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Rags posing on the scratch barrel, while I sit on the rollator, which I now use for shopping and longer walks outside. It's a great help - and I don't have to fear falling anymore.
Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali cat), 11.01.2022.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
(work shots) I had the opportunity to follow the home care one morning, and out to one of the elderly citizens, who receives help. It's not just about help with washing and cooking, but just as much about human contact.
Finalmente, a foto da última edição da Info, que eu amei... eu com meu equipamento odonto-móvel e meu smartphone... Será ampliada e vai virar um poster!
Pic from last Info magazine, me and my mobile dentristry home-care stuff. And of course, my Qtek S200 smartphone...
(work shots) I had the opportunity to follow the home care one morning, and out to one of the elderly citizens, who receives help. It's not just about help with washing and cooking, but just as much about human contact.
(work shots) I had the opportunity to follow the home care one morning, and out to one of the elderly citizens, who receives help. It's not just about help with washing and cooking, but just as much about human contact.
(work shots) I had the opportunity to follow the home care one morning, and out to one of the elderly citizens, who receives help. It's not just about help with washing and cooking, but just as much about human contact.
Thursday morning, when the homecare person came in, I drove the Benz to Royal Roads then on to Royal Bay.
The weather was a damp, Scottish-mist and the 22km distance on the bike gets boring after a few trips.
After checking out the Westshore Rowing and Paddling Centre and Blue Heron House it was up Serpentine Rd. and on to Royal Bay.
Thursday morning, when the homecare person came in, I drove the Benz to Royal Roads then on to Royal Bay.
The weather was a damp, Scottish-mist and the 22km distance on the bike gets boring after a few trips.
After checking out the Westshore Rowing and Paddling Centre and Blue Heron House it was up Serpentine Rd. and on to Royal Bay.
Painter Road Trailhead is still there so that's where the limo was parked while checking out the surroundings.
N.B. Royal Bay has a labyrinth of trails covering its large area but few take time to explore them.
The home care in Ballerup have opened their own test facility for the nursing staff. Telegrafvej, Ballerup.
Thursday morning, when the homecare person came in, I drove the Benz to Royal Roads then on to Royal Bay.
The weather was a damp, Scottish-mist and the 22km distance on the bike gets boring after a few trips.
After checking out the Westshore Rowing and Paddling Centre and Blue Heron House it was up Serpentine Rd. and on to Royal Bay.
The home care in Ballerup have opened their own test facility for the nursing staff. Telegrafvej, Ballerup.
Sterling Homecare seem to have withdrawn from this branch. Pity they didn't tidy up before they left.
Blu-tac on glass never works that well in the long run.
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This is my 5th photo to make Explore. Doing well!
No one really thinks about it unless you cant get your breath. At that point, it's all you CAN think about. So here's a nod to the folks supplying oxygen to those at home who cant get enough on their own. They drive out on their deliveries in any weather, work around truck breakdowns, and wrestle containers weighing up to 700 lbs on and off their trucks on a daily basis. This image is of a driver standing in a cloud of oxygen while venting excess pressure from a liquid oxygen container. Needless to say, any spark is out of the question.
On a side note, it's been a busier summer than usual and I haven't had much time to get my camera out of the bag. I'm also finishing a computer upgrade and all that has limited my time on social media. It will be nice to get all that sorted out and be back in touch with my Flickr friends. Cheers and thanks for your patience!
No Podemos esperar: Government officials, community organizers and immigration and human rights activists rally to support a federal budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs, New Haven City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, August 26, 2021.
Quote from the media advisory for Thursday, August 26, 2021
Media Contacts: Frank Soults, 32BJ SEIU
Megan Fountain, ULA
Connecticut Leaders Call on Congress to Center Immigrant Workers in Economic Recovery
Senator Blumenthal to rally with homecare workers, janitors, and farmworkers to support a historic budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs
What: Just Recovery for Immigrant Workers Press Conference
When: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am
Where: New Haven City Hall, 165 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510
Who: Connecticut Domestic Worker Justice Campaign, National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), 32BJ SEIU (Service Employees International Union), District 1199 SEIU (New England Health Care Employees Union), Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), Connecticut TPS Committee, CT Shoreline Indivisible, New Sanctuary CT, CT Workers Center, Comunidades Sin Fronteras, Black and Brown United in Action.
Speakers:
Senator Richard Blumenthal
Mayor Justin Elicker
State Representative Robyn Porter, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
State Senator Julie Kushner, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
Cynthia Johnson of New Haven, homecare worker and member of District 1199 SEIU
Fausto Canelas, office cleaner and member of 32BJ SEIU
Adela Camacho of West Haven, agricultural worker and member of ULA
New Haven, CT -- On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am, union and community groups will host a press conference with Senator Blumenthal to demand a national economic recovery that centers our nation’s most vulnerable and essential workers, including a pathway to citizenship for those without status. The COVID-19 pandemic made visible how millions of workers — a majority of whom are women, immigrants, and workers of color — are essential parts of our economy, yet about five million lack citizenship rights and the ability to organize for better working conditions, and millions more lack living wages and safe workplaces.
President Biden’s economic recovery plan, Build Back Better, proposes a huge investment in building a new economy with good jobs for working families. On August 24, the House of Representatives approved the Senate’s $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, including a path to citizenship for undocumented essential workers, farm workers, and immigrants in limbo, including those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Citizenship for millions is an investment in the American economy and will boost wages, reduce deficits, and accelerate GDP growth.
To create good jobs for all working families, Congress must include in the final budget reconciliation package an investment in good jobs and a path to citizenship. Congress must also pass the PRO Act, strengthen the rights of workers to organize, and create whistleblower protections for undocumented immigrants who speak out about labor abuses.
"Congress has a historic opportunity to level the 'paying' field by investing in homecare jobs,” said State Representative Robyn Porter of New Haven. “The workers who care for our growing elderly population, who are mostly women, majority non-white, deserve equity in pay, benefits and worker protections. It's time to put our money where our mouths are, which means taking care of those who take such good care of our most vulnerable populations."
“I am forever grateful to have Temporary Protected Status, but much like COVID-19 has limited everyone for a year and a half, so my status has limited my ability to see family and plan for the future for a quarter century,” said Fausto Canelas, a Bridgeport office cleaner and 32BJ member originally from Honduras. “Millions of immigrants risked their lives throughout the pandemic so all Americans could live as normally as possible; we are asking Congress to honor our sacrifice by opening a path to citizenship so we can live normally, too.”
The press conference, which will take place on the steps of New Haven City Hall, will serve as an opportunity for policymakers to hear directly from members of their communities who would benefit from the Build Back Better Plan and would thus contribute to a stronger economic recovery.
National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the leading voice for dignity and fairness for millions of nannies, house cleaners, and care workers in the United States. NDWA has four affiliate organizations in Connecticut: ULA in New Haven; CT Workers Center in Bridgeport; Comunidades Sin Fronteras in Norwalk; and Naugatuck Valley Project in Waterbury. Together with 20 faith and labor organizations, they are the Connecticut Domestic Workers Justice Campaign.
32BJ SEIU is the largest building service workers union in the country, with more than 175,000 members in 11 states and Washington DC, including 4,500 members in Connecticut.
District 1199ne SEIU is the largest organization of healthcare workers in the Northeast, with more than 20,000 workers in hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other health settings.
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Bath-based ...in fact legally owned by Bath Electric Tramways... Bristol Omnibus Co. no. 7216 is seen a minute or two after leaving Bristol Bus Station on the 339 service. The date is likely to have been Friday 6th April 1979. I thought this must have been very late for crew working on the Bristol-Bath service, but referring to the Bentos annals I find that I last drove a Bristol FLF ...it would have been on this service... on Monday 10th November 1980. So there was at least a year-and-a-half still to go. Am I seeing things, or is the fag-puffing passenger in the front upper deck seat sitting in the nearside corner? If so, this is a new one on me. Except in those FLFs that had clockwise-ascending stairs ...there were none in the BOC fleet... all had a four-abreast seat forward of the stairwell. This looks like two conventional paired seats. Perhaps there was just room for the conductor to squirm around and collect the fares.
About three years after this photo was taken I first bought a house. The Texas Homecare Centre, being just down the road from the bus station, came in handy, and many's the time I popped down during my meal break for a shave hook, a couple of olives, a pack of countersunk wood screws or a push-fit elbow. The hoarding-screened vacant plot had been the site of the Crown and Dove Hotel. That white building, known as Number One Bridewell Street, rose in its place in 1987. Across the street is what I've always known as the Lex garage and multi-storey car park ...a very early example of its type. The garage no longer operates. I see they took Access cards. Is the petrol price by the gallon or by the litre?
Home care received the municipal health award because they have made the entire workplace smoke-free - not just during working hours, all employees have quit smoking. Andreas was one of the initiators. Ballerup, Denmark.
Format: Still image
Abstract: Homemaker is helping a mother who has home management and child care problems.
Extent: 1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID: 101448556
NLM Image ID: A029680
Permanent Link: resource.nlm.nih.gov/101448556
No Podemos esperar: Government officials, community organizers and immigration and human rights activists rally to support a federal budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs, New Haven City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, August 26, 2021.
Quote from the media advisory for Thursday, August 26, 2021
Media Contacts: Frank Soults, 32BJ SEIU
Megan Fountain, ULA
Connecticut Leaders Call on Congress to Center Immigrant Workers in Economic Recovery
Senator Blumenthal to rally with homecare workers, janitors, and farmworkers to support a historic budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs
What: Just Recovery for Immigrant Workers Press Conference
When: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am
Where: New Haven City Hall, 165 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510
Who: Connecticut Domestic Worker Justice Campaign, National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), 32BJ SEIU (Service Employees International Union), District 1199 SEIU (New England Health Care Employees Union), Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), Connecticut TPS Committee, CT Shoreline Indivisible, New Sanctuary CT, CT Workers Center, Comunidades Sin Fronteras, Black and Brown United in Action.
Speakers:
Senator Richard Blumenthal
Mayor Justin Elicker
State Representative Robyn Porter, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
State Senator Julie Kushner, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
Cynthia Johnson of New Haven, homecare worker and member of District 1199 SEIU
Fausto Canelas, office cleaner and member of 32BJ SEIU
Adela Camacho of West Haven, agricultural worker and member of ULA
New Haven, CT -- On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am, union and community groups will host a press conference with Senator Blumenthal to demand a national economic recovery that centers our nation’s most vulnerable and essential workers, including a pathway to citizenship for those without status. The COVID-19 pandemic made visible how millions of workers — a majority of whom are women, immigrants, and workers of color — are essential parts of our economy, yet about five million lack citizenship rights and the ability to organize for better working conditions, and millions more lack living wages and safe workplaces.
President Biden’s economic recovery plan, Build Back Better, proposes a huge investment in building a new economy with good jobs for working families. On August 24, the House of Representatives approved the Senate’s $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, including a path to citizenship for undocumented essential workers, farm workers, and immigrants in limbo, including those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Citizenship for millions is an investment in the American economy and will boost wages, reduce deficits, and accelerate GDP growth.
To create good jobs for all working families, Congress must include in the final budget reconciliation package an investment in good jobs and a path to citizenship. Congress must also pass the PRO Act, strengthen the rights of workers to organize, and create whistleblower protections for undocumented immigrants who speak out about labor abuses.
"Congress has a historic opportunity to level the 'paying' field by investing in homecare jobs,” said State Representative Robyn Porter of New Haven. “The workers who care for our growing elderly population, who are mostly women, majority non-white, deserve equity in pay, benefits and worker protections. It's time to put our money where our mouths are, which means taking care of those who take such good care of our most vulnerable populations."
“I am forever grateful to have Temporary Protected Status, but much like COVID-19 has limited everyone for a year and a half, so my status has limited my ability to see family and plan for the future for a quarter century,” said Fausto Canelas, a Bridgeport office cleaner and 32BJ member originally from Honduras. “Millions of immigrants risked their lives throughout the pandemic so all Americans could live as normally as possible; we are asking Congress to honor our sacrifice by opening a path to citizenship so we can live normally, too.”
The press conference, which will take place on the steps of New Haven City Hall, will serve as an opportunity for policymakers to hear directly from members of their communities who would benefit from the Build Back Better Plan and would thus contribute to a stronger economic recovery.
National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the leading voice for dignity and fairness for millions of nannies, house cleaners, and care workers in the United States. NDWA has four affiliate organizations in Connecticut: ULA in New Haven; CT Workers Center in Bridgeport; Comunidades Sin Fronteras in Norwalk; and Naugatuck Valley Project in Waterbury. Together with 20 faith and labor organizations, they are the Connecticut Domestic Workers Justice Campaign.
32BJ SEIU is the largest building service workers union in the country, with more than 175,000 members in 11 states and Washington DC, including 4,500 members in Connecticut.
District 1199ne SEIU is the largest organization of healthcare workers in the Northeast, with more than 20,000 workers in hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other health settings.
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My mother-in-law with her home care helper. It's nice when strangers jovial, and become friends. It's the human touch we all need sometimes.
Mr.Nalinesh Kumar from Mumbai has received nursing service from Healthabove60 for his wife who has undergone a kidney transplant in Chennai.He is sharing his experience with Healthabove60 geriatric nursing care services.
No Podemos esperar: Government officials, community organizers and immigration and human rights activists rally to support a federal budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs, New Haven City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, August 26, 2021.
Quote from the media advisory for Thursday, August 26, 2021
Media Contacts: Frank Soults, 32BJ SEIU
Megan Fountain, ULA
Connecticut Leaders Call on Congress to Center Immigrant Workers in Economic Recovery
Senator Blumenthal to rally with homecare workers, janitors, and farmworkers to support a historic budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs
What: Just Recovery for Immigrant Workers Press Conference
When: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am
Where: New Haven City Hall, 165 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510
Who: Connecticut Domestic Worker Justice Campaign, National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), 32BJ SEIU (Service Employees International Union), District 1199 SEIU (New England Health Care Employees Union), Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), Connecticut TPS Committee, CT Shoreline Indivisible, New Sanctuary CT, CT Workers Center, Comunidades Sin Fronteras, Black and Brown United in Action.
Speakers:
Senator Richard Blumenthal
Mayor Justin Elicker
State Representative Robyn Porter, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
State Senator Julie Kushner, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
Cynthia Johnson of New Haven, homecare worker and member of District 1199 SEIU
Fausto Canelas, office cleaner and member of 32BJ SEIU
Adela Camacho of West Haven, agricultural worker and member of ULA
New Haven, CT -- On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am, union and community groups will host a press conference with Senator Blumenthal to demand a national economic recovery that centers our nation’s most vulnerable and essential workers, including a pathway to citizenship for those without status. The COVID-19 pandemic made visible how millions of workers — a majority of whom are women, immigrants, and workers of color — are essential parts of our economy, yet about five million lack citizenship rights and the ability to organize for better working conditions, and millions more lack living wages and safe workplaces.
President Biden’s economic recovery plan, Build Back Better, proposes a huge investment in building a new economy with good jobs for working families. On August 24, the House of Representatives approved the Senate’s $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, including a path to citizenship for undocumented essential workers, farm workers, and immigrants in limbo, including those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Citizenship for millions is an investment in the American economy and will boost wages, reduce deficits, and accelerate GDP growth.
To create good jobs for all working families, Congress must include in the final budget reconciliation package an investment in good jobs and a path to citizenship. Congress must also pass the PRO Act, strengthen the rights of workers to organize, and create whistleblower protections for undocumented immigrants who speak out about labor abuses.
"Congress has a historic opportunity to level the 'paying' field by investing in homecare jobs,” said State Representative Robyn Porter of New Haven. “The workers who care for our growing elderly population, who are mostly women, majority non-white, deserve equity in pay, benefits and worker protections. It's time to put our money where our mouths are, which means taking care of those who take such good care of our most vulnerable populations."
“I am forever grateful to have Temporary Protected Status, but much like COVID-19 has limited everyone for a year and a half, so my status has limited my ability to see family and plan for the future for a quarter century,” said Fausto Canelas, a Bridgeport office cleaner and 32BJ member originally from Honduras. “Millions of immigrants risked their lives throughout the pandemic so all Americans could live as normally as possible; we are asking Congress to honor our sacrifice by opening a path to citizenship so we can live normally, too.”
The press conference, which will take place on the steps of New Haven City Hall, will serve as an opportunity for policymakers to hear directly from members of their communities who would benefit from the Build Back Better Plan and would thus contribute to a stronger economic recovery.
National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the leading voice for dignity and fairness for millions of nannies, house cleaners, and care workers in the United States. NDWA has four affiliate organizations in Connecticut: ULA in New Haven; CT Workers Center in Bridgeport; Comunidades Sin Fronteras in Norwalk; and Naugatuck Valley Project in Waterbury. Together with 20 faith and labor organizations, they are the Connecticut Domestic Workers Justice Campaign.
32BJ SEIU is the largest building service workers union in the country, with more than 175,000 members in 11 states and Washington DC, including 4,500 members in Connecticut.
District 1199ne SEIU is the largest organization of healthcare workers in the Northeast, with more than 20,000 workers in hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other health settings.
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No Podemos esperar: Government officials, community organizers and immigration and human rights activists rally to support a federal budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs, New Haven City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, August 26, 2021.
Quote from the media advisory for Thursday, August 26, 2021
Media Contacts: Frank Soults, 32BJ SEIU
Megan Fountain, ULA
Connecticut Leaders Call on Congress to Center Immigrant Workers in Economic Recovery
Senator Blumenthal to rally with homecare workers, janitors, and farmworkers to support a historic budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs
What: Just Recovery for Immigrant Workers Press Conference
When: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am
Where: New Haven City Hall, 165 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510
Who: Connecticut Domestic Worker Justice Campaign, National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), 32BJ SEIU (Service Employees International Union), District 1199 SEIU (New England Health Care Employees Union), Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), Connecticut TPS Committee, CT Shoreline Indivisible, New Sanctuary CT, CT Workers Center, Comunidades Sin Fronteras, Black and Brown United in Action.
Speakers:
Senator Richard Blumenthal
Mayor Justin Elicker
State Representative Robyn Porter, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
State Senator Julie Kushner, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
Cynthia Johnson of New Haven, homecare worker and member of District 1199 SEIU
Fausto Canelas, office cleaner and member of 32BJ SEIU
Adela Camacho of West Haven, agricultural worker and member of ULA
New Haven, CT -- On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am, union and community groups will host a press conference with Senator Blumenthal to demand a national economic recovery that centers our nation’s most vulnerable and essential workers, including a pathway to citizenship for those without status. The COVID-19 pandemic made visible how millions of workers — a majority of whom are women, immigrants, and workers of color — are essential parts of our economy, yet about five million lack citizenship rights and the ability to organize for better working conditions, and millions more lack living wages and safe workplaces.
President Biden’s economic recovery plan, Build Back Better, proposes a huge investment in building a new economy with good jobs for working families. On August 24, the House of Representatives approved the Senate’s $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, including a path to citizenship for undocumented essential workers, farm workers, and immigrants in limbo, including those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Citizenship for millions is an investment in the American economy and will boost wages, reduce deficits, and accelerate GDP growth.
To create good jobs for all working families, Congress must include in the final budget reconciliation package an investment in good jobs and a path to citizenship. Congress must also pass the PRO Act, strengthen the rights of workers to organize, and create whistleblower protections for undocumented immigrants who speak out about labor abuses.
"Congress has a historic opportunity to level the 'paying' field by investing in homecare jobs,” said State Representative Robyn Porter of New Haven. “The workers who care for our growing elderly population, who are mostly women, majority non-white, deserve equity in pay, benefits and worker protections. It's time to put our money where our mouths are, which means taking care of those who take such good care of our most vulnerable populations."
“I am forever grateful to have Temporary Protected Status, but much like COVID-19 has limited everyone for a year and a half, so my status has limited my ability to see family and plan for the future for a quarter century,” said Fausto Canelas, a Bridgeport office cleaner and 32BJ member originally from Honduras. “Millions of immigrants risked their lives throughout the pandemic so all Americans could live as normally as possible; we are asking Congress to honor our sacrifice by opening a path to citizenship so we can live normally, too.”
The press conference, which will take place on the steps of New Haven City Hall, will serve as an opportunity for policymakers to hear directly from members of their communities who would benefit from the Build Back Better Plan and would thus contribute to a stronger economic recovery.
National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the leading voice for dignity and fairness for millions of nannies, house cleaners, and care workers in the United States. NDWA has four affiliate organizations in Connecticut: ULA in New Haven; CT Workers Center in Bridgeport; Comunidades Sin Fronteras in Norwalk; and Naugatuck Valley Project in Waterbury. Together with 20 faith and labor organizations, they are the Connecticut Domestic Workers Justice Campaign.
32BJ SEIU is the largest building service workers union in the country, with more than 175,000 members in 11 states and Washington DC, including 4,500 members in Connecticut.
District 1199ne SEIU is the largest organization of healthcare workers in the Northeast, with more than 20,000 workers in hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other health settings.
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This was the last room lived in by the person receiving hospice care. He liked having a calendar nearby showing events coming up during his week; it has been taken down, but not yet the event stickers used on it, which had been stuck underneath it for reuse.
Thurs December 6, 2018, 1:19pm; Siletz, Oregon
SMS317 is at a bus stop outside Texas Homecare while a British Telecom Bedford HA van passes by.
Also in shot are a Hillman Avenger and what looks like a Triumph Herald.
Thanks again to Ian Smith's very good www.countrybus.org/ for information on this bus
SMS 317 EGN 317J
10/70 new to Aldenham
12/70 BX change store (Bexleyheath)
1/71 TH into service on 115/A (Thornton Heath)
1972 TH
9/73 TH into store
2/74 TH ..and out
4/74 TH to repaint, and return
12/75 TH into store
5/76 TH ..and out
12/77 BX transfer into store
3/78 Q change store (Camberwell)
4/78 Q to Aldenham overhaul
5/78 PM from o/h (Peckham)
11/78 HD transfer (Harrow Weald)
8/79 CA transfer into store EW (Edgware)
12/80 EW withdrawn..
12/80 SE ..into store (Stonebridge Park)
1/81 sold to Wombwell Diesels
CHV147V was a Cental London Bedford 6 CWT HAE PO van 1256cc last taxed on 1 May 1990.
So, how does this demolition site change my life? I'm hoping not much.
This is the former site of Texas Homecare on Edge Lane, which is now reduced to rubble.
It's going to make way for a very large development on Edge Lane which I think I've mentioned before.
Part of the plans for this development include a cinema. This new cinema would be in very close proximity to my local branch of Cineworld which is very, very convenient. I can walk there in thirty minutes and drive there in under ten. I had wondered if Cineworld might take over the new cinema once built, but that might perhaps be thwarted by this.
I learned today that Cineworld are opening a new 11 screen multiplex in the New Mersey Retail Park which is closer to Speke and about 25 minutes drive away, even in favourable conditions.
I'm able to go to the cinema so much as I have an annual pass that means I'm not paying close to a tenner each time I want to see a film. To keep that up I have to go to Cineworld, and if my local is miles away that will make me sad.
I shall endeavour to keep you posted on progress.
Thursday morning, when the homecare person came in, I drove the Benz to Royal Roads then on to Royal Bay.
The weather was a damp, Scottish-mist and the 22km distance on the bike gets boring after a few trips.
After checking out the Westshore Rowing and Paddling Centre and Blue Heron House it was up Serpentine Rd. and on to Royal Bay.
former Payless, Browns Shoe Fit, The Buckle, Alltell Wireless, Hastings Entertainment, Kmart, Homecare Medical Equipment
Twin Cedars Senior Living provides different kind of services. Like Long Term Care, Respite Care, Adult Day Care, and Personal Care Services.
All sorts under the shadow of the West End pub when I passed there earlier on.The bar in the West End was open and a regular is sitting otside,either having a fag or enjoying the weather(or both!).South Wales Transport Optare Solo YJ55 BGO is one of the batch bought off the Council.Now in fleet livery,ex-Lliw Link,it's about to turn right for its run to Morriston on service 141.
Another Smart car.This one's got quite a special job as it's one of several used by Village Homecare,a company who provide home helps for elderly and disabled people to help them live in the community.Two old ladies,probably having been to Sainsburys have a friendly chat on the way to meet their bus whilst the old bike probably belongs to someone in the flats which have been built were the old Lido Cinema/Bingo once stood.
At the lights stands a Variety Club minibus.Can't say I've seen one in ages though there is a Lords Taverners Transit bus at Penllergaer Primary.An Iveco Turbo Daily with what looks like an Iris Bus conversion.A good old workhorse which will definately last til the school becomes eligible for a replacement anyway.
The Blind shop is part of a development which includes about 6 or 7 shops and finishes just around the corner on Lime Street.They stand on what was once Bassett's,Gorseinon's garage.Yes,I believe it was part of the early bus operator of the same name though they had another garage lower down the road too.This site was demolished years ago and bought by the owner of the Lido as a car park.He sold it on in the late 80's for redevelopment.Interestingly all the upstairs flats are empty as no fire doors were built into the design!! Shame,aside from the waste issues it's not a bad spot with parking behind too...........
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No Podemos esperar: Government officials, community organizers and immigration and human rights activists rally to support a federal budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs, New Haven City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, August 26, 2021.
Quote from the media advisory for Thursday, August 26, 2021
Media Contacts: Frank Soults, 32BJ SEIU
Megan Fountain, ULA
Connecticut Leaders Call on Congress to Center Immigrant Workers in Economic Recovery
Senator Blumenthal to rally with homecare workers, janitors, and farmworkers to support a historic budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs
What: Just Recovery for Immigrant Workers Press Conference
When: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am
Where: New Haven City Hall, 165 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510
Who: Connecticut Domestic Worker Justice Campaign, National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), 32BJ SEIU (Service Employees International Union), District 1199 SEIU (New England Health Care Employees Union), Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), Connecticut TPS Committee, CT Shoreline Indivisible, New Sanctuary CT, CT Workers Center, Comunidades Sin Fronteras, Black and Brown United in Action.
Speakers:
Senator Richard Blumenthal
Mayor Justin Elicker
State Representative Robyn Porter, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
State Senator Julie Kushner, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
Cynthia Johnson of New Haven, homecare worker and member of District 1199 SEIU
Fausto Canelas, office cleaner and member of 32BJ SEIU
Adela Camacho of West Haven, agricultural worker and member of ULA
New Haven, CT -- On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am, union and community groups will host a press conference with Senator Blumenthal to demand a national economic recovery that centers our nation’s most vulnerable and essential workers, including a pathway to citizenship for those without status. The COVID-19 pandemic made visible how millions of workers — a majority of whom are women, immigrants, and workers of color — are essential parts of our economy, yet about five million lack citizenship rights and the ability to organize for better working conditions, and millions more lack living wages and safe workplaces.
President Biden’s economic recovery plan, Build Back Better, proposes a huge investment in building a new economy with good jobs for working families. On August 24, the House of Representatives approved the Senate’s $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, including a path to citizenship for undocumented essential workers, farm workers, and immigrants in limbo, including those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Citizenship for millions is an investment in the American economy and will boost wages, reduce deficits, and accelerate GDP growth.
To create good jobs for all working families, Congress must include in the final budget reconciliation package an investment in good jobs and a path to citizenship. Congress must also pass the PRO Act, strengthen the rights of workers to organize, and create whistleblower protections for undocumented immigrants who speak out about labor abuses.
"Congress has a historic opportunity to level the 'paying' field by investing in homecare jobs,” said State Representative Robyn Porter of New Haven. “The workers who care for our growing elderly population, who are mostly women, majority non-white, deserve equity in pay, benefits and worker protections. It's time to put our money where our mouths are, which means taking care of those who take such good care of our most vulnerable populations."
“I am forever grateful to have Temporary Protected Status, but much like COVID-19 has limited everyone for a year and a half, so my status has limited my ability to see family and plan for the future for a quarter century,” said Fausto Canelas, a Bridgeport office cleaner and 32BJ member originally from Honduras. “Millions of immigrants risked their lives throughout the pandemic so all Americans could live as normally as possible; we are asking Congress to honor our sacrifice by opening a path to citizenship so we can live normally, too.”
The press conference, which will take place on the steps of New Haven City Hall, will serve as an opportunity for policymakers to hear directly from members of their communities who would benefit from the Build Back Better Plan and would thus contribute to a stronger economic recovery.
National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the leading voice for dignity and fairness for millions of nannies, house cleaners, and care workers in the United States. NDWA has four affiliate organizations in Connecticut: ULA in New Haven; CT Workers Center in Bridgeport; Comunidades Sin Fronteras in Norwalk; and Naugatuck Valley Project in Waterbury. Together with 20 faith and labor organizations, they are the Connecticut Domestic Workers Justice Campaign.
32BJ SEIU is the largest building service workers union in the country, with more than 175,000 members in 11 states and Washington DC, including 4,500 members in Connecticut.
District 1199ne SEIU is the largest organization of healthcare workers in the Northeast, with more than 20,000 workers in hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other health settings.
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Volunteering in Kenya: HIV/AIDS
Kenya has been hit hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic with approximately 1.25 million adults and over 100,000 children infected. The aim of the HIV/AIDS program is to decrease the spread of HIV through raising awareness and education, increasing access to homecare, and providing emotional support to those affected by HIV/AIDS within the community.
Volunteers have the opportunity to work in a community HIV/AIDS organization to assist with homecare visits to HIV positive people, and educate and counsel community and school groups and individuals.
This role is suitable for a caring, motivated, and self-directed person. Medical training is not necessary for all aspects of the program, but a background in HIV/AIDS and basic health care is required.
Kenya has been hit hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic with approximately 1.25 million adults and over 100,000 children infected. The aim of the HIV/AIDS program is to decrease the spread of HIV through raising awareness and education, increasing access to homecare, and providing emotional support to those affected by HIV/AIDS within the community. Volunteers have the opportunity to work in a community HIV/AIDS organization to assist with homecare visits to HIV positive people, and educate and counsel community and school groups and individuals. This role is suitable for a caring, motivated, and self-directed person. Medical training is not necessary for all aspects of the program, but a background in HIV/AIDS and basic health care is required.
Prevention efforts are essential to curb the increase of HIV/AIDS. Education is considered to be one of the best methods to reducing the rate of AIDS spreading. One of the most popular educational methods is known as the “ABC” approach. Its main message is: (A) Abstain from all sex. (B) Be Faithful to one or less partners. (C) Condomise. Use a condom if you have sex.
However, in many countries in Africa including Kenya, sex isn’t discussed openly and is often regarded as a taboo subject, making it difficult to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. Religion is often at the centre of the communities and may be a factor as to how sex education (including methods of contraception) is taught in the community. Many people have little or no access to magazines, leaflets, the Internet or family planning clinics, meaning the general population’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS will consist of what their family may or may not have said and hearsay from their friends.
Furthermore, local witchcraft has sometimes started myths about HIV and AIDS, its spread and cure. For example, there is a belief in some areas that if a HIV positive man has sex with a virgin then he will be rid of the disease. Volunteers should sensitively address these beliefs without an air of superiority or self-righteousness, even if the ideas talked of seem impossible or incomprehensible.
The aim of the HIV/AIDS program is to decrease the spread of HIV through raising awareness and education, increasing access to homecare and providing emotional support to those affected by HIV/AIDS within the community. Volunteers have the opportunity to work in a community HIV/AIDS organization to assist with homecare visits to HIV positive people, education and counseling. Homecare visits give volunteers the opportunity to get out amongst HIV positive members of the community and give attention and care. You can help by providing encouragement and emotional support; massage therapy to help bedridden patients with their seized up joints; help with bathing and changing clothes; basic help with cooking, feeding and cleaning; and basic medical attention.
Education and counseling is crucial to preventing the spread of HIV. With education and counseling, people are empowered to make decisions which will prevent the spread of HIV and an understanding will be created to lessen the stigma of the disease. Volunteers have an opportunity to be involved with education and counseling community and school groups, and individuals.
Note: the type of work volunteers will perform is subject to the needs of the particular project they are placed at and their own experience and skills.
Volunteering Projects in Kenya
You can become involved in helping to develop communities in Kenya. With such a variety of projects this program has something to suit everyone.
You have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of under-privileged children and adults by providing education and counseling in schools and orphanages, HIV education, and medical care.
Whilst sharing your knowledge and compassion with the local people, you will have a chance to make a personal contribution and connection to the people of Kenya.
The Projects
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Volunteer work expectation
Volunteers are expected to work a minimum of 4 to 6 hours a day, 5 days a week from Monday to Saturday. Sundays are days off. Volunteers are able to work beyond this minimum commitment.
It is vital that you are flexible and willing to adapt to situations as they arise. You cannot predict what each day may bring. We also ask that you are prepared to follow any rules set by us or our partners to ensure continuity of the program. New initiatives you may wish to set up at your project should be discussed with Lecden-Kenya and your project director supervisor before implementation to ensure that what you set up is appropriate for the project.
Accommodation
Volunteers in the Teaching, Medical/Health and HIV/AIDS program will be accommodated in a homestay situation. While volunteers in the Children’s program may be accommodated in either a homestay, volunteer dormitory, or at the Children’s Home they are working in.
Accommodation at homestays is with everyday members of the community who have invited international volunteers into their homes. Each host situation is different in terms of the number and make-up of people living in the house, their personal circumstances, style of accommodation, and their expectation of you as a guest in their home.
Volunteer dormitory accommodation is where volunteers live together in a house located near their placement and are cared for by househelp.
Accommodation at a Children’s Home is located onsite and provides the volunteer with separate sleeping quarters from the children. Volunteers are cared for by the Home’s staff.
Accommodation providers have been selected to ensure volunteer well-being and comfort, to maintain safety and security, and to give an insight into Kenyan life. Take the opportunity to get to know those at your accommodation. You have a unique opportunity to learn a different way of living and culture. Make the most of it!
What you can expect
Volunteers can expect to share a room with one to three other volunteers. Bedding, such as sheets, blankets, pillows, is provided however volunteers will need to supply their own mosquito nets. Mosquito nets cost less than US$10 and can be purchased in Nairobi on day two of Orientation.
Living is basic, but comfortable. In urban areas accommodation is modern relative to rural areas. Houses will generally have electricity, running water, hot water and flushing toilets. Internet, telephone, ATMs, supermarkets, and restaurants are an easy travel distance from accommodation. Public transport is readily accessible and just a short walk from most urban accommodation sites.
In contrast, rural accommodation may not have electricity or running water. Common to all houses are bucket baths, squat toilets and boiled hot water. Internet, bank or ATMs, supermarkets, and restaurants are located in the nearest town which will require public transport to get to. Public transport is available but will normally require volunteers to walk a distance to get to.
Both urban and rural accommodation will not have telephones. For this reason it is recommended volunteers buy a local mobile phone to keep in contact with family and friends at home, other volunteers and program staff. Volunteers will have an opportunity to buy a mobile phone on day two of Orientation and the cost is upwards of US$30. Remember to keep an eye on international calling charges.
Meals
Volunteers will be served two meals per day: breakfast and dinner. While meals will differ from accommodation to accommodation, volunteers can expect the style of food served to be in keeping with the traditional Kenyan diet. An example of the types of meals served:Breakfast: bread with jam, fruit, and chai tea.Dinner: a typical dinner includes three dishes of the following: beans, rice, potatoes, meat, spinach, cabbage, mixed vegetables, or chapatti.
Please note that snack food is not provided as part of the meals supplied at your accommodation.
As you can see the Kenyan diet is made up of mostly carbohydrate dishes and meat served at most one to two times a week. For most, this will be a new way of eating and you may like to consider supplementing your diet with vitamins and perhaps purchasing food from a local market or supermarket. If your diet differs from the foods listed above, let your accommodation provider know so not to cause any confusion about your eating habits.
Water
As it is not advisable to drink tap water we recommend that you purchase bottled water. This is widely available in Kenya and you can expect to pay about US$10 per week. This would provide you with 2 liters of water per day. Be sure to check that the seals are not broken.
Boiled water is another good option for safe drinking water. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/travel/contentWaterTreatment.aspx) recommends boiling water as the best method for making water safe to drink. Boiling water as recommended will kill bacterial, parasitic, and viral causes of diarrhea. Directions for boiling water: boil water vigorously for 1 minute and allow it to cool to room temperature (do not add ice).
Where to buy? What you can buy?
Kenya has a large number of outlets where food is sold, ranging from small outdoor markets to large supermarkets, and roadside eateries to world famous restaurants. Prices vary greatly. You can expect to pay what you would in your own country when buying food from a supermarket or eating at a restaurant, while small markets and roadside eateries offer a much cheaper price option.
Transport
Your transport from your arrival location to the volunteer accommodation, and during Orientation is covered by the program fee. Once Orientation is complete volunteers are transferred to their program locations. Volunteers, in most cases, will be accommodated a reasonable walking distance from their project location and will be able to walk to work each day. For those who are accommodated outside of a reasonable walking distance and when public transport is available, money for transport will be provided. Note: any transport money provided in this instance is at the discretion of Lecden-Kenya
Transport on departure from the program is not covered by the program fee. Volunteers will need to organise and pay for their own transport when leaving the program.
Getting around Kenya
Kenya has about 250 airports and airstrips (of vastly varying quality) and plenty of airlines connecting Nairobi with Mombasa, Kisumu, Nanyuki, Malindi, Lamu and the national parks/reserves of Amboseli, Masai Mara and Samburu. Flying around Kenya and its neighboring countries is a relatively safe way to cover a lot of ground.
Traveling by train between Nairobi and Mombasa is also a popular form of transport.
Kenya has a good network of regular buses, matatus (usually minibuses), shared-taxis and private taxis which will get you where you need to go; from home to the closest town or the neighboring country. To reduce any safety risks, only travel with recommended bus companies and taxi drivers and never travel by matatu at night. Cycling is best done in rural areas due to the chaotic traffic on the main roads, but the distances between towns and the poor condition of roads needs to be kept in mind.
Communication
Keeping in touch by post, telephone and email is generally easy, but sometimes not reliable.
Telephone
Kenya‘s telephone system is improving but the network is limited to main towns and often breaks down in times of heavy usage or bad weather conditions.
Volunteer accommodations do not have telephones, but phone booths are usually located in the cities. Most Kenyans however, rely on mobile phones to keep in contact with the outside world. For this reason we recommend volunteers buy a local mobile phone to keep in contact with family and friends at home, other volunteers and program staff. (Volunteers will have an opportunity to buy a mobile phone on day two of Orientation and cost upwards of US$30. Remember to keep an eye on international calling charges.)
Internet Services
IT has picked up rapidly in Kenya. Internet cafes are available in the main towns and you can expect to pay around US$1 for an hour of internet use. The internet is slow but it is a much cheaper option for keeping in touch with family and friends at home than telephone.
Post
There are several post offices in Kenya scattered around the country. The post, on average, takes a few days to Europe and around ten days to North America, Australia and New Zealand; times from these places to Kenya are slightly longer. It is a good idea to keep copies of letters or photo disks just incase they get lost in the post and we recommend not sending valuables just in case they go missing also.
Electricity
Electricity runs in cities and towns but not in extremely rural areas. Power cuts do occur, so a power surge protector for sensitive equipment and a torch and or head lamp are good ideas. Kenya’s electrical system is characterized by 240 volts AC, 50Hz with a rectangular blade 3 pin plug (http://kropla.com/!g.htm).
Free Time
Volunteers are free to do as they please during down time. For most, free time will be on weekends, public holidays and after volunteer duties are done for the day.
You can use free time to prepare for any future work or activities you may wish to plan. Some volunteers choose to help in other programs when they have free time. You may like to meet up with other volunteers during your free time to swap ideas or simply spend time with them. You may also like to visit local sights of interest.
If you are considering traveling around Kenya and neighboring countries we recommend you take the necessary safety precautions and the advice of our partner organisation and trusted locals. If you would like to discover Kenya by joining a safari you may like to consult our partner who can put you in touch with providers of safari packages at competitive rates. Organizing a safari can be done while in Kenya.
Number of Volunteers
The Kenya program usually has between 30 and 80 volunteers per month, but the number of volunteers varies depending on the season. Generally you are placed with one to three other volunteers at your project.
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No Podemos esperar: Government officials, community organizers and immigration and human rights activists rally to support a federal budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs, New Haven City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, August 26, 2021.
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Media Contacts: Frank Soults, 32BJ SEIU
Megan Fountain, ULA
Connecticut Leaders Call on Congress to Center Immigrant Workers in Economic Recovery
Senator Blumenthal to rally with homecare workers, janitors, and farmworkers to support a historic budget that includes citizenship for millions of essential workers and an investment in good jobs
What: Just Recovery for Immigrant Workers Press Conference
When: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am
Where: New Haven City Hall, 165 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510
Who: Connecticut Domestic Worker Justice Campaign, National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), 32BJ SEIU (Service Employees International Union), District 1199 SEIU (New England Health Care Employees Union), Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), Connecticut TPS Committee, CT Shoreline Indivisible, New Sanctuary CT, CT Workers Center, Comunidades Sin Fronteras, Black and Brown United in Action.
Speakers:
Senator Richard Blumenthal
Mayor Justin Elicker
State Representative Robyn Porter, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
State Senator Julie Kushner, Co-Chair of Labor Committee
Cynthia Johnson of New Haven, homecare worker and member of District 1199 SEIU
Fausto Canelas, office cleaner and member of 32BJ SEIU
Adela Camacho of West Haven, agricultural worker and member of ULA
New Haven, CT -- On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:30 am, union and community groups will host a press conference with Senator Blumenthal to demand a national economic recovery that centers our nation’s most vulnerable and essential workers, including a pathway to citizenship for those without status. The COVID-19 pandemic made visible how millions of workers — a majority of whom are women, immigrants, and workers of color — are essential parts of our economy, yet about five million lack citizenship rights and the ability to organize for better working conditions, and millions more lack living wages and safe workplaces.
President Biden’s economic recovery plan, Build Back Better, proposes a huge investment in building a new economy with good jobs for working families. On August 24, the House of Representatives approved the Senate’s $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, including a path to citizenship for undocumented essential workers, farm workers, and immigrants in limbo, including those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Citizenship for millions is an investment in the American economy and will boost wages, reduce deficits, and accelerate GDP growth.
To create good jobs for all working families, Congress must include in the final budget reconciliation package an investment in good jobs and a path to citizenship. Congress must also pass the PRO Act, strengthen the rights of workers to organize, and create whistleblower protections for undocumented immigrants who speak out about labor abuses.
"Congress has a historic opportunity to level the 'paying' field by investing in homecare jobs,” said State Representative Robyn Porter of New Haven. “The workers who care for our growing elderly population, who are mostly women, majority non-white, deserve equity in pay, benefits and worker protections. It's time to put our money where our mouths are, which means taking care of those who take such good care of our most vulnerable populations."
“I am forever grateful to have Temporary Protected Status, but much like COVID-19 has limited everyone for a year and a half, so my status has limited my ability to see family and plan for the future for a quarter century,” said Fausto Canelas, a Bridgeport office cleaner and 32BJ member originally from Honduras. “Millions of immigrants risked their lives throughout the pandemic so all Americans could live as normally as possible; we are asking Congress to honor our sacrifice by opening a path to citizenship so we can live normally, too.”
The press conference, which will take place on the steps of New Haven City Hall, will serve as an opportunity for policymakers to hear directly from members of their communities who would benefit from the Build Back Better Plan and would thus contribute to a stronger economic recovery.
National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the leading voice for dignity and fairness for millions of nannies, house cleaners, and care workers in the United States. NDWA has four affiliate organizations in Connecticut: ULA in New Haven; CT Workers Center in Bridgeport; Comunidades Sin Fronteras in Norwalk; and Naugatuck Valley Project in Waterbury. Together with 20 faith and labor organizations, they are the Connecticut Domestic Workers Justice Campaign.
32BJ SEIU is the largest building service workers union in the country, with more than 175,000 members in 11 states and Washington DC, including 4,500 members in Connecticut.
District 1199ne SEIU is the largest organization of healthcare workers in the Northeast, with more than 20,000 workers in hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other health settings.
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Marjorie McCorduck (President, Irish Ladies Golf Union) and Elizabeth Nicholson (Managing Director, Private Home Care) pictured with the Mountbellew Ladies team winners of the Private Home Care Minor Cup at the ILGU All Ireland Inter Club Championships at Courtown Golf Club yesterday (28/09/2012). Also sitting are Breda Barrett (Lady Captain, Mountbellew Golf Club), Cecilia O'Riordan (Lady Captain, Courtown Golf Club) and Mary Hyland (Team Captain). At back (from left) Ann Marie Murray, Rose Devaney, Kathleen Raftery, Denise Kavanagh (Lady President, Courtown Golf Club), Geraldine Coyne, Chrissie Hogan, Evelyn Clarke and Mary Dolan. Picture by Pat Cashman