes committed against people of color, blacks, Muslims, immigrants, and women since Trump’s win. |
What's better to bring to the homeless shelter, a bag of apples or a tray of lasagna? |
Probably the apples. But the good-hearted, well-meaning folks who donate food to shelters often choose otherwise. So says Juliette Tahar, founder of the nonprofit organization Healthy Living, Inc. and the subject of this week's "Eat, Drink and Be Healthy" column. |
Tahar tries to help people living in homeless shelters learn how to eat more healthfully. But, she says, her education efforts extend beyond the residents to include the volunteers who bring them food. |
"It's an important issue in the shelter system," Tahar says. "A lot of volunteers bring a lot of comfort food. There's a perception that that's what [people in shelters] need. But how do you tell a volunteer who's prepared that tray of lasagna with love and caring that that's not what we want?" |
Tahar encourages the people she counsels to build new relationships with food, to understand why they eat the things they do and to make more healthful choices when possible. She believes in their taking "baby steps" toward a more nutritious diet, substituting water for soda, for instance, and keeping an eye on portion... |
But those new habits are harder to adopt when there's a big cheesy casserole staring you in the face. |
So Tahar tries to establish trust with the volunteers who help out at the shelters she works with; once that trust is in place, she talks with them about the possibility of their bringing more healthful foods -- and offers suggestions for items that fit the bill. "Some volunteers have been coming for a long time," she ... |
Tahar says the best way to make sure your food donations are meeting shelters' (and food banks') needs is to call and ask. Here's a nation-wide guide to shelters and food banks; click through to find phone numbers. |
One way or another, please consider donating. The need for donated food is great right now; many food banks report that they're serving more people than ever but that their shelves are nearly bare. |
This is really foolish. People who are really down on their luck to be bullied by "health fanatics". first most once out of the shelter need other things like enough calories to get thru the day. So some power this is decides on "healthy foods" that cannot be sustained when a good comfort food may do wonders helping th... |
It does not help when the help is worse than the situation. There is little to no housing and we in this country want to build ghettos and slums so the well to do can point and say there are the poor people" (3rd class citizens). |
Too many "good ideas are co-opted by the exploitation of the people that they supposedly want to help. |
First reform the housing o there are no more "ghettos" or buildings for "only the economically challenged"(laid off, poor,pensioners,etc), Get rid of our bigotry toward other people and the mindset that everyone should be just like us! |
Our church makes bologna sandwiches for a homeless shelter once a week and I must say I feel there's something wrong with providing cheap, fatty, salty food that I wouldn't eat myself. It's a dilemma. No money to provide higher quality food and the recipient doesn't have the option of choosing something better either. |
I have also distributed soup and bologna sandwiches and have wondered to myself about nutritional value. I also think that homemade lasagna is a perfectly acceptable food donation for someone who might not have had a meal otherwise. There are many people in the world who subsist for many years to a lifetime on processe... |
PESHAWAR: The monetisation measures approved by the provincial government to regulate the use of official cars by judges, ministers and officers would save Rs800 million annually. |
Under the newly approved rules, the judges and staff of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), ministers, advisors to the chief minister, special assistants and all other entitled officers, head of commissions and authorities would be bound to use official and staff cars for 12 years. Similarly, the new rules would also strip ... |
Secretary Finance Shakeel Qadir Khan told The News that the department remained in the process to identify the areas for “cost-cuts” or those where the government expenditures were very lavish. “So one of such areas was the use of the government vehicles,” he said and added that at the moment under the Government Vehic... |
However, it has been observed that condition for the use of the vehicles have changed now to a certain extent because roads have improved, maintenance, fuel and parts’ quality and standard of the vehicles have enhanced that has prolonged the life of the vehicles, the secretary further said. Shakeel Qadir maintained tha... |
The department, he said, worked out the required changes to the Staff Car Operation and Maintenance Rules and as it did not require any legislation, so they submitted the same to the cabinet which approved it. Similarly, previously there was a rule that every vehicle on its condemnation had to be handed over to the Adm... |
“In the same way, we are going to bring in another innovation. We are going to do away with the provision of drivers with the staff cars of the officers of certain grade, may be grade-18 or 19, and we are doing it for a reason,” Shakeel Qadir added. He explained that a grade-6 driver costs over Rs250 million to the gov... |
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