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Shuttered British boarding school for sale as palatial country place Following the fresh closure of Abberley Hall School, its grounds and buildings are now available for purchase, the price available upon application, Mansion Global first reported. Located in Worcester, the approximately 93-acre estate includes an array of amenities worthy of what was, until its closure at the end of the 2022/2023 academic year, a “leading independent preparatory school” and one of the highest-ranked private educations to be gotten in the English countryside, according to press materials provided to The Post by Savills, which holds the listing. Outside, the grounds include two tennis courts, a heated swimming pool with changing facilities, a climbing wall, a fishing lake and mountain bike trails. There’s also an indoor shooting range and sports hall with a gymnasium, riding stables, multiple flat grass pitches, a stable block, a coach house and a theater. What’s more, there are 16 residential properties, a yellow sandstone principal hall and a 161-foot-high historically protected clock tower which, during World War II, was used as an observation post to report enemy aircraft targeting Birmingham.

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AUSTRALIA GETS A WOODY! World’s tallest wooden skyscraper is set to rise in Western Australia The structure on South Perth’s Charles Street will be the tallest wooden building in the world. On Thursday, Perth’s Metro Inner-South Joint Development Assessment Panel gave Grange Development the green light for the behemoth, called C6 and slated to be composed of a hybrid of materials, 42% of which will be timber and the core of which will be reinforced concrete, CNN reported. The current title-holder for the tallest wooden tower — Wisconsin’s 284-foot, 25-story Ascent building — is less than half of C6’s proposed 627-foot height and 50 stories. C6 also trumps Sydney’s in-the-works Atlassian Headquarters, which is slated to stand at 599 feet once complete in 2026, meaning it may get a few years with the tallest wooden tower crown before C6 takes it. Both C6 and the Atlassian building will combine a steel exoskeleton with laminated timber beams in what is being hailed as a more eco-friendly construction style. “We can’t grow concrete,” developer Grange’s director, James Dibble, wrote in a building proposal given to authorities, which referred to C6’s plan as “a new open sourced blueprint that utilizes hybrid construction methodology to offset the carbon within our built environment, which is the single biggest contributor to climate change,” CNN reported. “This is our opportunity to state that we genuinely care about both the housing crisis before us and the climate crisis we are doing very little about as an industry,” Dibble added. Other Earth-conscious features of the record-breaker will include a rooftop garden and an urban farm. Also, residents of its over 200 apartments will have access to 80 entirely-electric Tesla Model 3s.

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How a lonely mountain lion led to the creation of the world's largest wildlife overpass It sounds like the plot of a Disney movie: a mountain lion named P-22, trapped from finding a mate by the Los Angeles freeway, becomes famous and inspires the construction of the world's largest wildlife overpass. Read in CNN: https://apple.news/AU6Do-7umSAOU0eSPH1rUfw

Dear Abby: Ever since we first began dating, I told my wife I never wanted to own a dog. She seemed to be OK with it, but over the last 10 years, she has put intense pressure on me to get one. She now says she “doesn’t remember” our original conversation and says she never would have agreed to it. She works, and I stay at home with the kids, so it would be my responsibility to take care of the pet, which I refuse to do. I feel physically sick around dogs, but because I don’t actively sneeze around them, she thinks I’m making up my sensitivity. She is now rallying the kids against me. We live a transient lifestyle that would force us to kennel the dog for one to three months a year, which would cost money we don’t have. I’m tired of this conversation, and tired of feeling like I’m “ruining her life.” What should I do? — Dogless in Oklahoma Dear Dogless: Since you are outvoted, ask your doctor to refer you to an allergist, a physician whose practice involves the diagnosis and treatment of allergies, because there are solutions to the problem. Once that’s dealt with, INSIST before adopting a dog that YOUR CHILDREN be responsible for feeding, walking and training the animal — with penalties if they don’t. The responsibility will teach them lessons that will prove valuable when they are older. As to what to do with the new family member during the time you’re traveling, either find pet-friendly places to stay or make it your wife’s task to find a boarding situation for “her” dog that won’t break the bank. STICK YOUR WIFE & KIDS IN A KENNEL AND LEAD A SINGLE LIFE… IT’LL BE CHEAPER & MUCH LESS STRESSFUL.

Coyotes have ‘expanded their turf’ in NYC with spike in sightings Coyotes are increasingly roaming the Big Apple, according to a report. The animals have “expanded their turf” throughout much of New York City, with several sightings of the four-legged friends recently in Claremont Park in the Bronx. Plenty of food and space make the city hospitable for coyotes, who now live in every borough except Brooklyn, officials told Pix 11 news. Sightings surged in 2019, when a coyote was spotted in Central Park and even charged at a person. Earlier this year, a coyote took a leisurely morning stroll through Queens and a month later, one was rescued from the East River. Officials said sightings are more likely this time of year because the sun is setting earlier. Coyotes are generally more active at night. They are usually not dangerous and try to avoid people, but should be reported to Wildlife NYC if seen.

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JOHNNY OLEKSINSKI “Priscilla,” the superb drama about Priscilla Presley’s complicated marriage to Elvis, does not end with an Elvis Presley song. Instead, the final minutes of writer-director Sofia Coppola’s affectionate movie, which had its North American premiere Friday at the New York Film Festival, come courtesy of another Tennessee music legend: “I Will Always Love You” by Dolly Parton. Actually, we hear hardly any sustained Elvis hits throughout the film’s near-two-hour runtime. When 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) first falls for the 24-year-old King (Jacob Elordi) on a US Air Force base in Germany, where he and her father are stationed in 1959, she sweetly floats through her high-school hallway as “Crimson and Clover” by Tommy James & the Shondells plays. Talk about all shook up — that song wasn’t even released until 1968. When Elvis is a jerk to his wife, he can’t cheaply earn the viewer’s forgiveness by crooning “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” He sure behaves like a hound dog when he’s away filming “Viva Las Vegas” with Ann-Margret, but he never sings a ditty about it. With Coppola’s shrewd eschewing of Elvis tunes, she makes two requests of the audience: One, to evaluate this storied relationship like we would any other — divorced from Elvis’ musical genius. And two, to allow the film to truly be about its fascinating title character rather than usurped by her iconic ex-husband. If you agree to the director’s terms, you’ll be rewarded in dividends. Coppola’s movie is packed with many similarly smart, but never egotistical storytelling decisions and is easily one of the finest films of her career. She’s also brought out two sensitive, restrained performances from Spaeny, in her biggest role so far, as Priscilla and the fast-rising Elordi (“Euphoria”) as Elvis. Spaeny’s not-at-all-belabored transition from shy teen to prematurely adult woman — Priscilla gets poofy, black hair and snug dresses picked out by controlling Elvis — creeps up on you and then is totally shocking, like a morally questionable Eliza Dolittle. And that’s what might make some viewers queasy: the 10-year gap between the duo when Priscilla is a mere 14. The risque nature of their courtship, though, is deftly and tastefully handled onscreen. Elvis and Cilla are smitten, of course, but the parents and friends around them are vocally skeptical of the age difference. The film, which is based on Priscilla’s 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me” also sticks to her story that she didn’t have sex with Elvis until the two got married when she was 21. And, anyway, it happened. You can’t change history. “Priscilla” starts out as a light and lovable fairytale — what young person doesn’t dream of dating a celebrity? — and then becomes gradually more corroded as she moves away to Graceland and the mansion goes from palatial escape to prison. When the still-teenaged Priscilla wants to get a job working in town to make her own money and pass the time, her husband tells her by phone, “It’s either me or a career baby.” Over and over again, she chooses him. Elordi, who’s having quite a year with “Priscilla” and Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn,” has got the requisite Elvis voice down, but he elevates it above a hokey impression. His Presley is a fleshed-out, complex, insecure person, and the actor is proving himself a formidable leading man. Devotion becomes a struggle for Priscilla as Elvis’ infidelity and worsening drug problem form a wedge between them. His temper flares up, and the two start leading separate lives. Their daughter Lisa-Marie Presley, who died in January, is born and Priscilla seeks calm and refuge in Los Angeles. Clearly, Coppola isn’t putting on a fireworks display here. Her movie ends before Elvis’ dramatic death in 1977 at 42 and thank God it doesn’t feature Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker like Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” did last year. The eccentric manager is only mentioned in passing. Subtle and lovely as it is, though, “Priscilla” is craftily gripping as Priscilla tries so hard to carve out a normal, healthy, reciprocal life with one of the world’s most famous men. Luhrmann’s film, by the way, was differently wondrous, and lest fans of it worry they’ll be all King’d out, “Priscilla” and “Elvis” make fabulous companion pieces. Kind of like Dolly and Whitney Houston’s versions of “I Will Always Love You.”

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SEE BELOW! SAME WEBSITE, DIFFERENT AUTHOR: An elderly man was struck and killed by a dump truck while crossing the street just steps away from his home in College Point on Thursday morning. The 63-year-old victim, Lance Ruthkowski, resided on 14th Road, less than a block away from where he was killed. According to the NYPD, he was crossing the street southbound at the intersection of 14th Road and 115th Street.

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44 years to the minute before you posted this I was on my way into Manhattan to see ABBA at Radio City Music Hall. Try not to be too jealous!

The Rangers have been without Max Scherzer since mid-September, but the three-time Cy Young winner hasn’t given up hope of pitching in the postseason. Indeed, he seems to be progressing well toward that goal. His teammates did their part on Wednesday afternoon, beating the Rays to win the AL Wild Card Series and advance to the ALDS. Scherzer, meanwhile, pitched another bullpen session (according to Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News), ramping up the intensity with which he threw. The veteran described the session as “pain-free” and seemed excited about his progress, calling out in triumph as he made his way back to the clubhouse. While he’ll have to wait to see how his body reacts in the coming days, that sounds like promising news. As the Rangers celebrated their first postseason series victory in over a decade, Scherzer had his trademarked look of (dual-colored) determination in his eyes (per Tyler Kepner of The Athletic). “Based on today, I’m turning a corner, I see a path,” the future Hall of Famer said. “You never know.” Based on those comments, it doesn’t sound like his return is fast approaching – he remains doubtful for the ALDS – but the deeper the Rangers play into October, the more likely it is that Scherzer can get back on the mound.

Bradley Cooper’s Prosthetic Nose Was Partially To Give Him a “Nasal Voice,” Says ‘Maestro’ Makeup Artist “I made a nose plug with different size holes, to give him a nasal voice,” said makeup artist Kazu Hiro.

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Airbnb guest ‘from hell’ squatting at home for 500 days — wants owner to pay $100K https://nypost.com/2023/10/04/airbnb-guest-from-hell-refuses-to-leave-luxury-rental-after-500-days/ The Landlord: