From abandoned houses to desolate churches, empty and decaying places catch our attention because of the eerie mystery surrounding them.
The city's West Side is an ethnically diverse neighborhood plagued by falling property values and drugs, often dealt
from abandoned houses.
For more on his story, click here to see the Facebook updates.This week also brought 21 rabbits taken in
from an abandoned house — all 21 of which left this morning to Retired Rabbit Sanctuary.
Not exact matches
Based entirely on anecdotal evidence, however, I believe the press» credibility with senior citizens has taken a hit
from which it is unlikely to recover, and it may be entirely due to the election of 2008, when the mainstream media utterly
abandoned whatever responsibilities to the public trust to which it still felt obliged, tossed presumptive - nominee Hillary Clinton aside and» rejecting any - and - all discomfiting questions about his experience, background, past - operations, education, friendships or capabilities» hoisted candidate Barack Obama upon their shoulders and carried him into the White
House in triumph.
But without public support (and with a financial crisis), Bush's party was ejected
from the White
House, and the Obama administration
abandoned Bush's counterinsurgency strategy — along with the hard - won gains of 2007.
From here on Luke tacitly
abandons the setting of the dinner at the Pharisee's
house.
In a borrowed «76 AMC Hornet, holding a fast - food chicken sandwich in one hand and balancing a cup of ice water in the other, I drive eight miles north
from this Oregon university town to an
abandoned air force base which now
houses a modest, little - known alcohol treatment Center for American Indians.
But by the end of the 1990s the stockyards had closed, and today many of the families of the South High soccer players — with immigrant parents
from not only Mexico but also Central America, Southeast Asia and Africa — live in the
housing stock
abandoned by those Europeans and work in the lone meatpacking plant, a few blocks
from the school.
Embracing these possibilities will require
abandoning some of the mental furniture acquired
from long residence in the
house of power.
Surrounded by children on the South Lawn of the White
House for the annual Easter Egg Roll festivities, President Donald Trump lashed out again about DACA, saying that Democrats had
abandoned the undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and who have benefited
from the program.
The Comres poll commissioned by the National
Housing Federation found that 59 % believe it should be
abandoned, up
from just 45 % back in April.
In December, Nassau OTB selected the vacant Fortunoff building in Westbury to
house the VLTs, but
abandoned the project in the face of strong opposition
from local, county and state officials.
The White
House, constantly under fire
from expected enemies on the right, has been frustrated by nightly attacks on cable news shows catering to the left, where Obama and top lieutenants like Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel have been excoriated for
abandoning the public option in healthcare reform; for not moving faster to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay; and for failing, so far, to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military.
Here's Rep. Dan Maffei, a former staffer on the
House Ways & Means Committee, explaining yet again why he is neither
abandoning Rep. Charlie Rangel nor returning the $ 82,000 worth of campaign contributions he has received
from the embattled Harlem Democrat over the years.
After initially settling on a site on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus to
house AMRI, officials
from Fort Schuyler abruptly
abandoned that plan in the fall of 2013 in favor of a building under construction by Louis Ciminelli's company, LPCiminelli, and owned by his brother Paul's firm, Ciminelli Real Estate.
«Too many communities across this state are still plagued by the blight of vacant and
abandoned properties, while at the same time suffering
from a critical shortage of affordable
housing,» Schneiderman said in a statement.
Explore the winning drone photos
from the DJI Drone Photography Award, including images of Spain's
abandoned houses and more.
The effort follows the Obama administration's decision to
abandon a planned centralized waste repository under Yucca Mountain, Nevada, which led to recommendations
from a blue ribbon panel assembled by the White
House on what to do next.
Knock once to wake her
from her bed, twice to raise her
from the dead...» So goes a disturbing urban legend involving an
abandoned house supposedly inhabited by a vengeful, child - stealing witch.
Even when the film gears up for one of its many tonal shifts,
from its Old Boy-esque hallway action set - piece in a lavish upmarket Georgian town
house, to its intense
abandoned warehouse finale with The Businessman (William Houston)-- who seemed to be channelling the foreboding gunslinger in Westworld, ensures the film has a wonderfully rich and engaging backdrop throughout.
They bone in an
abandoned house before her parents ban her
from seeing him.
It's wartime folks, and Phoebe Fox stars as Eve, a plucky schoolteacher charged with bringing a group of evacuated children
from London to the relative safety of an
abandoned country
house.
In a dystopian Detroit,
abandoned brick mansions left
from better times now
house only the most dangerous criminals.
Three independent movies
from this year deserve a special mention... Bill Morrison's documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time, the socio - political history of a gold rush town, illustrated with film stock recovered
from beneath an
abandoned ice rink... Oxide Ghosts, director Michael Cumming's assemblage of VHS outtakes
from the influential, more relevant than ever TV news satire Brass Eye... and Dispossession, a restrained documentary about the
housing crisis that's provoked fiercely energetic audience discussions up and down the land, culminating in a panel discussion at Curzon Chelsea with director Paul Sng, author Anna Minton and Jeremy Corbyn MP.
In a dystopian Detroit,
abandoned brick mansions left
from better times now
house only the most dange...
Finally, there's God Knows Where I Am, the beautiful, evocative, and ultimately heartbreaking tale of Linda Bishop, a schizophrenic woman who hid herself away in an
abandoned house in New Hampshire, subsisting for months on only the apples and creek - water that she snuck
from the back yard at night.
Rocky (Jane Levy) dreams of getting away
from her trailer park mother, the
abandoned houses of Detroit, and taking her little sister away to California.
She had a coming out doubleheader at this year's Sundance Film Festival where she was the star of two of its most buzzed about films: Martha Marcy May Marlene, in which she plays a girl who escapes
from a cult, and Silent
House a film that uses a single camera shot to follow her character, a terrified girl descending into madness, around an abandoned summer h
House a film that uses a single camera shot to follow her character, a terrified girl descending into madness, around an
abandoned summer
househouse.
Not far
from Billy's
house lie the remains of an
abandoned carnival, where an embittered toy clown, Zozo, has grown crooked and cruel with hate.
EVIL DOES EXIST An
abandoned house, a serial killer, and a victim reaching out
from the grave.
From the author of the number one Canadian bestseller The Birth
House comes the story of a young girl
abandoned to the streets of post-Civil War New York City.
She lived in the front unit in a squat brick low - rise, across the street
from the L tracks and a block away
from an
abandoned wooden
house with a gable roof, a once fantastic, now forgotten home that I hoped would someday be ours.
The Federal
Housing Administration (FHA) announced in June that it will
abandon the requirement that applicants must settle their credit disputes before receiving an FHA - insured loan — a rule that had sparked protests
from lenders, builders and real estate agents since it appeared in April.
The thinking is that borrowers with little home equity are only a job loss, illness or other unpredictable financial disaster away
from not making a
house payment and will
abandon their home to foreclosure if they owe more than the home is worth.
The Tortorella Foundation supports many efforts by underwriting unique programs that promote adoptions, emergency care for abused or
abandoned animals, rescue and transport
from high - kill shelters and the construction of animal
housing and play yards to assist rescues caring for homeless dogs and cats.
Some people believe that the Maine Shag originated
from house cats that turned feral after they were
abandoned.
EARS works on several fronts: They accept animals
from owners who need temporary help with
housing or feeding; respond to reports of animals
abandoned or lost in the flood area; take in animals picked up
from the flood area by the dog wardens; and give food to flood victims so they can feed their pets.
Carr
House is a small family - run rescue who have taken in stray and
abandoned dogs
from the streets of Hull for over 20 years.
It provided the first Canadian estimates on the scale of the issue, based on 478 responses
from veterinarians, municipal shelters, humane societies and SPCAs, rescue organizations, trap - neuter - return groups, spay / neuter groups and other organizations that help
house or care for stray,
abandoned and feral cats in Canada.
Camel (centre) is a rescued bearded dragon he was
abandoned in a vacant
house and after examination it was obvious he had suffered
from metabolic bone disease in the past and ended up with a hump like a camel hence the name camel.
As part of this project, CFHS conducted a general population survey of Canadians, as well as a multi-stakeholder survey of animal care organizations, receiving data
from municipalities, veterinarians, humane societies and SPCAs, rescue organizations, trap - neuter - return groups, spay / neuter groups and other organizations across Canada that help to
house or care for unwanted,
abandoned, stray and feral cats in Canada.
From Arlington to Tacoma, at rest stops and local airports, trailer courts and waste transfer stations,
abandoned houses and... you get the picture, everywhere!
Here are some recent rescue items
from around the globe Dog rescued from sewage - filled ditch Sheep stuck on roof of house is rescued by firefighters Malnourished Puppies Rescued From Abandoned Stony Brook Pet Store in NY 40 cats rescued from «deplorable» Carrick home Hundreds Of Dogs Seized From Suspected Puppy Mill Surviving the Storm: Pets Outlive Tornado's Strik
from around the globe Dog rescued
from sewage - filled ditch Sheep stuck on roof of house is rescued by firefighters Malnourished Puppies Rescued From Abandoned Stony Brook Pet Store in NY 40 cats rescued from «deplorable» Carrick home Hundreds Of Dogs Seized From Suspected Puppy Mill Surviving the Storm: Pets Outlive Tornado's Strik
from sewage - filled ditch Sheep stuck on roof of
house is rescued by firefighters Malnourished Puppies Rescued
From Abandoned Stony Brook Pet Store in NY 40 cats rescued from «deplorable» Carrick home Hundreds Of Dogs Seized From Suspected Puppy Mill Surviving the Storm: Pets Outlive Tornado's Strik
From Abandoned Stony Brook Pet Store in NY 40 cats rescued
from «deplorable» Carrick home Hundreds Of Dogs Seized From Suspected Puppy Mill Surviving the Storm: Pets Outlive Tornado's Strik
from «deplorable» Carrick home Hundreds Of Dogs Seized
From Suspected Puppy Mill Surviving the Storm: Pets Outlive Tornado's Strik
From Suspected Puppy Mill Surviving the Storm: Pets Outlive Tornado's Strike...
Here are some recent rescue items
from around the globe: Pregnant, Beaten, and Chased Dog Rescued - Costa Rica
Abandoned dogs close to death are rescued
from Paterson
house NJ Rescued
from his «rescuers,» dog's life keeps on getting better Leopard - rescued -
from - crowded - locality - of - Mandhal - village - India Rescued baby fox on road to recovery Baby Raccoons Rescued
from Manhole After Storms Humane Society takes...
City officials are continuing negotiations with shelters that would
house stray and
abandoned animals
from Deltona, Fire Chief Bob Rogers said.After criticisms surfaced about the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal's service, the city scrambled in recent weeks to develop its own animal - control program.
I have prioritized this product for kittens that come into the shelter
from drug raids or
abandoned houses.
CFHS will be seeking data
from municipal shelters, veterinarians, humane societies and SPCAs, rescue organizations, trap - neuter - return groups, spay / neuter groups, and other organizations across Canada that help to
house or care for unwanted,
abandoned, stray and feral cats in Canada.
«They have 199 cats, and I wanted to take them all with me,» she said.But she and her husband have three of their own already - a bob - tailed stray, one that was
abandoned in a rental
house and a third that came
from one of those «free kitten» boxes in front of a store.
Participating shelters include ASPCA,
Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniel Rescue, Adopt a Boxer Rescue, Animal Care and Control of NYC (AC&C), Animal Haven, Anjellicle Cats Rescue, Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons (ARF), BARC (Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition), Bideawee, Bobbi & the Strays, City Critters, Humane Society of New York (HSNY), Husky
House, KittyKind, Loving Touch, Manhattan Valley Cat Rescue, Metropolitan Maltese Rescue, Mid Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League, NY Pet - I - Care, PetResQ, P.L.U.T.O. Rescue (Pet Lovers United Together As One), Posh Pets Rescue, Russell Refuge, Save Kitty Foundation, Sean Casey Animal Rescue, Stray
from the Heart, Tigger Foundation and Urban Cat League.
Whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates or kills an animal, or causes or procures an animal to be overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, mutilated or killed; and whoever uses in a cruel or inhuman manner in a race, game, or contest, or in training therefor, as lure or bait a live animal, except an animal if used as lure or bait in fishing; and whoever, having the charge or custody of an animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon it, or unnecessarily fails to provide it with proper food, drink, shelter, sanitary environment, or protection
from the weather, and whoever, as owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of an animal, cruelly drives or works it when unfit for labor, or willfully
abandons it, or carries it or causes it to be carried in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon, or knowingly and willfully authorizes or permits it to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering or cruelty of any kind shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 7 years in state prison or imprisonment in the
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