#Woodlands Veterinary Clinic

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Finding Great Veterinary Care in the Woodlands: A Guide to 242 Animal Hospital

When it comes to your beloved pets, finding the best veterinary care is paramount. If you’re in the Woodlands area and searching for a trusted "Woodlands Veterinary Clinic," look no further than 242 Animal Hospital. Located conveniently for those in the Woodlands, Shenandoah, and surrounding communities, we offer comprehensive care tailored to meet the unique needs of your furry friends.

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Hey since I said request were open for the day, would you be down with hcs on Muriel and MC having a baby and that baby having a talent of befriending almost all woodland creatures/animals. Inanna and the chickens adore them plus their child is very passionate about the animals so I imagine it swells Muriel with pride and happiness.

oooo why didn’t i write this right when i got it?? so cute 🥺

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the moment his baby was born, muriel carried them outside to see the sky

he was always so patient and gentle when introducing animals to his baby

but he didn’t really need to be

the baby was a natural

they stretched out their tiny little hand for Inanna to sniff

they toddled around the chickens, not scaring off a single one

once muriel found them petting a deer and wasn’t quite sure how they’d managed to get so close

as they grew, so did their love of animals

you and muriel would constantly come home to a makeshift veterinary clinic

or to a gathering of all sorts of animals around your child

they could be simply strolling through the woods when suddenly they’d be joined by a fox

muriel would always smile at them; smile at the care and kindess they displayed toward the animals

they’d always be ready to educate, too

“when you’re holding a snake, make sure not to squeeze!”

“never pick up a cat by its scruff unless you know how to!”

“make sure your hamster’s enclosure is big enough! nope, bigger than that. even bigger!”

muriel could not contain his pride

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Aurelie | l.h. |

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Nestled in the small corner of the wood just off Primrose Path and by a constant, babbling brook sat Aurelie Stone's cottage. With the drive lined with cobblestones, the walls covered in ivy, and just off the outskirts of her small village, it was quiet there with only the sounds of the tiny, woodland animals and nature callings being her friends.

She was content with that; the lack of human interaction. She only needed the quick chat with the bakers downtown when she waltzed inside to pick up her favorite bread flour for the week and that was it. She enjoyed being secluded, her only daily interchange being with her three year old cat, Clover, and her six month old kitten, Cotton. She wouldn't have moved into the quaint cottage when she turned twenty-three if she didn't.

She was used to being alone with her mother being dead and her father making sure he was so swamped with work that he didn't think about his wife's early death. When Aurelie was fourteen, her mother found a lump on her breast and after a trip to the doctor, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a long and rough battle, lasting over two years, and the already introverted Aurelie sunk further into her shell the day when the heart monitor stopped its repetitive, slow beeps and the final breath escaped her beautiful mother's lungs.

She was "the loner" at school, nose always buried in a thick novel in the corner of the library. She sat in the back of class, never raised her hand to answer questions and her face would flush bright pink when she was called on, her blonde hair falling forward to curtain her overwhelmed, blushing face.

It got to a point where the teachers didn't even call on her anymore. The jocks, the cheerleaders, the nerds, the musical teens, and the punks and greasers would walk past her like she didn't exist and she wasn't the least bit upset about it. She actually enjoyed being invisible. She could be in the midst of an angsty teen, mental breakdown and no one would be the wiser.

The only person she really spoke to high school was the librarian, Mr. Hopper. He was an older gentleman with a warm, relaxing tone that reminded her of her grandfather and had a head full of snow white hair. He lived on a farm just off the village and adored dear Aurelie, the only student that would come in to visit the library when they didn't have a school assignment making them do so. So, when she graduated college and didn't want to stay home with an absent father, she jumped at the chance when Mr. Hopper told her about the small cottage at the end of his land.

With being so quiet and secluded, rumors were ought to start pouring from the bored, young adults mouths. She laughed at the one where people thought she was a thousand year old witch who lived off the blood of children to stay young and she found the rumor that she killed her own mother to be despicable.

She never let them bother her though and she took a job at the local veterinary clinic as the secretary. She didn't need to speak much as just handed a clipboard with paperwork for patient's owners and the animals didn't mind her silence as long as they got belly rubs and ear scratches in the meantime.

She was happy with her quiet life, lonely at times, but she never was able to give into the urge to go out. So, in her spare time, she baked pies from the fruit trees and shrubs around her little home, gardened and pruned her flowers, or read a good novel with a cup of piping hot earl grey tea - with just a hint cream and sugar - in her hands.

She also enjoyed taking long strolls along the towering garden walls that were littered with pink, climbing roses and she had to stand on her tiptoes to see over them and get a glance at the Hopper's farmhouse way across the fields. The way the sun glinted off the old window panes giving a golden haze and how the bright red shutters contrasted the white washed picket fence was breathtaking. Her small cottage could never compare to the dreamy farmhouse across the way.

Now, she stood at her small stove, two fresh eggs straight from Mr. Hopper's chicken coop cooked slowly in the pan in front of her. Two slices of bacon sizzled in another skillet next to it while a piece of bread toasted nearby.

She wipes her hand on her white apron as her baby blue skirt brushes across her ankles as she moves. Her golden blonde tresses are halfway pulled back in a lazy braid with the rest laying limp against her shoulders and her silky, white blouse feels soft against her skin.

Hearing the toast spring out from its fiery confines, she hums as she picks it out with the tips of her fingers and smoothes butter over the top of it. With a tiny, disgruntled noise in the back of her throat, she makes a mental note that this was the last of her bread and she needed to make her weekly trip to the village bakery for her favorite bread flour.

Finishing up her cooking, she is quick to scarf it all down, her stomach now full and content. With a quiet slurp, she finishes her morning tea and lets out a long sigh as she places the cup against the wooden countertop.

Her fingers drum against the wood and with a annoyed sigh, she blows a tendril of hair away from her face. It was her day off and she didn't wish to spend it with other humans in the village, but she did need to eat to live.

Feeling something soft circle her ankles, she looks down to see her two cats brushing against her lovingly as if to say, 'good morning, favorite human.'

She is about to lean over and pet their soft fur when she suddenly hears a ruckus outside and a melodic whistling outside her window. "What on earth?" she starts to say, heading straight for kitchen screen door. Peering through it, her eyes widen as she spots a boy -well, man- with golden curls on his head, a white cotton shirt, brown trousers, and brown suspenders completing his look. He's tall and lanky, his skin a bit sunburnt, and blonde, coarse hair covers his cheeks and chin, making his baby face look at bit older.

He is beautiful, a bit too beautiful to be real, but why is he in her yard and why is he carrying an axe, Aurelie wonders. He looks up when she swings the screen door open with a loud creak and she nearly stumbles when he gives her a glistening white, beaming smile so bright the sun was nearly put to shame.

"Hello," he gleams with respectful nod of his head, resting his weight on the axe. "Mr. Hooper said you liked a fire in the fireplace most nights and that you were running low on wood, so I took it upon myself to make sure you had some. Ladies like you don't need to be cold, especially with the chill coming next fortnight."

"Oh," her gaze turns towards the growing pile of wood next to her house before turning back to him. "Thank... Um, thank you... I'm sorry," she babbles, shaking her head and tucking her hair behind her ear nervously. "Who are you exactly?" She winces as she knows she sounds quite rude but there was a gorgeous man in her front yard with a sharp axe and she needed some answers.

"Oh, right!" He lets out an adorable laugh as he steps forward and reaches his hand out. "Lukas Hemmings at your service." She pauses for a moment, rubbing her sweaty, nervous palm against her skirt before she gingerly reaches out and his large palm overtakes her own. "But, most people just call me Luke." She barely is aware of him speaking as she oddly enjoys the feel of his callused fingers against her own.

It's a long moment before she snaps out of it, snatching her hand back quickly as she realizes she was shaking his hand way longer than necessary, but by the smile on his lips, he either didn't notice or was too sweet to say anything.

"You know," she looks up at him under her lashes as he begins to speak, amused. "When people tell you their name, it's polite to introduce yourself as well"

Her face blanches as he grins boyishly down at her and she bunches up her skirt with her fists. Idiot, she inwardly curses herself. "Aurelie," she chokes out. "Aurelie Stone."

"Well, it is a pleasure to finally meet you, Miss. Stone," he says as her eyebrows furrow in confusion. 

"What do you mean finally meet me?" She says puzzled, her toes curling against the soft grass under her bare feet.

"Mr. Hopper speaks of you fondly from time to time. He told me you lived at the cottage, but being his farm hand is a lot of work and time, so I've never been able to introduce myself... I wish I would have come sooner though because you are certainly breathtaking, Miss. Stone."

Her mouth drops in a perfect 'o', everything now making sense before she processes his last sentence, her face flushing instantly. "Oh! Well... I'm sorry for disturbing your work," she stumbles backwards and he watches with an amused smirk as she nearly tumbles over her own feet. "Um, thank you for the wood. Okay, alright, I'm leaving now. Bye."

She nearly falls as she scrambles into her home, slamming the door behind her. She breathes heavily, overwhelmed with her encounter with the beautiful man, and leans over to take one last look at him through the window. He is laughing to himself amused, shaking his head, before he wipes his sweaty brow and walking back over to the pile of wood.

She only watches his back muscles and biceps bulge for a mere second as he swings the axe before she pulls back the curtain, eyes wide. "No man should be that pretty. It's a sin," she mutters to herself as her two cats make their way back over to her.

Finding this human interaction to be enough for her today, she decided to go to the bakery tomorrow before work and hides in her house for the rest of the morning. When she hears no more noise from the Greek god outside and the beaming afternoon sun finally sets a bit, she pries open her front door, breathing in the cooler, fresh, afternoon air.

With an impish, excited smile, she shuts the door behind her and bunches up her skirt a bit before taking off. She loves the wind breezing through her hair as she runs, her bare feet in the soft, spring grass, and the sweet smell of honeysuckle fills her senses.

She follows the babbling creek, her feet hopping from stone to mossy stone, before she finally reaches her destination. If you follow the brook long enough, you'll find the hidden treasure at the end, a brilliant, glistening, blue lake where geese and swans graze the surface elegantly and fish fly out of the water as if to show off.

Her feet hit the wooden pier with a loud slap and she twirls a bit as she runs down it.

Standing at the edge, she closes her eyes and inhales deeply, loving the way the sun felt on her skin. She loved this lake, her perfect hideaway. No one else really knew about it or didn't bother to show up and she could be finally be alon-

"Miss. Stone, what are you doing out here?"

Her eyes pop open with a startled squeal and she loses her balance. She tries to catch herself, arms flailing, but the last thing she sees before she plunges into the cool water is a worried Luke Hemmings rushing towards her.

So much for being alone.

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closed starter for kiara - @impcrfct

      a creature so delicate felt wrong to carry in his arms. he had heard some vampires chose a more humane diet, meaning they feasted on little woodland animals such as the one he currently held. in kol’s opinion, it was no different drinking from a rabbit over a human other than the fact that human’s tasted better. following that train of thought, he just held and gently stroked the fur of the injured rabbit as he carried it to the nearest veterinary clinic. speaking of, he had no clue as to where that was. “ excuse me, where is the nearest animal hospital? ”

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SAY HELLO TO DELILAH MONTGOMERY!

she is a twenty-seven year old, born on november 19th. she grew up in savannah, georgia. she finds herself living in the neighborhood woodlands park. she makes a living as the owner of Junebug Motel and Oak Hollow Farm . she is often told her best trait is that she is determined but that her worst trait is that she is emotional.

THREE FACT ABOUT THEM:

Delilah always has a trailer packed up and ready to attach to her truck in case an animal needs to be rescued

Even though she is not medically trained in the human world, she has delivered far too many babies by mothers who couldn't make it to the doctor

She is slowly starting to turn her second barn into an event venue in an attempt to bring more weddings to Fairhope

ABOUT HER LIFE:

There wasn't a moment of Delilah Montgomery's life that she was not expected to be perfect, her mother came from a long line of Southern Belles and Debutants while her father was the fifth generation owner of the team that won the most Kentucky Derby's. In all aspects of their lives, the two were Southern Royalty. And Delilah was their princess. Being an overbearing part of her life was part of the norm for their family status, both parents supporting everything that Delilah ever wanted to do while making sure she knew she needed to keep up with the family name an appearance. This was how she ended up at the University of Alabama getting her Veterinary degree knowing she would be the most useful for her horse raising. It was during her time at UA that she fell in love with the Dean of Students, a man who was both married and almost double her age. For the next four years of her undergrad and three years of postgrad she continued the affair with the thoughts that the male would leave his wife once she was out of school. When Delilah got her doctorate, she came to Matthew and told him that she was pregnant - only for him to say that he wanted nothing to do with her. Out of shame, Delilah ran off to the town she had went to summer camps for, putting down roots and eventually giving birth to her daughter. She now runs her own clinic while raising her nine month old daughter on her own.

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Peace March, Social Change Symposium, and more MLK Day events/volunteer projects in West Philadelphia

On August 3rd 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at 40th and Lancaster during a Freedom Now Rally in front of a crowd of 10,000 people. The Peace March ended there in 2018 with speeches from community leaders. (Photo courtesy of People’s Emergency Center).

Beginning this weekend, local universities and other non-profit organizations will be hosting many events, for adults and children alike, and volunteer projects in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Most of the events are happening on the Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 21.

Here are some of these events; more events in the area from now through Monday can be found at this link.

Annual Social Change Symposium to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.

January 17 – February 1, 2019, University of Pennsylvania and other locations

The symposium is organized by the African-American Resource Center and includes service opportunities, as well as performances, lectures, and discussions. On Friday, Jan. 18, 12-1 p.m., bring your kids to the Penn Family Center (3615 Locust Walk) for a special story time to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Register here.

On Jan. 21, the Day of Service kicks off with a breakfast at Houston Hall, beginning at 8:30 a.m., followed by an array of service projects: making audio books for Philadelphia kids, filling bags with toiletries for women in local shelters, community-beautification projects throughout West Philadelphia, and more.

The School of Veterinary Medicine is also running a clinic offering free vaccinations and exams to approximately 250 dogs and cats. Pet owners should call 215-898-4680 between 8 and 10 a.m. to make appointments.

The MLK holiday will end with a candlelight vigil through campus, beginning at DuBois College House and ending at College Green. For more information and to sign up for service projects, go here.

Martin Luther King Day Peace March, Blueprint of our Lives Summit, Children’s Literacy Event and More

Monday, Jan. 21, Lancaster Avenue and other locations

People’s Emergency Center (PEC) is working with Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA), 16th Police District, and New Africa Center to organize a community clean up starting at 9 a.m. of Lancaster Avenue from 34th to 48th Streets. At 40th and Lancaster Avenue you can hear West Philly’s own, Saxophonist Kenny Sykes from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. PEC will also be serving hot drinks and hosting a pop-up food cupboard (while supplies last.) Sign up for the Lancaster Avenue clean up here or call Yolanda at 267-777-5843.

Rose’s Clubhouse, with PHA, Mill Creek Advisory Council, Mill Creek Community Partnership, and PEC will host the Blueprint of Our Lives Part II Entrepreneurship/Business Summit at the Lucien E. Blackwell Community Center, 47th and Aspen Streets from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day will include workshops from 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., resources, one on one consults, vendors, and networking. After the Peace March there will be a Panel Discussion and the Keynote speakers are Kenneth English with Jeanette Tennant. Contact Rose Bryant at 215-900-5871 or rose.bryant711@gmail.com or sign up here.

Mill Creek Playground and Recreation Center, located at 4709 Brown Street, is looking for handy and energetic volunteers to show the facility some love from 9 a.m. to Noon. Service activities will include outside clean up (trash, leaves), basketball court repair, painting, closet storage reorganization, and a few other projects. Contact Hope at 215-500-4821 or register to help here.

The annual MLK Jr. Peace March will begin at 11:30 a.m. at 52nd and Parrish, led and organized by Redeemer Tabernacle Baptist Church and Keith Coleman of West Mill Creek Advisory Committee and escorted by the 16th Police district. It will end at 40th and Lancaster around Noon for a special ceremony. Come out and help Spiral Q make signs for the March at Redeemer Tabernacle Baptist Church at 219 North 52nd Street at 9 a.m. More details about this and other MLK Day events and activities on and around Lancaster Avenue can be found here.

MLK Day Health Fair

Monday, Jan. 21, Mt. Zion Baptist Church (50th and Woodland)

University of the Sciences students and faculty will offer free health screenings, medication reviews, and nutritional guidance, among other things at a Community Health Fair at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Avenue from 1-3 p.m. on January 21, 2019. For more information visit usciences.edu/MLKDay or contact Charrell Porter at c.porter@usciences.edu or 215-596-7123.

MLK Day Youth Health and Science Fair

Monday, Jan. 21, University of the Sciences Athletic and Recreation Center (45th and Woodland)

USciences’ Youth Health and Science Fair will offer health, science, and wellness activities geared toward elementary and middle school students. This free event also includes a basketball clinic with the USciences men’s basketball team at the University’s Athletic/Recreation Center from 1-3 p.m. For more information, visit usciences.edu/mlkday.

Source: http://www.westphillylocal.com/2019/01/17/peace-march-social-change-symposium-and-more-mlk-day-events-volunteer-projects-in-west-philadelphia/

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Surrey Architecture: Buildings + Architects

Surrey Architecture, Architects, English Projects, Property Proposals, Construction Designs, News

Surrey Buildings : Architecture

Contemporary English Buildings in Surrey, southeast England Built Environment, UK

post updated 23 Aug 2020

Surrey Building – Latest Designs

Surrey Architecture News, chronological:

27 Oct 2019 Hunter’s Moon Design: Paul Archer Design photography : Kilian O’Sullivan Hunter’s Moon House Nestled in leafy suburbia, Hunter’s Moon, once a tired bungalow is given a new lease of life with a full renovation and an expansive 14.5m open-plan extension.

27 June 2019 Business School for the Creative Industries, Epsom Design: UNStudio visualisation : FlyingArchitecture Business School for the Creative Industries at UCA Epsom, Surrey This new extension proposes a connecting building to supplement the current facility and accommodate new undergraduate and post-graduate programmes.

16 Oct 2018 Hox Haus, Englefield Green, Egham Design: 74 Architects photography © Ed Kingsland Hox Haus in Egham Manchester-based architecture and interior design practice completes £2.7m project to extend and remodel a Grade II-listed, two-storey, Victorian brick building just outside Egham, for students attending Royal Holloway, University of London.

22 Aug 2017 Restoration and Rebuilding of Clandon Park image © AL_A and Malcolm Reading Consultants Clandon Park Design Competition Six design concepts are going on display at Clandon Park as part of the next stage in a competition which will eventually create a final design for the 18th-century Palladian house.

29 Jul 2017 The Boilerhouse for Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Design: Cartwright Pickard photography © Hundven-Clements New Building for Royal Holloway, University of London

5 May 2017 High Containment Large Animal Facility (HCLAF), Woking Design: NBBJ, Architects photograph : Richard Chivers High Containment Large Animal Facility Building in Surrey Architectural practice NBBJ has been appointed by The Pirbright Institute to design a new £48m High Containment Large Animal Facility (HCLAF), a specialist laboratory and work space for research in large farm animals and viral diseases.

19 Dec 2016 The Hidden House, Surrey Hills AONB Architect: AR Design Studio image courtesy of architects office The Hidden House, Surrey Hills AONB Planning approval for new four bedroom home.

14 Aug 2016 ; 17 Nov 2011 The McLaren Production Centre, Woking Design: Foster + Partners picture © McLaren McLaren Production Centre The second building designed by Foster + Partners at McLaren’s Woking site is a 34,500-sqm facility. The building will house the assembly of all future McLaren Automotive road cars, including the recently-launched MP4-12C high-performance sports car.

8 June 2016 Winner Announced for Visitor Hub in Langley Vale Wood, Surrey Design: Mark Wray Architects image courtesy of architects office Visitor Hub in Langley Vale Wood, Surrey The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Woodland Trust are delighted to announce the winner of the open design competition for a new Visitor Hub at Langley Vale Wood in Surrey as Mark Wray Architects from Bath.

6 Oct 2015 Wayside House Design: OB Architecture photograph : Martin Gardner, martingardner.com Wayside House in Surrey OB Architecture were appointed to complete the extension and alterations to Wayside a large private house set in an approximately 1 acre of garden and mature landscape.

School of Veterinary Medicine at University of Surrey Design: Devereux Architects image from architect School of Veterinary Medicine at University of Surrey – 24 Jan 2013 As one of the University’s largest and most prestigious future development sites, the new school, which sits within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, will comprise three complimentary and inter-related buildings totalling approximately 9000m2 – an Academic Building, a Veterinary Clinical Skills Centre and a Veterinary Pathology Facility.

Recent Surrey Building Designs

21 Nov 2011 East Surrey College, Redhill Design: Archial picture from architects East Surrey College The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opened the new £43m East Surrey College building, designed by architects Archial, on 18 Nov 2011.

17 Jun 2011 Watts Gallery, Compton Design: ZMMA Architects / Purcell Miller Tritton photo : Richard Bryant/Arcaidimages.com Surrey Building : Watts Gallery

19 May 2011 Epsom House

Surrey Architecture

Key Surrey Building Projects, alphabetical:

All Saints House, Petersham, Richmond, Surrey 2006 Stephen Ibbotson Architects Private house

Butterfly house – Chetwood Associates RIBA Regional Award 2004

Cable & Wireless Sports Club, Teddington 1996 MacCormac Jamieson Prichard

Charterhouse School Building, Godalming 2010- Belsize Architects image from architects Charterhouse School Building

Christ’s College school, Guildford 2008 DSDHA £15.5m

The Circles, Long Ditton 1930s Wells Coates 2006 – refurbishment John Winter Architect Private house

Daniels House, Surrey 1993 Panter Hudspith Architects Private house

Esher House, Surrey 2006 Wilkinson King Architects Private house RIBA Awards 2006 – South RIBA Awards

European Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford – Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners

Frensham Heights School & Performing Arts Centre, Farnham 2003 Burrell Foley Fischer 340-seat theatre

Goddards – Private house, Abinger Common 1900 Edwin Lutyens Goddards

‘Goldfinger House’, Windlesham 1963 Erno Goldfinger All-glass conservatory addition 2008 Grade-II listed, structural timber shell

Greenside, Surrey -; demolished 2005 Connel Ward & Lucas former grade-II listed home

Hersham Golf Club Hotel & Spa Development 2009- ReardonSmith Architects image from architects studio Hersham Golf Club Hotel

Homewood House, Portsmouth Road, Esher 1938-39 Patrick Gwynne Architect Open to public: this Modern Surrey house owned by National Trust

The Heights office park, Brooklands 2002 Hamiltons Architects

House in Surrey 2009 Designkommander image from architects House in Surrey

The Knight House – Private house, 16 Arlington Rd, Petersham 1987 David Chipperfield Architects

Lightbox Gallery & Museum, Woking 2007 Marks Barfield Architects £7m Architecture Competition winner

McLaren Technology Centre, Woking 2004 Foster + Partners image : Nigel Young_Foster + Partners McLaren Technology Centre Surrey

The Menuhin Hall, The Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke D’Abernon 2006 Burrell Foley Fischer LLP RIBA Awards 2006 – South

Munstead Wood – Private house, nr Godalming, Surrey 1896 Edwin Lutyens

Olivetti Training Centre, Haslemere 1969-72 James Stirling, Architect

OSh House, Surrey 2006 t-sa : Toh Shimazaki Architecture ‘Open and Shut House’ – Private house

Painshill Park Visitor Centre & Education Centre, Portsmouth Rd, Cobham 2003 Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects

Priory Park Pavilion, Reigate 2007 Dominique Perrault image from architects Priory Park Pavilion

Queen’s Stand, Epsom Racecourse 1993 Richard Horden Associates Surrey building – RIBA Awards 1993 National Award

Richmond Riverside, Surrey 1988 Erith & Terry highly controversial mix of pastiche neoclassical facades with jarring suspended ceilings behind

Runnymede Civic Centre, Station Rd, Addlestone 2008 Feilden Clegg Studios

St Ann’s Hill, Chertsey 1937 Raymond McGrath Modern building – Private house

Wrythe Lane Health Centre 2008 Penoyre & Prasad

More Surrey buildings online soon

Location: south east England, UK University of Surrey Building : Nicholas Grimshaw

County Architecture adjacent to Surrey

Berkshire Buildings

Hampshire Buildings

Kent Buildings

Sussex Buildings

English Architecture

Wells Coates – architect of The Circles, a Modern Surrey house.

Modern Architecture

Modern Houses

Comments / photos for the Surrey Building page welcome

Website: England, UK

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Highton vet clinic

Harewell Veterinary Practice in Plymouth has since 1970 been an terrifically thriving practice and continues to travel from strength to strength.  Highton vet clinic Specialising in household small animals, patient care is perpetually the paramount priority and that we plan to maintain and outstrip our own demanding criteria. With our new modernized facility we are ready to bring veterinary services to all or any household animals in nearby Plymouth with quick access , free parking, plus 24 hour emergency care. John Bower purchased The Veterinary Hospital as an one-man Veterinarians in 1969. Since then the surgery has bloomed and also as our flagship Veterinary Hospital we've Veterinary Centres at Lipson, Plympton, Plymstock and St Budeaux. Although there are now many team members, consisting of vets, nurses, receptionists, office , cleaners and even a handyman, we plan to dispense a compassionate service attentively to the individual needs of each pet and owner. Rosehill Veterinary Surgery in Plymouth has been long-established since nineteen-thirty-three and over the years an abundance of clients and therefore the ir pets have benefited from our range of dedicated services and the maximum levels of care. Rosehill is examined and authorized by the RCVS and that we are honored to be a tier 2 sanctioned practice, moreover as a veterinary nurse training centre. Elm Veterinary Surgery in Plymouth has lived at its Milehouse spot for over seventy-five years, at the outset an outsized animal practice treating livestock and horses over a good area, it began to broaden into alittle animal practice within the 1960s. we offer an outsized range of services and our knowledgeable staff still place animal care and client service as their main priorities.   Read more   Roborough Vets in Plymouth is fully authorized by the RCVS so you understand that your pets are consistently given the simplest care once you bring them to us. With over thirty years of data we afford full medical, dental, surgical and diagnostic facilities during a reassuring environment at competitive rates, our aim is to forever supply outstanding veterinary care. John Bower purchased The Veterinary Hospital as an one-man veterinary practice in 1969. Since then the practice has matured and also as our flagship Veterinary Hospital we've Veterinary Centres at Lipson, Plympton, Plymstock and St Budeaux. We promote owners to progress a relationship with their local veterinary centre and to take care of continuity by making appointments with the vet they know and like best, whenever possible. Elm Vets Plymstock in Plymouth was acquired in nineteen seventy nine becoming a part of the Elm Veterinary Group. It provides a good range of services and continues to uphold the outstanding levels of client care and customer service that our other clinic developed. Woodlands Veterinary Group is formed from two veterinary centres, Woodlands Veterinary Hospital in Plymouth and Woodlands Veterinary Centre in Ivybridge. An credited veterinary nursing training centre there are several trainee nurses resident at each practice. The Veterinary hospital is perpetually inspected and approved by the RCVS and both practices are designed and built to the supreme standards providing notable environments for patients and clients. Choosing a veterinarian is one among the items people normally overlook for a replacement cat or dog, but this is often vital for the pet's emotional wellbeing and overall health. Good vets are going to be ready to help your pet when there's a sophisticated health condition. medicine are often described as art additionally to being a science, therefore the best vets will have good instincts when it involves choosing the foremost effective treatment. Continue reading this short article to find out the way to choose a vet clinic.

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Different veterinarians are going to be good at various things, but your ultimate goal choose on a vet would be to seek out one who is in a position to enhance your pet's health. Working along side your veterinarian will help to ensure that your dog or cat will live a healthy and full life. Choosing one with an equivalent amount of passion that you simply have for caring for your pet are going to be the primary step. Get recommendations from people you trust. Advertisements explain about veterinarian services, but personal recommendations are always the simplest . Make a meeting at the vet clinic to satisfy the veterinarian and staff members. On your visit to the power , check for cleanliness; a peaceful professional environment and personnel who are willing to answer the questions you've got and supply you with a quick tour. you ought to inspect the wards designated for animal care and also the kennel areas. These areas got to be squeaky clean, dry, odor-free, comfortable and warm all the time - absolutely no exceptions. In the end, you ought to choose a vet clinic which allows you to ascertain one doctor on each visit so as for this person to become intimate the requirements of both your pet and yourself. you'll schedule a meeting for an acquainted visit and watch how the vet and staff members interact together with your pet.

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Cardiotoxins in Horses

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Cardiotoxins in Horses

A number of plants, including yew,maycause cardiac damage in horses.

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Equine cardiac disease is anstrangebut potentially serious condition. Clinical signs range from poor performance to sudden death,withcauses in horses include congenital malformation, chronic valvular degeneration, cardiomyopathy, inflammatory or infectious disease, ruptured chordae tendineae,withcardiotoxins. Here’s we’ll review somecommoncardiotoxins thatHavebeen implicated in affecting horses in Central Kentucky.

Ionophores (e.g. monensinandlasalocid) arebanalfeed additivesandsupplements intended for cattle, pigs, or chickens. Exposure occurs when horsesHavingaccess to concentrated mineral premixes containing ionophores formulated for cattle or throughonefeed-mixing error. Acute ionophore intoxication causes anorexia, muscle tremors,nimbleheart rate,withrespiratorydistressdue to heart failure. Chronic exposure results in unthriftiness, poor performance, exercise intolerance,rapidbreathing,andsudden death from cardiac damage.

Blister beetlescanbe found in alfalfa hayandare toxic to horses because they containanhighly irritating substance called cantharidin.frivolousamounts of cantharidin cause irritation to the gastrointestinalwithurinary tracts. Moderate amounts cause cardiac muscle damage, low blood calcium concentrations,andsynchronous diaphragmatic flutter (“thumps”). Large amounts cause shockanddeath within hours.

Taxus is abanalcause of poisoning of horses in Central Kentucky. Taxus, or yew, isanpopular evergreen ornamental shrub.nearlyeveryparts of the plant, including the seeds, contain highly toxic compounds called taxines. In the winter, the concentration of taxines is at its highest within the plant. Even aslightamount of plant materialmaycausefastheart failure. Because taxines actsoquickly, horses ingesting yew are often found dead without signs. When present, signs include weakness, incoordination, slow heart rate, andadversitybreathing.

White snakeroot isoneperennial woodlands plantcommonthroughout the Eastern United States. White snakeroot containsamixture of compounds called “tremetol.” Intoxication is sporadic because the concentration of tremetol in the plant varies depending on locationandprevailing growing conditions. Tremetol causes congestive heart failurewithcardiac degeneration in horses. Tremetolcanpass into the milk, poisoning nursing foals.

Rhododendrons, azaleas, laurels, mountain pieris,withfetterbushallcontain grayanotoxins. Grayanotoxins cause either slow orhastyheart rate,eccentricrhythm, weak pulse,andcardiac arrest. These plants aremainlyattractive in winter because their leaves remain green.

Milkweeds, or butterfly weeds, are wildflowersWhenwellAscultivated ornamentals.some onesmilkweeds contain cardiotoxins called “cardenolides.” Signsmaybegin within hours of plant ingestionwithinclude slow orbriskheart rate, low blood pressure,witharrhythmias. Fresh cardiotoxic plants areusuallyunpalatable. They are more edibleAsclippings or baled with hay, but are no less toxic than fresh material.

Venomous snakes native to North America include the pit vipers—rattlesnakes, water moccasins,andcopperheads. In Central Kentucky, timber rattlesnakesandcopperheads are the most common. Most pit-viper venoms comprise dozens ofDifferentcomponents,someof themOnceyet unidentified. Snakebites in horses most oftenradiateon or near the muzzleandmayresult in severe swellingandedema.providedthe nasal passages becomesoswollen that labored breathing ensues,thetracheostomy might be necessary. Bleeding, tissue necrosis,withsecondary bacterial infection around the bite wound areplainsequelae.somevenoms contain cardiotoxins that damage the heart. Antivenins are available but must be administered in atimelymannerandcannot reverse tissue damage that has already occurred.

scoresother substancesmaybe cardiotoxic, includingannumber ofadditionalplants, medications (e.g. xylazineandtheophylline),withillicit drugs (e.g. amphetamineswithcocaine).

CONTACT: Megan Romano, DVM, veterinary toxicology resident—Megan.romano@uky.edu—859257-6777—University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Lexington, Kentucky

This was reprinted from the Lloyd’s Equine Disease Quarterly, April 2017, Volume 26, Number 2.

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Complete Care at 242 Animal Hospital: Your Reliable Choice for Veterinary Services

At 242 Animal Hospital, we are dedicated to providing exceptional veterinary care to the pets and families in our community. Our commitment to high-quality service and compassionate care sets us apart in the field of veterinary medicine. We understand that your pet is a cherished member of your family, and we strive to offer the best in health and wellness services.

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We host regular educational workshops for pet owners, covering topics such as pet nutrition, grooming, and behavior training. These sessions are designed to provide valuable information that can help pet owners make informed decisions about their pets' health and well-being.

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Tips In Choosing Expert Pet Sitting Services

By Jason Kelly

If you are a pet parent, you will most likely agree that the best way for you to care for your beloved animals is to provide them with the best. You would also agree that in order for you to be at peace while you are away from them, you have to hire the right sitters to look after them. Then again, choosing one can be a demanding task. One of the places you could find a sitter you can hire is in veterinary clinics. They are the ones who are knowledgeable in terms of recommending people you can hire for professional pet sitting The Woodlands. They could recommend people who are qualified for the job and could even offer some of their staff. Moreover, it is important you take the reputation of an individual into consideration. This means checking whether people have something nice to say about them or that they have a good reputation in your locality. This will ensure you would be hiring individuals who are trustworthy and dependable. You can consider which pet sitters other people could recommend to you for the job. Seek the suggestions of others, especially those who have worked with one previously since they can attest to how someone carries out the task. Their feedback will likewise be reliable as well as relevant as it would be based on personal experience. You also need to be able to guarantee that they hold all the necessary credentials. These credentials should include permits, certifications, licenses that will prove they have met all the necessary standards and requirements set by the state. Furthermore, it is something that will prove they are suitable for the occupation. You also have to take their experience into careful consideration. This is for you to know whether or not they are already widely learned and skilled to carry out the job you wish for them to complete. Looking into the years they have spent in the business is something that could prove how learned or skilled they already are. You must also check on the boarding facility in which the individual will be connected with. If you want to ensure the safety of your pets, a person who has connections with the right boarding facility especially if they have errands to run and cannot look out after them. It likewise is critical that you find out about the reputation of a facility they are affiliated with. Another thing that must be observed is to let the pet meet the sitter before you totally hire them for the job. Such is because you want to guarantee they will have the right attitude and would get along well with the pet. Such is to avoid any kind of unnecessary troubles in case the animal does not sit well with them. Lastly, always make sure that you are aware of the amount of cash it would take for you to hire the sitter. It is important you will be aware of such so you could shape up your budget accordingly as well as to ensure it will be within your financial limits. However, the decision must not be based solely on this as there are other important things to note of.

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Aurelie: Chapter One (Luke Hemmings AU)

Nestled in the small corner of the wood just off Primrose Path and by a constant, babbling brook sat Aurelie Stone's cottage. With the drive lined with cobblestones, the walls covered in ivy, and just off the outskirts of her small village, it was quiet there with only the sounds of the tiny, woodland animals and nature callings being her friends. She was content with that; the lack of human interaction. She only needed the quick chat with the bakers downtown when she waltzed inside to pick up her favorite bread flour for the week and that was it. She enjoyed being secluded, her only daily interchange being with her three year old cat, Clover, and her six month old kitten, Cotton. She wouldn't have moved into the quaint cottage when she turned twenty-three if she didn't. She was used to being alone with her mother being dead and her father making sure he was so swamped with work that he didn't think about his wife's early death. When Aurelie was fourteen, her mother found a lump on her breast and after a trip to the doctor, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a long and rough battle, lasting over two years, and the already introverted Aurelie sunk further into her shell the day when the heart monitor stopped its repetitive, slow beeps and the final breath escaped her beautiful mother's lungs. She was "the loner" at school, nose always buried in a thick novel in the corner of the library. She sat in the back of class, never raised her hand to answer questions and her face would flush bright pink when she was called on, her blonde hair falling forward to curtain her overwhelmed, blushing face. It got to a point where the teachers didn't even call on her anymore. The jocks, the cheerleaders, the nerds, the band and musical theater kids, and the goths/scene teenagers would walk past her like she didn't exist and she wasn't the least bit upset about it. She actually enjoyed being invisible. She could be in the midst of an angsty teen, mental breakdown and no one would be the wiser. The only person she really spoke to high school was the librarian, Mr. Hopper. He was an older gentleman with a warm, relaxing tone that reminded her of her grandfather and had a head full of snow white hair. He lived on a farm just off the village and adored dear Aurelie, the only student that would come in to visit the library when they didn't have a school assignment making them do so. So, when she graduated college and didn't want to stay home with an absent father, she jumped at the chance when Mr. Hopper told her about the small cottage at the end of his land. With being so quiet and secluded, rumors were ought to start pouring from the bored, young adults mouths. She laughed at the one where people thought she was a thousand year old witch who lived off the blood of children to stay young and she found the rumor that she killed her own mother to be despicable. She never let them bother her though and she took a job at the local veterinary clinic as the secretary. She didn't need to speak much as just handed a clipboard with paperwork for patient's owners and the animals didn't mind her silence as long as they got belly rubs and ear scratches in the meantime. She was happy with her quiet life, lonely at times, but she never was able to give into the urge to go out. So, in her spare time, she baked pies from the fruit trees and shrubs around her little home, gardened and pruned her flowers, or read a good novel with a cup of piping hot earl grey tea - with just a hint cream and sugar - in her hands. She also enjoyed taking long strolls along the towering garden walls that were littered with pink, climbing roses and she had to stand on her tiptoes to see over them and get a glance at the Hopper's farmhouse way across the fields. The way the sun glinted off the old window panes giving a golden haze and how the bright red shutters contrasted the white washed picket fence was breathtaking. Her small cottage could never compare to the dreamy farmhouse across the way. Now, she stood at her small stove, two fresh eggs straight from Mr. Hopper's chicken coop cooked slowly in the pan in front of her. Two slices of bacon sizzled in another skillet next to it while a piece of bread toasted nearby. She wipes her hand on her white apron as her baby blue skirt brushes across her ankles as she moves. Her golden blonde tresses are halfway pulled back in a lazy braid with the rest laying limp against her shoulders and her silky, white blouse feels soft against her skin. Hearing the toast spring out from its fiery confines, she hums as she picks it out with the tips of her fingers and smoothes butter over the top of it. With a tiny, disgruntled noise in the back of her throat, she makes a mental note that this was the last of her bread and she needed to make her weekly trip to the village bakery for her favorite bread flour. Finishing up her cooking, she is quick to scarf it all down, her stomach now full and content. With a quiet slurp, she finishes her morning tea and lets out a long sigh as she places the cup against the wooden countertop. Her fingers drum against the wood and with a annoyed sigh, she blows a tendril of hair away from her face. It was her day off and she didn't wish to spend it with other humans in the village, but she did need to eat to live. Feeling something soft circle her ankles, she looks down to see her two cats brushing against her lovingly as if to say, 'good morning, favorite human.' She is about to lean over and pet their soft fur when she suddenly hears a ruckus outside and a melodic whistling outside her window. "What on earth?" she starts to say, heading straight for kitchen screen door. Peering through it, her eyes widen as she spots a boy -well, man- with golden curls on his head, a white cotton shirt, brown trousers, and brown suspenders completing his look. He's tall and lanky, his skin a bit sunburnt, and blonde, coarse hair covers his cheeks and chin, making his baby face look at bit older. He is beautiful, a bit too beautiful to be real, but why is he in her yard and why is he carrying an axe, Aurelie wonders. He looks up when she swings the screen door open with a loud creak and she nearly stumbles when he gives her a glistening white, beaming smile so bright the sun was nearly put to shame. "Hello," he gleams with respectful nod of his head, resting his weight on the axe. "Mr. Hooper said you liked a fire in the fireplace most nights and that you were running low on wood, so I took it upon myself to make sure you had some. Ladies like you don't need to be cold, especially with the chill coming next fortnight." "Oh," her gaze turns towards the growing pile of wood next to her house before turning back to him. "Thank... Um, thank you... I'm sorry," she babbles, shaking her head and tucking her hair behind her ear nervously. "Who are you exactly?" She winces as she knows she sounds quite rude but there was a gorgeous man in her front yard with a sharp axe and she needed some answers. "Oh, right!" He lets out an adorable laugh as he steps forward and reaches his hand out. "Lukas Hemmings at your service." She pauses for a moment, rubbing her sweaty, nervous palm against her skirt before she gingerly reaches out and his large palm overtakes her own. "But, most people just call me Luke." She barely is aware of him speaking as she oddly enjoys the feel of his callused fingers against her own. It's a long moment before she snaps out of it, snatching her hand back quickly as she realizes she was shaking his hand way longer than necessary, but by the smile on his lips, he either didn't notice or was too sweet to say anything. "You know," she looks up at him under her lashes as he begins to speak, amused. "When people tell you their name, it's polite to introduce yourself as well" Her face blanches as he grins boyishly down at her and she bunches up her skirt with her fists. Idiot, she inwardly curses herself. "Aurelie," she chokes out. "Aurelie Stone." "Well, it is a pleasure to finally meet you, Miss. Stone," he says as her eyebrows furrow in confusion. "What do you mean finally meet me?" She says puzzled, her toes curling against the soft grass under her bare feet. "Mr. Hopper speaks of you fondly from time to time. He told me you lived at the cottage, but being his farm hand is a lot of work and time, so I've never been able to introduce myself... I wish I would have come sooner though because you are certainly breathtaking, Miss. Stone." Her mouth drops in a perfect 'o', everything now making sense before she processes his last sentence, her face flushing instantly. "Oh! Well... I'm sorry for disturbing your work," she stumbles backwards and he watches with an amused smirk as she nearly tumbles over her own feet. "Um, thank you for the wood. Okay, alright, I'm leaving now. Bye." She nearly falls as she scrambles into her home, slamming the door behind her. She breathes heavily, overwhelmed with her encounter with the beautiful man, and leans over to take one last look at him through the window. He is laughing to himself amused, shaking his head, before he wipes his sweaty brow and walking back over to the pile of wood. She only watches his back muscles and biceps bulge for a mere second as he swings the axe before she pulls back the curtain, eyes wide. "No man should be that pretty. It's a sin," she mutters to herself as her two cats make their way back over to her. Finding this human interaction to be enough for her today, she decided to go to the bakery tomorrow before work and hides in her house for the rest of the morning. When she hears no more noise from the Greek god outside and the beaming afternoon sun finally sets a bit, she pries open her front door, breathing in the cooler, fresh, afternoon air. With a impish, excited smile, she shuts the door behind her and bunches up her skirt a bit before taking off. She loves the wind breezing through her hair as she runs, her bare feet in the soft, spring grass, and the sweet smell of honeysuckle fills her senses. She follows the babbling creek, her feet hopping from stone to mossy stone, before she finally reaches her destination. If you follow the brook long enough, you'll find the hidden treasure at the end, a brilliant, glistening, blue lake where geese and swans graze the surface elegantly and fish fly out of the water as if to show off. Her feet hit the wooden pier with a loud slap and she twirls a bit as she runs down it. Standing at the edge, she closes her eyes and inhales deeply, loving the way the sun felt on her skin. She loved this lake, her perfect hideaway. No one else really knew about it or didn't bother to show u and she could be finally be alone- "Miss. Stone, what are you doing out here?" Her eyes pop open with a startled squeal and she loses her balance. She tries to catch herself, arms flailing, but the last thing she sees before she plunges into the cool water is a worried Luke Hemmings rushing towards her. So much for being alone. __________ Wow, hello. First of all, I’m not dead. Surprise? I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Let me know what you think! If you’re new, hello! Please feel free to go to my profile and find all my other wrecks of books and maybe you’ll enjoy them? If you’ve been on this journey with me before, hello as well and I’m sorry? I glad you enjoy suffering with me! Enjoy this book and this romance! • I have a oc/story board on my WeHeartIt @/goldensunflowersinherhair under the name “oc: aurelie stone” if you want to check that out! • Favorite thing about this chapter? Anything you would like to see? Let me know! All the love. x -E

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Hiring The Right Pet Sitting Services

By Jason Kelly

When you own pets, one of the things you would want to make sure is that they are well taken care of. This is why many pet parents would find ways that their furry friends will be watched over when they are not around. One of many ways they do so is by hiring the right pet sitters. One of the places you could find a sitter you can hire is in veterinary clinics. They are the ones who are knowledgeable in terms of recommending people you can hire for professional pet sitting The Woodlands. They could recommend people who are qualified for the job and could even offer some of their staff. Moreover, it is important you take the reputation of an individual into consideration. This means checking whether people have something nice to say about them or that they have a good reputation in your locality. This will ensure you would be hiring individuals who are trustworthy and dependable. You could find out about their reputation through asking for referrals from other individuals, not just doctors. The recommendations of other individuals, especially ones who have hired the service of one is great. You will be assured that the information they could provide is reliable and relevant since it will be based on their experience. Another thing you have to be look into is the credentials of a sitter you are aiming to hire the service of. It is important they hold the necessary papers and documents that would prove they are the ones you could hire for the job. Furthermore, it will ensure they are qualified and have met standards or requirements set by higher authorities. You should likewise have the ability to look into the experience they have in such field. This means they should be overall well versed in the occupation as what you want is someone who can get the job done properly. Their years in the service can be a basis of how much their skills have already been honed. Guaranteeing that they have connections to a reputable boarding facility is also something you would want to know. Boarding facilities take care of your pets when you are not around and just in case the sitter has to run some errand, you are assured your non human companion will be cared for. Try to also find out the reputation of the facility. Another thing that must be observed is to let the pet meet the sitter before you totally hire them for the job. Such is because you want to guarantee they will have the right attitude and would get along well with the pet. Such is to avoid any kind of unnecessary troubles in case the animal does not sit well with them. Lastly, always make sure that you are aware of the amount of cash it would take for you to hire the sitter. It is important you will be aware of such so you could shape up your budget accordingly as well as to ensure it will be within your financial limits. However, the decision must not be based solely on this as there are other important things to note of.

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Iraqi Christians: Will they go home?

Kristen Chick, CS Monitor, January 14, 2017

QARAQOSH, IRAQ--It is Raghad Abada’s first glimpse of her hometown since August 2014, when she and her husband gathered their children, grabbed a few documents, and fled for their lives ahead of the Islamic State (IS) invasion. More than two years later, she stares out the window of a white Hyundai Tucson as her husband’s brother, Nawar Boulis Karomi, steers it gingerly around the debris of a city in ruins.

They drive past the main shopping thoroughfare, where storefront after storefront has been torched, the shutters crumpled on the ground next to twisted metal. In residential neighborhoods, some houses have been reduced to piles of rubble. Others were burned.

Finally, they turn onto her street. The road is blocked by a charred sedan and trailer, remnants of the defenses IS militants had used against the Iraqi Army, so Mr. Karomi stops the car. Ms. Abada gets out and walks tremulously toward her home. It is apparent that the pink two-story structure had once been stately and elegant. Now, the facade is blackened by flames. As she approaches the gate, Abada puts her hands to her face and weeps.

Inside, the house has been stripped of its furnishings. The expensive Turkish-made chairs are gone. So are the dining table, sofas, and oven. The walls are charred, the smell still acrid, and ash crunches underfoot. Half-melted tiles hang from the ceiling.

“There’s nothing. No pictures, nothing,” says Abada, as she and her sister-in-law sort through the debris. They find a piece of traditional Qaraqosh embroidery, and, miraculously, a VHS tape of Abada’s wedding. “I lost even the pictures of my kids,” Abada says. “My life is gone. All our possessions are gone. Everything. Thank God we are safe, but we didn’t expect something like this.”

The offensive to retake northern Iraq from the clutches of IS, begun in October, has pushed the militants from most of the historical Assyrian Christian heartland in the Nineveh Plains, including Qaraqosh, the largest majority-Christian town in Iraq. Now residents face a choice that has confronted many of their persecuted ancestors throughout history: whether to return to their homeland, despite incessant dangers, or to flee permanently.

Many of those displaced from Qaraqosh and surrounding cities say they will never feel safe there again, and they prefer to leave Iraq than return to what’s left of their homes. Abada is among them. Like most of the Assyrian Christians in Iraq, she has relatives who have already escaped to other countries, seeking relief from the recurring violence they endure at home.

“No, we don’t want to come back here,” she says. “Our goal is to emigrate abroad. To any country.”

“They destroyed our dreams and our memories,” adds Karomi. “They destroyed everything.”

The choice facing people like Abada may determine the future of Iraq’s Assyrian Christian community--and shape the diversity and stability of the Middle East. Over the past decade and a half, the Christian population in the region has been in steep decline. The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 unleashed a sectarian bloodletting that saw Christians targeted with violence. Hundreds of thousands left their homeland for safety abroad. The IS capture of northern Iraq in 2014 accelerated the departures. Fewer than 500,000 Christians are now left in the country, down from 1.5 million in 2003.

Their exodus threatens to bring an end to a history that goes back millenniums. Most Christians in Iraq are ethnic Assyrians, also known as Chaldeans, who trace their ancestry back to the ancient civilization of Assyria. They speak a modern version of Aramaic, the language of Jesus. And many worry about the effects on society as Iraq’s population--long ethnically and religiously diverse--becomes less diverse and more divided.

To persuade many of those who have fled to return would require much outside help and internal fortitude. Most of the towns are in ruins--buildings destroyed, shops looted, homes burned. Improvised explosive devices must be cleared, and electricity and running water restored. Many of the displaced lost everything and can’t afford to rebuild. Large-scale assistance will be necessary to revive any semblance of civilization.

But a more fundamental question is safety. Iraqi and Kurdish forces pulled out in the face of the IS advance two years ago, and many Christians have no confidence in those forces to protect them. They also have lost the desire to live among their Muslim former neighbors, some of whom welcomed IS and pillaged their homes.

In an effort some see as the last chance to keep Assyrian Christians from disappearing from their homeland, Christian leaders are pushing for the creation of a new province for minorities in the Nineveh Plains. With a degree of self-rule, and a security force of their own, they say it could give people the degree of confidence necessary to remain. Whether it can actually come to fruition, and make Christians more secure in an Iraq increasingly fractured on sectarian and ethnic lines, is unclear. The future of the beleaguered minority--and a modicum of religious and cultural pluralism in a crossroads of the world’s three great monotheistic religions--may pivot on the outcome.

When Abada returns to Qaraqosh on this warm November day, the streets are patrolled by soldiers of the Nineveh Plain Protection Units wearing woodland camouflage-patterned uniforms. The NPU is one of several militias set up by Assyrian Christians in 2014 after the IS conquest of their land. Earlier this year the force gained official recognition--along with funding and weapons--from the government in Baghdad. More than 500 men strong, it is now in charge of securing Qaraqosh. Their headquarters in the town is in a one-story building that used to house a government veterinary clinic. Now soldiers serve tea to commanders in a reception room. “We didn’t start this force to fight anyone. We formed this force to help our people, to protect them,” says the NPU’s commander, Gen. Behnam Aboush Abdel Meseeh, a former general in the Iraqi Air Force. “To not allow ISIS or others in the future to come and kidnap our wives and sisters and do what they did to the Yazidis. To return trust to the people,” he says, using an alternative acronym for Islamic State.

Most NPU members are from the Nineveh Plains and joined because they want Assyrian land to be protected by Assyrians, not the Iraqi Army or Kurdish peshmerga. It’s clear the force has inspired pride in its members. But its capabilities are still limited. It was the Iraqi Army that fought for Qaraqosh, with a handful of NPU members participating. The force has no heavy weapons and depends on help from the Iraqi Army and US forces to defuse the improvised explosive devices left by IS militants. While its soldiers engaged in several light skirmishes with IS fighters in the weeks after retaking the town, it would not have the firepower necessary to withstand a large-scale attack.

But it’s important to the fighters that they patrol their ancestral land, instead of leaving it to others. They staff checkpoints, clear neighborhoods of explosives, and sometimes accompany civilians who return to check on their homes. Ammar Habib, a squat middle-aged Qaraqosh native who joined the NPU in 2014, walks down a street where shoppers used to come from surrounding towns to buy women’s clothes. Now, all the storefronts are smashed. Dusty shoes litter the pavement in front of one shop. In another, a wedding dress hangs, coated in grime.

Mr. Habib’s farm on the outskirts of town, where he raised chickens and grew wheat, was destroyed by IS--his poultry houses ruined, farm equipment stolen. He plans to return to the city when it’s habitable. But he won’t rebuild his farm unless he has a guarantee that he won’t lose everything again. “If I could be sure that the situation would go back like it was, safety and security for our life, and protection from the international community, then I would go back to farming,” he says. “I don’t trust the central government. You can’t depend on their promises.”

This plea for international protection is commonly voiced by Assyrians. “The people of the Nineveh Plain, all the minorities, they don’t trust in any of the authorities, neither KRG [Kurdistan Regional Government] nor Baghdad, to restore the area. That’s why we need the participation of the international community,” says Abdel Meseeh. “I say to the US government: If they want to help us, they should do so while we’re still alive, not after we’re dead.” He doesn’t want an outside force. “Give us weapons,” he says. “We will protect ourselves.”

But in the absence of international protection--an unlikely notion given the current political realities--some consider the creation of a province for Christians and other minorities to be a more attainable goal. (In addition to Assyrians, the Nineveh Plains, an area east of Mosul, is home to a number of ethnic and religious minorities, including Yazidis, Turkmen, and Shabaks.) Their push comes as Iraq is increasingly fractured along ethnic and sectarian divides, with struggles between Sunnis and Shiites and the KRG in the north vowing to seek a referendum on independence. Turkmen and Yazidis have also called for their own provinces west of Mosul in Tal Afar and Sinjar, respectively. All three hypothetical provinces would be carved from Iraq’s current Nineveh Governorate, whose capital is Mosul.

Advocates of a new province for minorities, such as Kaldo Oghanna of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, a political party with a presence in the Iraqi parliament, says Western countries should pressure Iraq to make it happen. He worries that the Nineveh Plains territory will become just another spoil in the struggle between Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis. “The three political sharks are struggling over an area that’s not theirs,” he says. “It belongs to the minorities.”

In Erbil, the capital of the semiautonomous Kurdistan region where many of the Christians fled in 2014, Ammar Siman is sorting through a roomful of donated winter clothes for the displaced. The priest of St. George Syriac Catholic Church in the town of Bartalla, he has directed a charity for displaced people since he became one himself two years ago. His church, like those in most of the towns occupied by IS, was burned. It’s difficult to encourage parishioners to return in the current climate, he says. “I think people will go back only if they see hope for the future.”

Assyrian Christians remember painfully their long history of tragedy. It includes the mass slaughter of Assyrians a century ago by the Ottoman regime, alongside the Armenians and Greeks. Every time there’s a fresh attack, says Father Siman, “we lose more people to emigration.” Before 2014 the Syriac Catholic Church counted 12,000 families among its flock in Qaraqosh, Mosul, Bartalla, and the surrounding areas. Now they number only 7,000, and he fears the exodus will get worse. “If someone returns to his house and doesn’t see his neighbors and friends there...,” he pauses and raises his hands. “Community to us is very important for living. Maybe if we don’t have that, people will decide to leave.”

Two of his parishioners have already resolved not to go back. Jandark Nasi and her son, Ibrahim Matti, weren’t able to escape Bartalla before IS militants took control of the city in 2014. They spent two years enduring terror and intimidation before finally escaping as the Iraqi Army pushed into Mosul.

Ibrahim, a quiet and slight teenager who spends his time caring for his mother, recounts their ordeal from the church-run center for displaced people in Erbil where the pair now live. Soon after their capture in August 2014, the militants detained them in a prison full of other Christians and Shiites, all of whom were being beaten, he says. There, militants told Ibrahim and his mother they must convert to Islam.

“I said [to them], there is no God but Jesus,” he recalls. The militants then went to the next cell, where they were holding Shiite Muslims, whom they consider heretics. Ibrahim could hear as an IS member demanded a man profess fealty to Islam. “He didn’t accept, so they shot him in the head. Then they took me to his cell, showed me his body, and told me, ‘if you don’t convert to Islam, you will have the same fate,’ “ he says. “I was frightened. I was scared.”

When the militants again demanded that the two recite the Islamic profession of faith, they complied. “We said it. But it wasn’t coming from our hearts,” he says. “I have strong faith, but with everything that happened, we were under threats and pressure.”

Yet even that did not end their torment. Over the next two years, as they were living in and around Mosul, IS militants regularly visited the two to test their commitment to Islam. “I didn’t memorize their prayers, so they were beating me,” says Ibrahim. “They beat my mother with sticks because she didn’t know how to pray.”

Militants would torture them with needles if they answered questions incorrectly, he says, and told him that if he missed three consecutive Fridays at the mosque they would kill him. Whenever he didn’t go to the mosque, they beat him, he says. He was forced to wear the short trousers preferred by the militants, and to grow his beard.

At the mosque, Ibrahim listened to the imam proclaim the rest of the world infidels and urge residents to pledge obedience to the leader of IS and participate in jihad. Over the two years, he says he often saw members of IS who were not Iraqi. He also saw public executions, including the stoning of a woman accused of adultery. But some Mosul residents secretly gave them food and supplies, at great risk to themselves.

“I was praying in the bottom of my heart, and crying,” says Ms. Nasi. “For the sake of my son, my gift from God.”

Eventually Ibrahim and Nasi were able to escape when the Iraqi Army offensive reached the area where they were living on the outskirts of Mosul. “I still don’t believe it,” he says of their flight, smiling for the first time in an hour and a half of talking.

Now out from under the caliphate, Ibrahim says he wants to obtain medical care for his mother and to continue his studies, which stopped at eighth grade. But both see a future outside Iraq. “We spent two years [under IS], two horrible years. We don’t want to go back,” says Nasi. “We want to leave Iraq, to leave this pain.”

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