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In 2006, Sher Polvinale and her late husband, Joe, created a senior pet sanctuary in their home. Sanctuary residents are dogs and cats who have lost their families and homes through no fault of their own. Because of their advanced age and various  medical conditions, they have little chance of being adopted.

House with a Heart is not a foster home or rescue group. Once a dog becomes a resident, it has a loving home for life. Our Director, Sher devotes herself full-time to caring for the pets and maintaining and improving the Sanctuary.

HWAH is supported by volunteers from Montgomery County and the surrounding Metro areas that walk, bathe, and care for the residents, as well as clean and maintain the house and two-acre property. As of 2014, 55 dedicated volunteers had joined the HWAH family. [x]

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This past weekend was the first annual Atlantic City Boardwalk Convention and Marvel was there! Check out a few photos we grabbed at the Marvel Costume Contest on Saturday and throughout the weekend!

The auction began at US$500,000; less than ten minutes later, The Field Museum had purchased the remains with the highest bid of US$7.6 million. The final cost after commission was US$8,362,500.

ILS - Proton-M / Mexsat-1 Centenario launch poster. May 16, 2015

Image above: The damage would have occurred shortly after takeoff of the rocket. The Russian space agency said it had “lost” a Mexican satellite Saturday after the failed launch of the carrier rocket. This is a new blow for the Russian space program. “The launch of the Proton-M rocket with a MEXSAT-1 satellite has caused an emergency. The causes are being identified, "said the Roskosmos space agency in a statement. The launch took place at 8:47 Moscow time (05:47 UTC) from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Launch of MexSat-1 on Russian Proton-M Rocket

A source at the space agency said on Saturday the government news agency Ria Novosti that communications with the Proton rocket had been lost about a minute before the time that the Mexican satellite should have separated the third floor of the rocket. The satellite could not be detached from the launcher and will not work, the source said.

Mexsat-1 Centenario, lost today

The accident took place just hours after Roscosmos announced that the engines of spacecraft Progress M-26M docked to the International Space Station (ISS) failed to start on time (4:00 Moscow time, 3:00 in Switzerland) to correct its orbit. Meeting Fragments of the rocket, containing several tons of toxic fuel, fell back on the Chita region of Siberia, but most pieces have disintegrated in the atmosphere, explained the sources of the space industry. The Proton-M rocket is the primary tool used by Russia to launch commercial satellites, but has experienced many problems. The launcher is used since Soviet times with some adjustments that have expanded its functions. The head of Roscosmos, Igor Komarov, organized a meeting to review detailed reports on both accidents Saturday Tass reported. Second test A source from the space agency Ria Novosti said in a second test to start the Progress engines should be done on Monday unless the checks reveal no "serious problems.”

Russian Progress-M docked at the station

For starters, DC Comics Bombshells will join the Digital First comic line-up with a new ongoing series. Digital chapters will be available starting in July with the first print collection available August 12.

Altering most of today’s cities to eliminate cars altogether would be a daunting, if not impossible, proposition – which is why China is starting from scratch. Great City will be built around a high-rise core housing 80,000 people, entirely walkable, and surrounded by green space.

After three years under King, Tyson didn’t even know he had a fan club. When the fighter found out, his longtime chauffeur and assistant, Rudy Gonzalez, says he and Tyson went to the Fan Club office within King’s training facilities in Orwell, Ohio, to see what Tyson had been paying for. When they entered, they saw crates filled with thousands of unopened envelopes from fans.

“Sitting on the floor, opening some of the yellowed mail, Gonzalez, who will also likely be a key witness for Tyson, remembers the then heavyweight champ reading a letter from a woman in the Midwest. Her child had been dying of cancer. She wondered if Tyson could give the kid a call. Gonzalez remembers getting the number, dialing, and passing the phone off to Tyson who, after only a few minutes, hung up, cursed King and started to cry. The call was a year too late.”  [x]

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