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This week in history: Recalling before Stuyvesant Town was built
In the September 23, 1948 issue of Town & Village, Harry Delman, who was the very last person to leave the area that was getting razed to make way for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, along with his wife and 10-year-old son spoke about the day they moved out.
Delman, who owned a shoe store at 233 First Avenue, recalled how in May of 1945, cranes lifted huge planks of wood and pile drivers banged away while he and his family lugged suitcases through a dust cloud as they walked out of 441 East 15th Street, never to return. However, the Delmans ended up moving to Stuyvesant Town, not far from the address they had vacated.
Delman said the ongoing construction noise of ripping and tearing didn't bother him since most of time he was out during the day. He recalled how his apartment faced the East River, offering a view of ships coming and going up and down the river. "There was no activity on the streets and it was like a country atmosphere," Delman said.
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Tagged Stuyvesant Town, This Week in T&V History
This week in history: 70 years ago
The following news stories ran in the May 20, 1948 issue of Town & Village.
14th Street Crosstown service extended following wartime shortage of spare parts
The New York City Omnibus Company announced that it would extend its 14th Street crosstown bus service to go from river to river. Previously, it had been running from the East River to Broadway. If commuters wanted to continue crosstown, they would have to transfer. The vice president of the company, F. Baker, explained the reason for the less lengthy route, saying the problem dated back to the war, when the company couldn't get enough spare parts to keep its fleet of buses running. They ended up with fewer buses, after resorting to stripping some for spare parts.
New VA hospital
The Veterans Administration announced it had obtained a six-acre plot of land from First Avenue to Avenue A and 23rd to 25th Streets for the construction of a new hospital with an expected price tag of $15 million. The hospital would have 1,000 beds, making it smaller than other local VAs (like Kingsbridge in The Bronx with 1,600 and Halloran in Staten Island with 1,500). The nearby Bellevue Hospital had 3,000 beds.
NY Infirmary stays in the neighborhood
The New York Infirmary ended up forgoing a decision to move from the Stuyvesant Square neighborhood to York Avenue and 62nd Street in order to cooperate fully with the Hospital Council of Greater New York, in its effort to space hospitals where they were most needed throughout the city. Mrs. Frank Vanderlip, board of the infirmary's trustees, announced instead the new facility would be built at 15th Street and Stuyvesant Square.
"With the sharp increase of other hospital services expected in this part of the East Side, the New York Infirmary may look forward to an expanding future, no longer as a women and children's hospital but as a community hospital," said Vanderlip.
Garage rate gripe
Town & Village was hearing from a number of residents complaining about the cost of renting a garage space. One resident fumed that when he was first informed of the garages, he was told they would cost about $10 a month to use. But then then he ended up being charged $20.
While costs of operation and construction had gone up since news of the garages was announced, readers still said they felt $20 a month was a bit too much. Instead, they suggested a slightly lower rate in exchange for a commitment to a longer lease.
Meanwhile, Stuy Town garages still were less expensive than those in the immediate area, which averaged $25 a month without service and $40 with service.
Tagged 14th street, New York Infirmary, Stuyvesant Town garages
The legacy of Jews in U.S. Armed Forces
By Jerry Alperstein
In 2006 shortly after Representative John Boehner became Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, he met with leaders from the major veterans service organizations. When a leader of the Jewish War Veterans introduced himself, Boehner said that he did not know there was a Jewish War Veterans. Most of the other veterans leaders – as though on cue – said in unison, quote, It's the oldest veterans organization; unquote.
Boehner's lack of knowledge of the Jewish War Veterans and of Jews in this country's armed services was not unexpected. While the participation and importance of Jews in our country's armed services are well-known and recognized within the veteran community, it is largely unknown and unrecognized within this country's population at large; including within its Jewish community.
The truth is that Jews have been a part of this land's military history since 1654, the year after they first arrived in our corner of the New World. When in the New Amsterdam colony, the Jews were charged an additional tax because they were barred from serving in the local militia, four Jews led by Asser Levy successfully appealed to the owner of the colony, the Dutch East India Company. They were allowed to serve, and Jews have been serving and giving their lives to our country ever since.
Tagged Jerry Alperstein, jewish war veterans, simon baruch, Stuyvesant Town
This Week in T&V History
By Sabina Mollot
Town & Village newspaper has been providing news for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village since 1947 and this week we took a look back to see what was going on in the community 50 years ago. Here are a few stories from the September 2, 1965 issue.
Plea for air conditioning
Despite being a holiday week, this time 50 years ago was actually a relatively busy one in Stuyvesant Town — not to mention hot. One front page story detailed a local politician's plea to the owner, Met Life, to install some air conditioning. In a letter to a Met Life Vice President for Housing Raymond Ringler, State Assemblyman Paul J. Curran stated, "I realize that the last poll of Stuyvesant Town residents showed that only a small percentage were willing to pay for the extra installation and maintenance costs for air-conditioning. However, that survey took place many years ago and it would seem that a least a new survey is now warranted." He added that he thought there must be a way to do this while not raising rents too much higher, like only installing at A.C. in certain buildings as Met had done at another property, Parkfairfax Houses in Virginia.
Congressman: Fill in and build housing on East River
A Brooklyn Congress member, Emmanuel Celler, said he expected Congressional action on a proposal to make a stretch of the East River from 17th to 30th Streets non-navigable in order to permit construction of housing, schools and shops. The housing would be for United Nations and Bellevue Hospital personnel as well as middle income residents, and the school on the site would be the proposed United Nations International School. While that portion of the river wasn't used for navigation, it had been classified as navigable, Celler explained, which is what was keeping any developer from being able to obtain a title for the area. It would be up to Congress to declare it non-navigable, and up to New York Army engineers (headquartered at East 16th Street) to determine the plan's feasibility before Congress did so.
William F. R. Ballard, the chairman of the City Planning Commission, said that some preliminary discussions had been held on the use of the proposed filled land and that several sponsors were already interested in developing the area, though it would be "premature" to name them.
Candidate Lindsay at opening of Sloan's
A front page story covered the ribbon cutting at Sloan's, a new supermarket at 20th Street and First Avenue. Pictured at a photo at the ceremony were a smiling Vincent Albano, a local GOP leader; Max Sloan, the president of the supermarket; and doing the actual ribbon cutting (the second of the day) was the community's Congress member and Republican-Liberal candidate for mayor, John Lindsay. Controller Abraham Beame, also the Democratic candidate for mayor, conducted the first ribbon cutting of the day and gave out chocolates and lollipops to kids, which were supplied by the store. Lindsay and Beame missed each other by a few minutes. It was Lindsay, a former Stuy Town resident, who got the star treatment though, posing for pictures next to a display of canned Lindsay brand olives (no relation to the candidate) and signing autographs.
Resident accused of fraud
A Stuyvesant Town attorney was one of six men that had been charged with fraud in a federal case for allegedly using over $6,900,000 belonging to VTR, a tire and soft drinks franchise, for their own benefit. Joseph Saik, of 3 Stuyvesant Oval, an officer and attorney for VTR, was named in the civil action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC accused the men of switching funds without the approval of other directors of VTR, which had offices at 404 Fifth Avenue. The men then were accused of using the funds for various enterprises, including purchases in 1963 of a controlling interest Central National Bank in Jacksonville, Florida.
Tagged air conditioning, Emmanuel Celler, john lindsay, Met Life, sloan's supermarket
This week in T&V history: Epiphany gets money to rebuild
The old Epiphany Church goes up in flames.
By Maria Rocha-Buschel
Town & Village Newspaper has been providing news for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village for over 65 years. Here is a snapshot of what was happening in the neighborhood 50 years ago this week.
Epiphany gets money to rebuild
This issue of T&V reported that the fundraising campaign to rebuild Epiphany Church had surpassed all expectations, raising $360,000. The church had been almost completely destroyed in a fire a few days before Christmas the previous year. The amount raised almost reached the suggested minimum of $400,000 that the church would need to rebuild and the story noted that the rate of donations indicated that the real need of $900,000 was likely to be pledged by the time the campaign ended in November.
Architectural firm Belfatto and Pavarini designed the new church, which was "strikingly modern." The estimated cost of the new building was a total of $1.3 million. The insurance from the fire covered $704,450, which left about $600,000 of that sum, but the church had also purchased additional property, adding about $300,000. The rebuilding process started in 1965 and took two years, completing in 1967. It ultimately cost $1.2 million. The rectory on East 21st Street, which was built in 1936, was not burnt down in the fire.
Students aid "needy Southern Negroes"
Local residents and about 20 Stuyvesant High School student volunteers participated in a food drive in front of a supermarket on East 14th Street the previous Saturday, raising food, clothing and money for people in Mississippi and other areas in the South.
The event was the third annual food drive hosted by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which was also affiliated with local and national civil rights organizations. At the time, Mississippi law stated that the names of all people who had taken the voter registration test had to be printed in the local paper for two weeks, which subjected black families to retaliatory actions. Many of the children didn't go to school because they didn't have clothing to wear and many families were the target for homemade bombs and telephone threats.
The story reported that the kindness of residents exceeded expectations and volunteers found themselves deluged with clothing and food, and monetary donations from the sale of books, buttons and bumper stickers were also overwhelming.
Tagged Epiphany Church, This Week in T&V History
Throwback Thursday: This week in T&V History
Town & Village has been covering news in the Stuyvesant Town area for over 66 years. This week, we took a look back at the coverage in an issue of this newspaper that ran 50 years ago.
Three Stuy Town teens beaten in random attacks
Three 15-year-old residents of Stuyvesant Town were beaten bloody in two random attacks as they walked home from a dance at Town & Village Synagogue. Though the band of 10 attackers also stole a watch from one the boys, they mainly seemed interested in punching and kicking their victims. The "hoodlums" behind the attacks at around 11:45 p.m. on a Saturday were described as being around 18 years old.
In the first incident, the attackers' method was to split into two groups of five, each jumping on one of two boys walking through the Oval. One of them managed to escape after getting punched just a few times. However, the other teen suffered a severely bruised and swollen face, his scalp lacerated. His mouth cut and his body bruised. When he screamed, lights went on in surrounding apartment windows and residents leaned out their windows to see what was going on.
Unfortunately, according to the boy's father, Stuy Town guards weren't as interested as random neighbors. He said when his son told the guard he had been beaten up, the guard turned his back and said, "So what?" The father said he lodged a complaint, and Stuyvesant Town management said it was being investigated.
The second attack occurred moments after the first as the three members of the wolfpack, apparently broken into smaller groups, were leaving Stuyvesant Town. They walked quickly rather than run out to avoid suspicion. That's when they encountered a 15-year-old who'd just entered the property on Avenue B. When they walked past him, one of them punched him in the face and then continued walking out.
The boy, whose nose spattered blood, also suffered a chipped tooth, and he became dazed. He was taken to Beth Israel by his parents and later released. He also later went to a dentist to have the tooth repaired.
Refrigerator repairman killed in restaurant blast
In other news that week, a refrigerator repairman was instantly killed in an explosion at a restaurant on East 29th Street the previous Wednesday. Michael Cappelli, 44, of Brooklyn, was trying to recharge the refrigerator in the basement of the restaurant, the Weather Vane, with compressed gas.
After the blast, the restaurant's cook rushed to the basement and found Cappelli lying face up with most of his head severed.
His last rites were given by Father Karney of St. Stephan's Roman Catholic Church. The Fire Department, the Bomb Squad and the Emergency Service Department all responded to the call.
Compiled by Sabina Mollot
Tagged Avenue B, Michael Cappelli, Stuyvesant Town, tbt, throwback thursday, Town & village, town & village synagogue, weather vane
Reaction to spider bite sends Stuy Town man to hospital
Roommates and friends Mohammed Tavakoli (left) and Andrew Garber (Photo courtesy of Mohammed Tavakoli)
For Mohammed Tavakoli, a Stuyvesant Town resident and law student, last Wednesday evening started out as a typical weeknight. The 24-year-old was at home with his two roommates, who are also his friends and fellow students at New York Law School, and had been watching a movie. At one point, the roommates headed outside for a smoke, Tavakoli joined them and then they went back inside.
About a half hour later, Tavakoli started to break out in hives. At first no one noticed, even him, since it was dark in the room. But then Tavakoli started to feel short of breath, and figured he would just go to bed. His roommate, Andrew Garber, was more concerned, thinking the symptoms pointed to an allergic reaction, and he suggested that Tavakoli go to the hospital. But he refused.
"I hate hospitals," Tavakoli admitted in an interview with Town & Village this week, "and I'm stubborn. He was persistent, but I didn't want to do it."
Instead, Tavakoli figured he would just take some Benadryl. But in just 15 minutes, which is the time it took for Garber to return from the store with the medicine, Tavakoli had taken a turn for the worse. His airway was blocked. Garber "wanted to call me an ambulance, but I didn't want one," said Tavakoli, who insisted on walking to the hospital himself. "It's across the street."
He quickly changed his mind once they got outside, though, since the men spotted a cab dropping someone off in Stuy Town and hailed it. At this point, "I was about to black out," said Tavakoli. "I was gasping for air." The next things that happened were a blur. Within seconds, Garber had asked the driver to pull over.
Then, he warned Tavakoli he'd be feeling a punch and jammed an EpiPen into his friend's thigh. Garber happened to have the pen because of his own severe allergy to nuts and he suspected Tavakoli might need it, too.
This was fortunate since it likely helped save his friend's life. Tavakoli recalled that though he started to black out, a few seconds after being shot with the pen, he felt fine again.
Still, a few minutes later he was being admitted to Beth Israel hospital, and this time he didn't try to refuse medical attention. It was at Beth Israel, where doctors gave Tavakoli anti-venom and kept him at the hospital overnight for observation.
"The doctors said that if I hadn't received the EpiPen when I did, my life could have been in serious danger," said Tavakoli.
They also explained to him that he'd gone into anaphylactic shock, which was the result of being bitten four times on the arm by a spider. With the hives that had appeared earlier having gone down, Tavakoli was able to see that the spider's fangs had left marks that looked like large mosquito bites. No one at the hospital could tell Tavakoli exactly what kind of spider it was, other that it was a big one.
"Never in a million years did I think I'd get bitten by a spider," said Tavakoli who suspected it happened outside his building. "We've ever noticed any spiders inside."
Not having previous known he was allergic to spider bites, he was naturally grateful for Garber's knowledge of allergy symptoms and how to treat them in an emergency.
"It's unfortunate," said Tavakoli, "but he can never eat a cupcake without fear there could be a trace of nut in it. We ended up joking about it, like, 'Who knew your allergies would come in handy some day?'"
Though the experience left Tavakoli somewhat shaken up, he said he's doing fine today. He contacted T&V, he explained, to make sure his friend gets some recognition for his actions.
"So far, the only recognition Andrew has received for his quick thinking is a few pitchers of cheap beer and a Batman cupcake," said Tavakoli.
Mohammed Tavakoli, Andrew Garber and Danilo Castelli at a recent event at the 69th Regiment Armory that Tavakoli and friends were hosting
But odds are Garber is aware of Tavakoli's gratitude. The men, along with being roommates, are best friends, despite their religious differences. Tavakoli is Muslim and Garber is Jewish. Additionally, their other roommate, Danilo Castelli, who is also a good friend, is Catholic.
Not shy about poking fun at their different faiths, the invitation on their housewarming party read like the opening line to a joke. "What happens when a Jew, a Muslim and a Catholic get together?"
As for how they deal with the prickly subject of Middle Eastern politics and the current Israeli incursion in Gaza, Tavakoli admitted he and Garber generally just try not to bring it up. Instead, the three roommates often spend their free time cooking dinner in their apartment, listening to oldies in their extensive record collection or playing Area 51, a 90s-era arcade game they also have at home.
"We're a bunch of grown men, so it's a little sad, but we shoot aliens together," said Tavakoli.
Other times, they just make the most of living in Stuy Town.
"There are squirrels and chipmunks," said Tavakoli. "We have friends who are a few apartments over so we have each other over. We really love it."
Tavakoli, a native of Toronto, Canada, met Castelli, 25, and Garber, 24, at New York Law. The third year students moved to the community two months ago, after previously living in a dorm and now live in a converted three-bedroom apartment.
Posted in Hospitals, This week in history
Tagged Mount Sinai Beth Israel, spiders, Stuyvesant Town
This week in history: Bellevue South redevelopment
Town & Village newspaper has been providing news for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village for over 65 years and we've decided to start taking a look back to see what was going on in the community 50 years ago. Here are a couple of snapshots from the August 27, 1964 issue of Town & Village.
Bellevue South Redevelopment
Phipps Plaza, known as Kips Bay Court, between First and Second Avenues at East 26th Street (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel)
A handful of articles in this 1964 issue of Town & Village dealt with the city's proposal for what was known then as the Bellevue South neighborhood, located between First and Second Avenues from East 23rd Street to East 30th Street. The urban redevelopment plan called for essentially bulldozing the entire seven-block area and rebuild to include more affordable housing. The project envisioned 17 residential buildings from six to 32 stories tall, containing 2,260 lower to middle-income apartments.
Residents of the neighborhood had recently drafted their own alternative plan in an attempt to fight the plan proposed by the city. The group presented themselves as the Bellevue South Planners Group and presented their proposal for the Board of Estimate. Their plan included the development of buildings which, by their description, sound similar to what Waterside Plaza became: low and middle-income housing surrounding a central park area and use of air rights above the FDR.
The plan was in contrast to that of the city's, which they said would "plow through" 23rd to 30th Street, "uprooting thousands of tenants, destroying hundreds of businesses and ending employment for more than a thousand workers."
Another story in this issue of T&V noted that residents had debated the merits of the city's redevelopment plan at a public hearing the previous Thursday. Opponents of the plan insisted that the area wasn't a slum and wanted to encourage the developers to consider making improvements on the existing buildings rather than razing the whole area. They also felt that the proper plans weren't in place to relocate the residents and businesses that would be displaced.
Posted in Construction/development, This week in history
Tagged Affordable housing, Bellevue South Park, development, kips bay court, mitchell lama, phipps plaza, tbt, throwback thursday, VA hospital
This week in T&V history: T&V publisher gets death threat
T&V publisher threatened
Note left after Town & Village's office was broken into
This week's edition of Town & Village from 50 years ago featured a story about a pair of "hoodlums" who wreaked havoc on the T&V offices, leaving behind a death threat for editor and publisher Charles G. Hagedorn. Although the letter said, "You're gonna die, CJH!" and had the incorrect middle initial, detectives thought that it was intended for Hagedorn.
T&V reporter Arnold Reisman caught the thieves in the act on the previous Sunday when he entered the paper's closed offices at 614 East 14th Street to return a camera. Although Reisman spotted one of them in the office, he was able to escape with the help of his accomplice, who was parked outside the office and who sped off when the teen ran into the car.
The office was reportedly left in shambles, with an ashtray's contents spilled over the desk and the wire of the public address system cut. The only thing of value that was taken was a typewriter, but as evidenced by the fact that he left a handwritten note, he may not have known how to use it.
The threat was not attributed to any particular story or issue, but Hagedorn didn't seem worried.
"A newspaper knows it's doing a good job when it gets sued every now and then and the editor receives periodic threats," he said. "But I wish my enemies were a bit more literate and could at least spell my initials right."
Stuy Town cop exonerated
A short blurb mentioned that the lieutenant who shot a black teenager the previous month was to be exonerated by a grand jury investigating the killing. Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan maintained that he had acted in self defense and that the boy "seemed to be the size of a giant" as he lunged at him.
At the time, the medical examiner had reported that the boy was 5'6" and 122 pounds, whereas Lieutenant Gilligan was 6 feet tall.
Tagged Arnold Reisman, Charles G. Hagedorn, charles hagedorn, death threats, Maria Rocha-Buschel Town & Village newspaper, Peter Cooper Village, police brutality, Stuyvesant Town, tbt, throwback thursday
This week in history: Off-duty cop kills teen on Upper East Side
Front page of the July 23, 1964 issue of T&V
Town & Village newspaper has been providing news for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village for over 65 years and we've decided to start taking a look back to see what was going on in the community 50 years ago. Here is a snapshot from the July 23, 1964 issue of Town & Village.
The headline story in this 1964 issue of T&V was about a Stuyvesant Town resident and police officer who shot and killed a "negro" teen on East 76th Street the previous Thursday, inciting riots in Harlem throughout the week following.
The shooting sparked what is known as the Harlem Riot of 1964. Right after the boy was killed, a small group of students began rioting around the area of the shooting and had to be contained by police. On the same day as his funeral, what started as a peaceful rally on the rising crime rate in Harlem turned into a violent mob that required hundreds of officers at Seventh Avenue and West 125th Street. In total, the incident set off six consecutive nights of rioting throughout Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant and is considered the precipitating event for riots later in the summer in cities like Philadelphia, Rochester and Chicago.
Town & Village reported that the victim, 15-year-old James Powell, had attacked the officer, Stuyvesant Town Oval resident Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan, with a switchblade. According to the lieutenant's version of events, he shot the boy once and when the teen kept advancing, Gilligan shot him a second time, ending his life. T&V withheld the officer's exact address to prevent possible retaliation or mob violence.
Tagged eric garner, Harlem, harlem race riots, James Powell, Lieutenant Gilligan, NYPD, Peter Cooper Village, police brutality, race riots, Stuyvesant Town, Thomas Gilligan
1964 Little League champs
Town & Village newspaper has been providing news for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village for over 65 years and we've decided to start taking a look back to see what was going on in the community 50 years ago. Here are a couple of snapshots from the June 18, 1964 issue of Town & Village.
Met Life's battle over pet dog
Dogs weren't allowed in the complex in 1964 and as a result, a Stuyvesant Town family found themselves in a court battle with property owner Metropolitan Life over their pooch. A cover story in the June 18 issue said that the dog was a 15-pound French poodle and had been living at 16 Stuyvesant Oval with the family for the past eight months. The story noted that it wasn't Met Life's intention to evict the tenants but to evict the dog, and it went on to say that the pooch's owner, a lawyer by the name of Murray Leonard, intended to represent her in court.
The owner based his case on recent court decisions that held in similar circumstances that residents could house a dog if it could be proven that the canine was not a nuisance to others. The Leonards had been living in Stuyvesant Town since 1948 and Leonard's wife said that the dog was a gift and it was not their intention to purposely violate their lease.
Alleged Nazi found guilty of rioting
A police blotter item in this 1964 issue of the paper noted that a Peter Cooper Village resident was found guilty of inciting a riot in connection with a civil rights demonstration the previous July. The story said that PCV resident Anthony Wells, 23, who was an alleged member of the neo-Nazi National Resistance Party, was one of eight men accused of seeking to incite violence against black people who were demonstrating at a White Castle diner in the Bronx. Police found a cross-bow, guns and knives in the alleged Nazi's station wagon.
PSLL team champs
Members of the Peter Cooper-Stuyvesant Little League team, the First Federal Savings & Loan Indians, gathered at home plate after beating the Village & Towne Sweet Shoppe Cubs and being named the World Series champions in a close game the previous Saturday.
Posted in Peter Cooper Village, Sports, Stuyvesant Town, This week in history
Tagged dog, dog policy, Little League, Met Life, Murray Leonard, neo-nazis, Peter Cooper Village, psll, Stuyvesant Town, throwback thursday, Town & Village newspaper, white castle
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As part of the municipality of Arnea, Paleochori is situated between Neochori and Megali Panagia.
Palaiochori is built at 550 meters high and has more than 1.500 active residents. During the years, there have been found coins and pottery in the wider area, as well as ruins from fortifications and tombs that tell us that Palaiochori's roots go back centuries.
Nearby the village, you will find the Neposi castle, which dates to the Byzantine period. The castle was temporarily destroyed but in the 10th century, it was restored again. Many archaeological finds have shined a light into the history of the castle. Hellenistic shells and Roman coins that were discovered indicate that the area was populated during Hellenistic and Roman rule periods.
Also discovered, were coins of Emperors Anastasios and Ioustinianos, from which is concluded that the occupation of the area continued during the 5th and 6th centuries. Palaiochori is mostly known for Giorgos Zobas, who inspired the author Nikos Kazantzakis to write his novel Alexis Zorbas.
It is worth mentioning that the tradition of weaving is still alive here thanks to the women of the village. The technique is transferred from generation to generation.
The temple of Great Archangels with the beautiful murals and the statue of Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III the Magnificent located in the courtyard are of special historic and religious importance.


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05.30.2018 Featured Story
A walk across America without leaving the Island
By Susan Carey Dempsey
A healthy — in every way— crowd of all ages participated in a group walk May 25.
On May 25, the Shelter Island School completed its second annual "A Walk Across America" challenge. Students, teachers, parents, grandparents and school board members were welcome to participate in a five-day event to promote fitness and school spirit, walking laps around the school track and combining the miles covered to attain a goal.
The organizer, physical education teacher Taylor Kelly, initiated the challenge last year with hopes that the walkers would log the distance between Shelter Island and New York City. Surpassing that the first day, she set a new goal to cover the distance between here and Disney World, in Orlando, Florida — 1,194 miles. Knowing that they had successfully reached last year's goal, the school's physical education department set a much more ambitious target — to walk the distance between Shelter Island and Disneyland in California.
A Walk Across America was born as a personal challenge for travel writer Peter Jenkins, who conceived his own journey of self-discovery, walking from New York to New Orleans and then on to Oregon during the 1970s. The Walk has been adopted by individuals and nonprofit groups as a fundraiser, with many schools participating to encourage student fitness.
"It's really grown since last year, when grades Pre-K through 5th grade participated," Ms. Kelly said. "This time, the whole school took part during their gym classes and a lot of students came before and after school to walk additional laps."
Every participant received a card that was punched after each lap around the track, with 5 laps equaling a mile.
The Walk is a fitness event that nearly everyone, regardless of athletic ability, can undertake. Shelter Island High School track star Kal Lewis, who's not used to so much company when he's running, said he enjoyed "the nice vibe" of having so many members of the school community involved.
Parent Amanda Bartilucci, pushing 9-month-old daughter Nicolette in her stroller, cited several aspects she enjoyed, from providing snacks as a PTSA member to walking with her 2nd grader, Lexi. In truth, she was sometimes able to take a relaxed stroll, while Lexi speed-walked her baby sister, whom she calls Coco, in her stroller for several laps.
The temperature was hovering around 80 degrees as dozens of walkers covered their last laps and stepped under a canopy to get their cards punched. Then it was a quick, refreshing stop at a mister to cool off and around they went again. A light breeze picked up as the remaining classes began to emerge from the school for the finale.
"We were so lucky with the weather all week," said teacher Brian Becker, noting how the cold, rainy spring had finally cleared out.
As students crowded around Mr. Becker to exchange each completed card for a new one, he let them ring a classic brass schoolhouse bell to celebrate each card. Then he quickly urged them back onto the track to cover more laps as the closing time approached.
PTSA Treasurer Lauren Meehan served watermelon slices, oranges and granola bars to the walkers, gently policing their distribution to ensure enough snacks for everyone. Third-grader Sadie Green-Clark volunteered that this year's snacks were "better than last year's" and a welcome reward for her efforts.
Fifth graders Jennifer Santos, Kenzie Montoya and Diana Duran multitasked, chatting and slurping juice from fresh slices of watermelon while they walked.
When the cards were tabulated, the team effort had covered 2,467.2 miles, more than double last year's total, and just a few hundred miles — and maybe a couple of sprinkles of pixie dust — from the gates to the Magic Kingdom.
"This is a great event and this team did a great job," said school official Todd Gulluscio, leading the assembled students in applauding the physical education teachers who had pulled the effort together.
Ms. Kelly expressed admiration for the school community that had greatly expanded the event's reach. "I hope eventually we can turn this into a fundraiser," she said, "and the walkers can get sponsors to support a cause of their choice."
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ZnO thin films with Cu, Ga and Ag dopants prepared by ZnS oxidation in different ambient
Herrera, Roberto Benjamin Cortes;Kryshtab, Tetyana;Andraca Adame, Jose Alberto;Kryvko, Andriy 193
ZnO, ZnO: Cu, Ga, and ZnO: Cu, Ga, Ag thin films were obtained by oxidization of ZnS and ZnS: Cu, Ga films deposited onto glass substrates by electron-beam evaporation from ZnS and ZnS: Cu, Ga targets and from ZnS: Cu, Ga film additionally doped with Ag by the closed space sublimation technique at atmospheric pressure. The film thickness was about $1{\mu}m$. The oxidation was carried out at $600-650^{\circ}C$ in air or in an atmosphere containing water vapor. Structural characteristics were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the films were measured at 30-300 K using the excitation wavelengths of 337, 405 and 457.9 nm. As-deposited ZnS and ZnS: Cu, Ga films had cubic structure. The oxidation of the doped films in air or in water vapors led to complete ZnO phase transition. XRD and AFM studies showed that the grain sizes of oxidized films at wet annealing were larger than of the films after dry annealing. As-deposited doped and undoped ZnS thin films did not emit PL. Shape and intensity of the PL emission depended on doping and oxidation conditions. Emission intensity of the films annealed in water vapors was higher than of the films annealed in the air. PL of ZnO: Cu, Ga films excited by 337 nm wavelength exhibits UV (380 nm) and green emission (500 nm). PL spectra at 300 and 30 K excited by 457.9 and 405 nm wavelengths consisted of two bands - the green band at 500 nm and the red band at 650 nm. Location and intensities ratio depended on the preparation conditions.
Evolution pathway of CZTSe nanoparticles synthesized by microwave-assisted chemical synthesis
Reyes, Odin;Sanchez, Monica F.;Pal, Mou;Llorca, Jordi;Sebastian, P.J. 203
In this study we present the reaction mechanism of $Cu_2ZnSnSe_4$ (CZTSe) nanoparticles synthesized by microwave-assisted chemical synthesis. We performed reactions every 10 minutes in order to identify different phases during quaternary CZTSe formation. The powder samples were analyzed by x-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results showed that in the first minutes copper phases are predominant, then copper and tin secondary phases react to form ternary phase. The quaternary phase is formed at 50 minutes while ternary and secondary phases are consumed. At 60 minutes pure quaternary CZTSe phase is present. After 60 minutes the quaternary phase decomposes in the previous ternary and secondary phases, which indicates that 60 minutes is ideal reaction time. The EDS analysis of pure quaternary nanocrystals (CZTSe) showed stoichiometric relations similar to the reported research in the literature, which falls in the range of Cu/(Zn+Sn): 0.8-1.0, Zn/Sn: 1.0-1.20. In conclusion, the evolution pathway of CZTSe synthesized by this novel method is similar to other synthesis methods reported before. Nanoparticles synthesized in this study present desirable properties in order to use them in solar cell and photoelectrochemical cell applications.
Synthesis, morphology and electrochemical applications of iron oxide based nanocomposites
Letti, Camila J.;Costa, Karla A.G.;Gross, Marcos A.;Paterno, Leonardo G.;Pereira-da-Silva, Marcelo A.;Morais, Paulo C.;Soler, Maria A.G. 215
The development of hybrid systems comprising nanoparticles and polymers is an opening pathway for engineering nanocomposites exhibiting outstanding mechanical, optical, electrical, and magnetic properties. Among inorganic counterpart, iron oxide nanoparticles (IONP) exhibit high magnetization, controllable surface chemistry, spintronic properties, and biological compatibility. These characteristics enable them as a platform for biomedical applications and building blocks for bottom-up approaches, such as the layer-by-layer (LbL). In this regard, the present study is addressed to investigate IONP synthesised through co-precipitation route (average diameter around 7 nm), with either positive or negative surface charges, LbL assembled with sodium sulfonated polystyrene (PSS) or polyaniline (PANI). The surface and internal morphologies, and electrochemical properties of these nanocomposites were probed with atomic force microscopy, UV-vis and Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, and electrochemical measurements. The nanocomposites display a globular morphology with IONP densely packed while surface dressed by polyelectrolytes. The investigation of the effect of thermal annealing (300 up to $600^{\circ}C$) on the oxidation process of IONP assembled with PSS was performed using Raman spectroscopy. Our findings showed that PSS protects IONP from oxidation/phase transformation to hematite up to $400^{\circ}C$. The electrochemical performance of nanocomposite comprising IONP and PANI were investigated in $0.5mol{\times}L^{-1}$ $Na_2SO_4$ electrolyte solution by cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry. Our findings indicate this structure as promising candidate for potential application as electrodes for supercapacitors.
Evaluation of thermally and chemically reduced graphene oxide films as counter electrodes on dye-sensitized solar cells
Rodriguez-Perez, Manuel;Villanueva-Cab, Julio;Pal, Umapada 231
Graphene oxide (GO) was prepared by modified Hummer's method to produce reduced graphene oxide (RGO) following standard thermal and chemical reduction processes. Prepared RGO colloids were utilized to fabricate RGO films over glass and FTO coated glass substrates through drop-coating. A systematic study was performed to evaluate the effect of reduction degree on the optical and electrical properties of the RGO film. We demonstrate that both the reduction process (thermal and chemical) produce RGO films of similar optical and electrical behaviors. However, the RGO films fabricated using chemically reduced GO colloid render better performance in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), when they are used as counter electrodes (CEs). It has been demonstrated that RGO films of optimum thicknesses fabricated using RGO colloids prepared using lower concentration of hydrazine reducer have better catalytic performance in DSSCs due to a better catalytic interaction with redox couple. The better catalytic performance of the RGO films fabricated at optimal hydrazine concentration is associated to their higher available surface area and lower grain boundaries.
Plant responses to nano and micro structured carbon allotropes: Water imbibition by maize seeds upon exposure to multiwalled carbon nanotubes and activated carbon
Dasgupta-Schubert, N.;Tiwari, D.K.;Francis, E. Reyes;Martinez Torres, P.;Villasenor Cendejas, L.M.;Lara Romero, J.;Villasenor Mora, C. 245
Multiwalled carbon-nanotubes (MWCNT) and micro-structured carbon, such as biochar or activated carbon (AC), have been seen to significantly increase the growth indices of certain plant species such as maize (Zea mays L.). Seed imbibition is the stage where environmental factors that affect water transport across the seed coat barrier, make a large impact. This work explores the effect on water imbibition by maize seeds when the aqueous environment surrounding the seed is diluted by small concentrations (10 and 20 mg/l) of pristine MWCNT (p-MWCNT), carboxylate functionalized MWCNT (COO-MWCNT) and AC. The degree of sensitivity of the process to (i) large structural changes is seen by utilizing the nano (the MWCNT) and the micro (the AC) allotropic forms of carbon; (ii) to small changes in the purity and morphology of the p-MWCNT by utilizing 95% pure and 99% pure p-MWCNTs of slightly differing morphologies; and (iii) to MWCNT functionalization by using highly pure (97%) COO-MWCNT. Water imbibition was monitored over a 15 hour period by Near Infrared Thermography (NIRT) and also by seed weighing. Seed surface topography was seen by SEM imaging. Analysis of the NIRT images suggests rapid seed surface topological changes with the quantity of water imbibed. While further work is necessary to arrive at a conclusive answer, this work shows that the imbibition phase of the maize seed is sensitive to the presence of MWCNT even to small differences in the purity of the p-MWCNT and to small differences in the physicochemical properties of the medium caused by the hydrophilic COO-MWCNT.
Synthesis of gold nanoparticles using Coffea Arabica fruit extract
Bogireddy, Naveen Kumar Reddy;Gomez, L. Martinez;Osorio-Roman, I.;Agarwal, V. 253
We report a simple eco-friendly process for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) using aqueous extract from Coffea Arabica fruit. The formation of AuNPs was confirmed using absorption spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy images. FT-IR analysis demonstrates the major functional groups present in Coffee Arabica fruit extract before and after synthesizing AuNPs. The Face Center Cubic (FCC) polycrystalline nature of these particles was identified by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Taking into account the contribution of the biomass surrounding the AuNPs, dynamic light scattering (DLS) results revealed an average particle size of ~59 nm.
Light-emitting mechanism varying in Si-rich-SiNx controlled by film's composition
Torchynska, Tetyana V.;Vega-Macotela, Leonardo G.;Khomenkova, Larysa;Slaoui, Abdelilah 261
Spectroscopic investigation of Si quantum dots (Si-QDs) embedded in silicon nitride was performed over a broad stoichiometry range to optimize light emission. Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition was used to grow the $SiN_x$ films on Si (001) substrates. The film composition was controlled via the flow ratio of silane ($SiH_4$) and ammonia ($NH_3$) in the range of R = 0.45-1.0 allowed to vary the Si excess in the range of 21-62 at.%. The films were submitted to annealing at $1100^{\circ}C$ for 30 min in nitrogen to form the Si-QDs. The properties of as-deposited and annealed films were investigated using spectroscopic ellipsometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman scattering and photoluminescence (PL) methods. Si-QDs were detected in $SiN_x$ films demonstrating the increase of sizes with Si excess. The residual amorphous Si clusters were found to be present in the films grown with Si excess higher than 50 at.%. Multi-component PL spectra at 300 K in the range of 1.5-3.5 eV were detected and nonmonotonous varying total PL peak versus Si excess was revealed. To identify the different PL components, the temperature dependence of PL spectra was investigated in the range of 20-300 K. The analysis allowed concluding that the "blue-orange" emission is due to the radiative defects in a $SiN_x$ matrix, whereas the "red" and "infrared" PL bands are caused by the exciton recombination in crystalline Si-QDs and amorphous Si clusters. The nature of radiative and no radiative defects in $SiN_x$ films is discussed. The ways to control the dominant PL emission mechanisms are proposed.


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Siemens to Start Trial of Biomarker to Aid Cancer Therapy
Jul 31, 2007 | Cancer, Miscellaneous |
Siemens Medical Solutions announced that it has been granted an Investigational New Drug (IND) Exemption by the FDA to conduct a Phase I clinical trial of (F-18) 3′-fluoro-3′-deoxythymidine (FLT), a molecular imaging biomarker that has shown promise in monitoring the proliferation of cancer cells, which could help physicians quickly determine the effectiveness of cancer therapies.
To broaden the scope of FLT research, Siemens will support the FLT Phase I clinical trial that will be conducted at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center located in New York City, with whom Siemens has signed a research collaboration agreement focused on the codevelopment of imaging biomarkers that will be used in PET imaging. Through these collaborative efforts, Siemens intends not only to make FLT more readily accessible to research and academic institutions for further study, but also to continue research into new more target specific imaging biomarkers for PET.
The significance of FLT is that it may be able to allow researchers and physicians to detect the rate of the proliferation of cancerous cells through a molecular imaging technique like PET-CT, by enabling visualization of key steps in the replication of DNA, which precedes cell division. By enabling the imaging of the biological processes within cancer cells, FLT could help physicians to personalize cancer therapies by more quickly assessing cancer therapies, avoiding ineffective therapies and determining the most appropriate treatment for an individual patient.
Molecular imaging biomarkers – imaging agents that characterize biological processes and diseases – enable the biological mechanisms of disease to be identified and understood. Once imaging biomarkers bind to the diseased cells or tissues, they cause them to "light up" when scanned using PET-CT, Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) or SPECT-CT. Results may help physicians determine personalized therapies for patients by pinpointing the active pathways in the disease progression. Imaging biomarkers not only enable early diagnosis, but also allow the measurement of how well certain therapies, such as prescription drugs, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, are working by measuring the impact of treatments on the disease indicators. This may aid the development of new therapies, and enable clinicians to non-invasively assess therapeutic responses and quickly adjust therapeutic approaches to arrive at optimum outcomes.
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Q: C++ std::vector access using software transactional memory I'm currently trying to wrap my head around the problem of thread-safety using C++ STL containers. I recently tried to implement a thread safe std::vector by using a std::mutex as a member variable, just to then realize that although I could make member functions thread-safe by locking the lock, I couldn't make lib functions like std::sort thread-safe, since they only get the begin()/end() iterators, which is a result of the fundamental split between containers and algorithms in the STL in general.
So then I thought, if I can't use locks, how about software transactional memory (STM)?
So now I'm stuck with this:
#include <atomic>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
#include <vector>

#define LIMIT 10

std::atomic<bool> start{false};
std::vector<char> vec;

void thread(char c)
{
    while (!start)
        std::this_thread::yield();

    for (int i = 0; i < LIMIT; ++i) {
        __transaction_atomic {
        vec.push_back(c);
        }
    }
}

int main()
{
    std::thread t1(thread, '*');
    std::thread t2(thread, '@');

    start.store(true);

    t1.join();
    t2.join();

    for (auto i = vec.begin(); i != vec.end(); ++i)
        std::cout << *i;

    std::cout << std::endl;

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Which I compile with:
g++ -std=c++11 -fgnu-tm -Wall

using g++ 4.8.2 and which gives me the following error:
error: unsafe function call to push_back within atomic transaction

Which I kinda get, since push_back or sort or whatever isn't declared transaction_safe but which leaves me with the following questions:
a) How can I fix that error?
b) If I can't fix that error, then what are these transactional blocks usually used for?
c) How would one implement a lock-free thread-safe vector?!
Thanks in advance!
Edit:
Thanks for the answers so far but they don't really scratch my itch. Let me give you an example:
Imagine I have a global vector and access to this vector shall be shared amongst multiple threads. All threads try to do sorted inserts, so they generate a random number and try to insert this number into the vector in a sorted manner, so the vector stays sorted all the time (including duplicates ofc). To do the sorted insert they use std::lower_bound to find the "index" where to insert and then do the insert using vector.insert().
If I write a wrapper for the std::vector that contains a std::mutex as a member, than I can write wrapper functions, e.g. insert which locks the mutex using std::lock_guard and then does the actual std::vector.insert() call. But std::lower_bound doesn't give a damn about the member mutex. Which is a feature, not a bug afaik.
This leaves my threads in quite a pickle because other threads can change the vector while someone's doing his lower_bound thing.
The only fix I can think of: forgett the wrapper and have a global mutex for the vector instead. Whenever anybody wants to do anything on/with/to this vector, he needs that lock.
THATS the problem. What alternatives are there for using this global mutex.
and THATS where software transactional memory came to mind.
So now: how to use STMs on STL containers? (and a), b), c) from above).

A: I believe that the only way you can make an STL container 100% thread safe is to wrap it in your own object (keeping the actual container private) and use appropriate locking (mutexes, whatever) in your object in order to prevent multi-thread access to the STL container.
This is the moral equivalent of just locking a mutex in the caller around every container operation.
In order to make the container truly thread safe, you'd have to muck about with the container code, which there's no provision for.
Edit: One more note - be careful about the interface you give to your wrapper object. You can't very well go handing out references to stored objects, as that would allow the caller to get around the locking of the wrapper. So you can't just duplicate vector's interface with mutexes and expect things to work.

A: I'm not sure I understand why you cannot use mutexes. If you lock the mutex each time you are accessing the vector then no matter what operation you are doing you are certain that only a single thread at a time is using it. There is certainly space for improvement depending on your needs for the safe vector, but mutexes should be perfectly viable.
lock mutex -> call std::sort or whatever you need -> unlock mutex
If on the other side what you want is to use std::sort on your class, then again it is a matter of providing thread-safe access and reading methods through the iterators of your container, as those are the ones that std::sort needs to use anyway in order to sort a vector, since it is not a friend of containers or anything of the sort.

A: You can use simple mutexes to make your class thread safe.  As stated in another answer, you need to use a mutex to lock the vector before use and then unlock after use.
CAUTION!  All of the STL functions can throw exceptions.  If you use simple mutexes, you will have a problem if any function throws because the mutex will not be released.  To avoid this problem, wrap the mutex in a class that releases it in the destructor.  This is a good programming practice to learn about: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ResourceAcquisitionIsInitialization

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Winter 2011 TCA Press Tour: 9 Memorable Moments from Day 9
January 14, 2011 / Will Harris
For all of the panels that NBC-Universal offered us yesterday, none of them were really chock full of memorable quotes, so I thought I'd go a slightly different route with today's retrospective and just cite some of my favorite moments from throughout the course of the day…and if you think this is mostly just a way for me to avoid having to trudge through the transcripts, give yourself a hearty pat on the back. Give me a break: it's Day 9, and I'm very tired from arguing with Kara DioGuardi fans.
And on that note…
1. Bravo's "Platinum Hit" session
You've hopefully already read my open letter to Ms. DioGuardi about my disappointment with the way she handled the inevitable question about her departure from "American Idol," but that wasn't the only part about the panel that grated on my nerves. One of the other judges on this songwriting-competition series is Jewel, and…okay, first of all, let me acknowledge that I'm not really a Jewel fan and under threat of death wouldn't be able to come up with a more recent Jewel song than 2001's "Standing Still," but even when it comes to artists I do actively like, I don't enjoy it when they slip into braggadocio. After Jewel dropped these lines during the panel…
* "I was talking to Steven Spielberg…"
* "I bought my house from all my hits."
* "Bob Dylan took me under his wing when I was about 20. My first record was considered a failure, but he liked it and he was like, 'Don't sell out, don't change, don't start doing grunge, just do what you do, stay on the road, stay solo acoustic.' And I did because he believed in me. And Neil Young was the same way."
…I pretty much tuned out. I'm sure Jewel's a very talented songwriter, but as I walked away from the panel, it was more with the feeling that she's much more talented at namedropping.
2. Oxygen's session for "The Glee Project."
Actually, I couldn't tell you a thing that was said during the session. I was too busy looking at the mike girls – they bring you the microphones to ask questions, then take them to the next person when you're done – who were dressed in cheerleader outfits for the panel. Yeah, it's definitely time for me to get home to my wife…
3. Keith David talking about the development of his awesome voice during the panel for "The Cape."
"I was always a second tenor," said David. "I was never, you know, Alfalfa. But when about 13, and I was a singer before I was an actor, and all I could sing was loud, and certainly I came into this I came into that Alfalfa transition where all I could do…"
At this point, he switched into a wobbly voice… "is talk like that all the time."
Back to his regular voice. "And then something began to switch, and now I sound like I sound, you know. I'm grateful to be here because I do get a chance to use all you know, in the first episode, I say I'm using my stage voice. Well, you know, I mean, that was one of the when I read the script, that was one of the funniest moments for me because it's, like, when I'm auditioning for things, many times I'm told, 'Can you tone that down a little bit? Can you bring that back?' So this is one of the few times I'm not always told that. That's kind of nice."
4. The "Harry's Law" panel discussing the age of the show's star.
By the time someone asked about the fact that Kathy Bates is 60 years old, which is pretty elderly when you consider the demos that the broadcast networks tend to look for, she'd pretty well charmed most of the audience. First, she said she decided on doing the show because, in her character's first scene, "she had her feet up on the desk, she was smoking pot, and watching 'Bugs Bunny.' After that, I was in." Then, when asked if it was hard to sustain her character's grumpiness, she admitted, "I come naturally to that. Not to be flip, but I can be a naturally grumpy person…and adjusting to the long hours on the set helped that right along!"
When the topic of age was addressed, which series creator David E. Kelley took it in stride. "Not many networks have come to me recently and said, 'Can you give me a series with a 60-year-old lead?'" he admitted. "But I have to believe that, given the universe of 500-plus channels, there has to be room on the landscape for one. When we landed Kathy to play the character, (NBC) were beyond thrilled. You can say it's one thing to have a 60-year-old lead. It's quite another to have Kathy Bates as your lead. So they probably, with a grain of salt, said, 'Gee, do we want a series with an older actor?' But once it became Kathy, there was no hesitation whatsoever."
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Audiences and critics across the world applaud the exciting fusion that results from Daniele Gatti's "symphonic power" and the "finest chamber music," from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
This praise from Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera followed an October 2013 concert in Milan's La Scala with works by Wagner, Mahler and Beethoven.
The artistic relationship between Daniele Gatti and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra began with a highly successful rendition of Lulu at the Wiener Festwochen 2010. Further collaborations followed, each of which deepened and strengthened the bond between Gatti and the MCO.
Between January 2015 and May 2016, Daniele Gatti and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra worked through a complete cycle of Beethoven's symphonies, presenting them across four tours taking place primarily in Italy. Upon conclusion of the Beethoven cycle, the MCO and Daniele Gatti continue their focus on Robert Schumann's symphonic work.
Daniele Gatti was appointed Artistic Advisor of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in 2016, for a term of three years.
Daniele Gatti graduated as a composer and orchestra conductor at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. He is Chief Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) in Amsterdam since September 2016 and Artistic Advisor of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He has held prestigious roles at important musical institutions like the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre national de France, the Royal Opera House of London, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and Zurich's Opernhaus. The Berliner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala are just a few of the renowned symphonic institutions he regularly works with.
The year 2016 saw the beginning of a three-year concert cycle named "RCO meets Europe". It involves 28 member states of the European Union and it includes the project "Side by Side", a project allowing musicians from local youth orchestras to perform the first musical number of the program next to the members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Maestro Gatti, thus fostering an incredibly fruitful human and musical exchange. The Italian appointment took place in Turin at the Auditorium of the Lingotto building.
In June 2017 he conducted the RCO in an opera production, for the first time since his appointment as its Chief Conductor: Salome at the Nationale Opera of Amsterdam.
The 2017/2018 Season sees him conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Philharmonie Berlin, the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan interpreting Mahler's Second Symphony, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Europe, South Korea, Japan, and at the Carnegie Hall in New York, all events adding to Amsterdam's traditional season. Other engagements include the opening of the new season of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma with La damnation de Faust, a tour with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and more performances with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Munich, and the Philharmonia Orchestra in London.
Daniele Gatti was awarded the Premio Franco Abbiati from Italian music critics as best conductor in 2015, and in 2016 he was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur from the French Republic for his work as Musical Director of the Orchestre national de France.
Under Sony Classical he has recorded works by Debussy and Stravinsky with the Orchestre national de France and a DVD of the Parsifal staged at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Under the label RCO Live he has recently recorded Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Mahler's Second Symphony and a DVD of Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps together with Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and La mer.


P.D. James is an English author and is most well-known for her mystery novels. Several of these have been made into episodes for the BBC television series Mystery.
It has been twenty-five years since any human child has been born. The last generation drifts without purpose, alternately useless and violent. Enfeebled elderly are disposed of because there are not enough young people to take care of them. The countryside is emptying out as villagers move to larger metropolitan areas to maximize the shrinking labor pool. People of child-bearing age dote on their dogs and cats as they would have doted on their children. The main character of the book, Theo, is that saddest of men–an aging man responsible for the death of his only child in a world where there are no longer children. He bears an additional burden. His cousin is Xan the Warden of England, a more or less permanent position of ultimate power, whose directives are increasingly fascist.
James builds her provocative story thread by thread, carefully, skillfully. She draws you along with her deeper and deeper into her world as Theo is drawn into the plot of a group of resisters who call themselves the five fishes.
The Children of Men reveals James to be what her most devoted readers have always suspected; a brilliant thinker, a writer with uncanny reach. Her mystery novels are explorations of particular characters and the character of humanity in general. This novel deserves a place among the classics and it would be a shame if it is relegated to lesser status simply because James writes excellent mystery genre fiction and could thus be passed over by the arbiters of literature.


Are you using Queuing Theory principles to accelerate Performance Test Analysis ?
Now that Agile and DevOps are in widespread use in software development environments, early and quick performance analysis of business-critical, high-traffic applications is essential. This has led to an increase in the adoption of performance modeling activities, which helps to predict system performance metrics during early lifecycle phases.
Due to a fear of mathematics, many performance testers mistakenly think queuing theory is too complex in nature and leave it to core performance modeling experts. But knowledge of simple mathematical queuing theory principles can make system performance analysis easier. As Performance testers, it's important that we understand the relationships that exist between performance metrics such as response time, throughput, and server utilization so that we can quickly identify performance-, scalability-, and capacity-related problems. Here are a few basics for the uninitiated on how to use queuing theory principles in performance testing.
Queuing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues. A queuing system is represented using three primary elements: the input, the service center, and the output. The input refers to the job arrivals to the system, the service center refers to the processing component that performs the expected service, and the output refers to the job completions that leave the system. Depending on their arrival pattern & time required to service the incoming jobs, jobs might need to wait in the queue before getting the intended service.
The arrival rate, represented using the symbol lambda (λ) equals the number of request arrivals (A) divided by the time (T).
The throughput or completion rate , represented using the symbol (X) equals the number of request completions (C) divided by the time (T).
Utilization (U) equals the total amount of time the service center is found busy (B) divided by the time (T).
Mean service time (S) equals the total amount of time the service center is found busy (B) divided by the number of request completions (C).
The Utilization Law states that service center utilization (U) equals throughput of the service center (X) multiplied by the mean service time (S) at the service center.
The Forced Flow Law states that throughput at service center k (Xk) equals visits to the service center (Vk) multiplied by the overall system throughput (X).
The Throughput Bound Law states that the maximum achievable system throughput (Xmax) equals or less than 1 divided by the value that represents the service center with maximum service demand in the system (Dmax).
These simple operational laws can be used during performance testing for addressing challenges such as validating the performance non-functional requirement (NFR), validating the performance test results, validating workload models, calculating the think time, predicting the maximum achievable system throughput, estimating the server capacity requirement, building performance prediction model, and so on.
Here's a simple case study that shows how you can use the above discussed operational laws during performance testing to accelerate system scalability and capacity analysis.
A three-tier web application under test is expected to support 1,000 users meeting a throughput target of 100 transactions per second (TPS) and a response time SLA of 2 seconds to complete its 3 transactions.
The business projects a 2.5X times increase in throughput due to promotional activity for the next quarter (a validated projection). What is the think time to be configured in the test script to meet this NFR? How should you validate the load test result? What is the maximum achievable system throughput by the system? And what is the additional server capacity required to handle the increase in throughput?
Lets apply Operational laws to answer all these questions.
In order to run a realistic load test, you must apply Little's Law to calculate the think time to be configured in the script.
So a think time of 4 seconds should be configured in the test script to carry out a realistic load test to meet the system performance target.
The actual configured users used to carry out the load test (Nactual = 1,000 users), the transaction response time for 3 transactions are 2.2 seconds, 1.8 seconds & 2.4 seconds and the average throughput measured during the test ( X = 100 TPS). And we know the think time is 4 seconds, Using these test observations, you can apply Little's Law to identify the calculated number of users, Ncalculated.
Hence, by plugging in the test result values, Ncalculated can be derived as 1,040 users.
As Nactual & Ncalculated values are almost equal, this confirms that you have a valid load test & test observations are valid.
It would be nice if a performance tester performs the additional calculation that is described in Step 3 and shares it along with load test report.
During 1,000-user load test, assume the web server's average CPU utilization (UW-CPU) is 25%, the application server's average CPU utilization (UA-CPU) is 60%, and the database server's average CPU utilization (UDB-CPU) is 30%.
This equation can be regrouped as Uk = X × (Vk × Sk) . You already know, Vk × Sk represents the service demand, Dk.
We can then use the Throughput Bound Law (Xmax < = 1 ÷ Dmax) to determine the maximum achievable overall system throughput. In our case, the service center with maximum service demand is the application server (DA-CPU). The overall system throughput will depend on the throughput of this slowest service center which is application server CPU resource.
Hence, the system under test can support a maximum throughput of 142 TPS in the current test environment.
As you have seen, during the 1,000-user test, the system throughput measured using the performance test tool is 100 TPS. With the help of this load test result, you have predicted that the maximum achievable system throughput value will be 142 TPS. As the application server has the maximum service demand, the overall performance improvement is possible, only by improving the application server CPU resource performance (either by doing CPU profiling for code optimization or through CPU capacity upgrade).
In order to support the projected system throughput (X = 250 TPS) provided by business, you can calculate the additional capacity required by the system by using the Utilization Law.
Hence, the web server CPU utilization is projected as 63% to support the target 250 TPS load, which confirms web server has enough capacity to handle the projected 250 TPS, considerably less than web server CPU utilization threshold value of 85%.
Hence, the database server CPU utilization is projected as 75% to support the target 250 TPS load, which confirms DB server has just the required capacity to handle the projected 250 TPS, just under the DB server CPU utilization threshold value of 80%.
Hence, the application server CPU utilization is projected as 150% to support the target 250 TPS load, which confirms application server CPU requires more capacity to handle the projected 250 TPS. Since the application server CPU utilization threshold is 85%, the additional utilization capacity requirement will be 1.76 (1.5 ÷ 0.85).
The application server CPU requires approximately 1.76 times the current CPU capacity to handle the projected 250 TPS load. Based on this calculation, an additional buffer can be included and you can use the TPC or SPEC benchmarks to recommend the right server configuration to meet the projected load levels.
These types of simple performance test validations, scalability analysis, and capacity extrapolation activities offer a good representation of system performance. These calculations can be done quickly using less effort and can alert performance testers on the next steps for performance tuning.
This knowledge of operational laws is the first step toward performance modeling using analytical modeling techniques. Now you can start exploring on queuing network, simulation, or statistical modeling techniques as ways of predicting system performance with greater accuracy. But performance modeling activities aren't a replacement for conducting performance tests. Rather, you should use them to get a quick ballpark estimate or direction when you don't have the time or complete system available to perform more sophisticated performance tests.
To learn more about queuing theory and how the mathematical principles can be applied in Performance Testing, see my presentation at the PerfGuild online conference. Registered attendees also have full access to my presentation after the event.


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Biden reacts to Rove insult
CNN's Rachel Streitfeld
Sens. Biden and Obama campaigned together in Michigan Sunday.
(CNN) – If Sen. Joe Biden was hurt that Republican operative Karl Rove called him a "big blowhard doofus" at an event in Minneapolis Monday, he didn't show it.
On hearing the news, Biden grinned and said "he's a great American."
The blog Politicker ME reports that at a Maine delegate breakfast at the Republican National Convention, Rove, the so-called "architect" of the Bush administration, called Biden a "big blowhard doofus." Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, is notorious in Washington for being talkative at Senate hearings.
Later, in response to a different question, Rove is reported to have asked "Is there press in this room?"
Biden addressed the criticism during a flight on his campaign plane Monday evening. A reporter asked if the senator would now answer to "Senator Doofus."
"You can call me anything you want," he said. "I learned a long time ago you can call me anything you want."
Both political parties have made a point in recent days to draw down partisan rhetoric as Hurricane Gustav threatened the Gulf Coast. Biden said he would have no trouble drawing his sword in the weeks to come.
"I don't think we'll have any trouble resuming the campaign," he said. "I guess Karl did it already. I guess he didn't get the memo."
Biden's campaign spokesman quickly released a statement rebuking Rove for the comments.
"It's more than a little sad that with another hurricane heading for the Gulf Coast, Karl Rove is up to the same old attack politics that he practically patented while helping dig a deep hole for our country to get out of," said Biden Spokesman David Wade. "Americans deserve better, especially at a time like this."
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Arizona Demo
Wow!!!! and Rove is credited with being the architect of Bush's administration. Pot calling kettle black???
September 2, 2008 07:39 am at 7:39 am |
Karl Rove should be in prison.
Joe Biden in a great American. Karl's fear tactics aren't going to work this time.
With repect to McCain's vice presidental selection, McCain and his handlers have make a serious miscalculation. They believe the Hillary voters did so because Hilllary is a woman. They voted for Hillary because she reflected their polictial desires. Merely selecting any woman for the vice presidental nomination will not automatically change the Hillary vote. The Palin pick is a disaster. Certainly, it will not fit into McCain's fear brand of politics unless there might be Islamic terrorist caribou out there somewhere that Ms. Palin might shoot.
Karl Rove really needs to vote for Joe Biden. For once, it is actually in his and the country's best interest.
MrCharles
I have never been so proud of MY country. The more I read some of these comments the more I am caused to worry about where we're heading. Rove should be in jail and Bush should be impeached. How long are we going to be manipulated by these idiots. WAKE UP AMERICA!! Rove is not your friend!
But I forgot some of you still think the world is flat, slavery was a good thing and that the south will again. Rove only has power over those who listen to his BS and that seems to be a lot of you. Oh, by the way, It's not, It wasn't and when a very hot place freezes over.
This is the thing that is so disheartening about the politics in our country and why there is such voter apathy. Karl Rove can claim some responsibility for the political issues and climate that has created all the tension and I hope that his is party continues to lose and lose big cause it appears that their platform is nothing but negativity and now childish name calling. I hope that there will be enough voters in this country that can move past their hang-ups about Baracks ethnicity and truly voter their conscious and do what they know is right. We can't afford to keep this up. The stakes are too high.
OBAMA\BIDEN 08
Deb, Allentown, PA
Tihs ticker item was covered ad nauseum yesterday so I'm not sure why it's being re-run, but this is hilarious. Rove calling Biden a big blowhard doofus? That's right, Rove, you just keep insulting Obama/Biden all the way to the White House and you're out of a job. Unfortunately though, I guess you'll always have a job cooking up sleazy campaigns for the "me, me, me GOP".


Fun and sporty the via ferrata combines the challenges of vertical trip with the fun of monkey or himalayan bridges and geant zip lines… a guaranted adrenalin moment !
The via ferrata are accessibles to a large public but require a basic knowledge of equipment and specific technic of climbinb. In that respect, a proffessional guide is highly recommended.
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A safety line ensures the safety on the whole route. To make more playful the itinarary, himalayan bridges, monkey bridges, foot bridges and zip lines will leave you an unforgetable souvenirs.
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The routes are of difficulties varied according to the choice and the level of the participants.
The certificate guide will teach you basics techniques to go forward and explain how to use equipment.
Motivation, courage and good advices are enough to discover the most beautiful via ferrata of the French Riviera !
The Via ferrata of Puget-théniers allows vertical route which follow a beautiful cliff of limestone and cross three peaks which dominates the valley of the Var and the medieval city of Entrevaux.
An impressive 360° view of all the valley !!
Very pleasant to inter season because very sunny.
Via ferrata » Canyons of Lantosque » proposes an outstanding route which follows at first the narrow canyon of Riou then the beautiful river of the Vésubie.
Numerous crossings (wood bridges, monkey and himalayen bridge) follow one another in an almost tropical atmosphere of canyoning to finish by a great zip line of 100m.
Via ferrata of Peille » l'escale » allows an original route which starts directly from the village and whichup gradually by offering a fantastic view over the back country of Monaco and Nice. Filled with a medieval atmosphere this route is divided into 4 very different sections, with a possible exit before each part.


2016-05-12T20:30:00-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/3b8/20160512211406001_hd.jpgJournalists involved in the reporting of the Panama Papers* data breach talked about those documents and data reporting. Speakers included reporters from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and McClatchy Newspapers.
* The Panama Papers are a leak of 11.5 million financial documents from the database of the offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca located in Panama.
Journalists involved in the reporting of the Panama Papers* data breach talked about those documents and data reporting. Speakers included reporters from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and McClatchy Newspapers.


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Flyboard is a type of nautical jetpack connected to a jet ski that provides water under pressure. The pilot stands on a platform connected by a long flexible hose to the boat, his feet are fixed by a pair of boots in the manner of snowboards. The pressurized water produced by the waterjet jet is routed to jet nozzles and provides a thrust that can climb up to fifteen meters in the air or dive head first into the water.
One person, one session
You will be welcomed and briefed by an instructor for safety and security. He will explain the handling of the flyboard and you will be able to fly alone for about twenty minutes.
Restrictions: from 12 to 80 years old, maximum weight: 140kg
You do not dare to fly alone but you are looking for thrills that can get you the flyboard. You can fly in tandem with the instructor for about ten minutes. A group of 3 to 5 people can also try to fly in tandem.
Restrictions: from 6 to 80 years old, maximum weight: 65 kg
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You have friends who want to accompany you to take pictures and videos, no problem. They can board the safety boat.
Sports-Session with training of FLYn'Dive tricks. One person will be briefed about the experience. You will be equipped with a swim vest. At flight area, you will mount the Flyboard and given a training for 5/10 minutes by the Instructor after which you will perform solo for around 60 minutes, with breaks, under the supervision of the same Instructor.
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Matt Tropman joined the Conservatory in the fall of 2010 as Lecturer in Tuba and Euphonium. He recently served as adjunct professor in low brass at Eastern Michigan University and Executive Director of the Brass Band of Battle Creek. As a former member of the U.S. Marine Band (President's Own), he frequently performed as a soloist throughout the U.S. including at The White House.
Dr. Tropman is an active clinician and recitalist, having performed and taught throughout the U.S., as well as in Spain, Finland, Germany, Great Britain and Canada. He has performed with the Detroit Symphony under conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Neeme Jarvi and Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Dr. Tropman has released two CD's; Continuum and From the Balcony (Summit Records). Both have been featured on NPR's "All Things Considered", CBC Radio's "Disc Drive", and "Music and Company". From the Balcony was reviewed in the New York Times, which stated "Tropman makes a serious case for the euphonium as a solo instrument". In addition, he has been featured in solo performances at Severance hall in Cleveland, Myerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, and Music Hall in Cincinnati.
Dr. Tropman received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, Masters's degree from Arizona State University, and Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in tuba performance from the University of Michigan.


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The comic legend of the Ayar Brothers was introduced in Japan
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The Colca Autonomous Authority - Autocolca introduced in Japan the comic "Colca: Heirs of the Sun" an alternate history of the legend of the Ayar brothers and their struggle against the forces of evil in order to forge the Inca Empire and its passage through the valley Colca in Arequipa.
Elmer Caceres Llica, Autocolca chairman, said in an animated also showed Asian countries the legend of the Ayar brothers and their passage through the Colca Valley.
The document contains more than 400 photographs of the valley, and to the 13 sculptures that show dance costumes typical of the area, among which there is the face of Ciro Castillo, who is wearing a dance costume "Los Negritos" and images whose creators are planning to create fabulous stories in the coming months.
Autocolca produced 1,000 copies of the comic legend in Japanese Ayar, which were distributed at the Tourism Fair and 500 journals that show the best photos of Colca book: Paradise Deep showcasing the beauty of the Colca Valley.
cómic hermanos ayas
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Q: Writing Kinetic Energy in Cylindrical Coordinates My Textbook wrote the Kinetic Energy while teaching Hamiltonian like this:
(in Cylindrical coordinates)
$$T=\frac{m}{2}[(\dot{\rho})^2 +(\rho \dot{\phi} )^2+ (\dot{z})^2]$$
I know to find velocity in Cartesian coordinates
$$position = x+y+z$$
$$velocity = \dot{x}+\dot{y}+\dot{z}$$
But in this case, even though the components of position in Cylindrical coordinates are $$position = \rho +\phi + z$$
the velocity is $$Velocity =\dot{\rho} +\rho \dot{\phi} + \dot{z}$$
where did the extra $\rho$ come from?

A: Kinetic energy is always $\frac{1}{2} m \dot{\vec{r}}^2$. What is important here is the vector sign for the position vector $\vec{r}$. In cartesian coordinates, $\vec{r}=x\vec{e_x}+y\vec{e_y}+z\vec{e_z}$ and therefore $\dot{\vec{r}}=\dot{x}\vec{e_x}+\dot{y}\vec{e_y}+\dot{z}\vec{e_z}$. Here,$\vec{e_x},\vec{e_y},\vec{e_z}$ are the unit vectors in $x,y,z$ direction. This is not as simple in any coordinate system - for cylindrical coordinates, $\vec{r}=\rho\vec{e_{\rho}}+z\vec{e_z}$ and $\dot{\vec{r}}=\dot{\rho}\vec{e_{\rho}}+\rho\dot{\vec{e_{\rho}}}+\dot{z}\vec{e_z}$. As $\dot{\vec{e_{\rho}}}=\dot{\varphi} \vec{e_{\rho}}$, we arrive at your formula given above.
The important thing is to always start from $\dot{\vec{r}}^2$ in non cartesian coordinates and you will often see extra terms appear.

A: Imagine an object which it a fixed distance $\rho$ from the origin in the xy-plane (z=0).
The angle between the x-axis and the line joining the origin to the object is $\phi$.
Now change the angle to $\phi + \Delta \phi$ in a time $\Delta t$
Using your notation the angular speed $\phi^* = \frac {\Delta \phi}{\Delta t}$.
This distance moved by the object in time $\Delta t$ is $\rho\; \Delta \phi$ and so the linear speed of the object is $\rho \frac {\Delta \phi}{\Delta t} = \rho \phi^*$ which has to be added to the two other linear speeds $\rho^*$ and $z^*$.

A: The key is to always start in Cartesian coordinates, and remember that $T=\frac{m}2\left(\dot{x}^2+\dot{y}^2+\dot{z}^2\right)$. You can always start in Cartesian because the kinetic energy is a scalar and thus independent of the coordinate system in which you choose to evaluate it, although scalar products are most easily computed in Cartesian coordinates.
From the expression of $T$ and the definition of your coordinates:
\begin{align}
x&=\rho\cos(\phi)\, ,\\
\dot{x}&=\dot{\rho}\cos(\phi)-\rho\sin(\phi)\dot{\phi}\, ,\\
y&=\rho\sin(\phi)\, ,\\
\dot{y}&=\dot{\rho}\sin(\phi)+\rho\cos(\phi)\dot{\phi}\, ,\\
\dot{z}&=\dot{z}\, .
\end{align}
Squaring the dotted terms and summing gives
$$
T=\frac{m}{2}\left(\dot{\rho}^2+\rho^2\dot{\phi}^2+\dot{z}^2\right)
$$
as requested.  This procedure of course will work for any coordinate system.


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September 27, 2021 4:11PM ET
Long Beach Port Pilots Overnight Truck Access
By Arthur Friedman
The terminal is taking steps to increase cargo pickup in the late night, early morning hours.
The Total Terminals International container terminal on Pier T in the Port of Long Beach is making it easier for trucks to access the facility during the overnight hours in a new pilot program to widen access and speed deliveries amid the ongoing cargo surge. The pilot program at the port's largest terminal focuses on…