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Articles on Gramercy Condos for Sale
A Look Into Gramercy's Most Glamorous Condos
Facade of Sky House, 11 East 29th Street
In part 2 of our Spotlight on Gramercy, we're showcasing buildings that encapsulate the neighborhood's classic charm and modern luxury.
Apartments Near Madison Square Park
Gramercy Condos for Sale
Luxury Condominiums Manhattan
Gramercy Park Gets A Luxe Condo Conversion of Cabrini Medical Center
Renderings of Gramercy Square have been revealed for the condo conversion of the former Cabrini Medical Center. The condo complex, slated for completion sometime this year, will comprise four separate buildings – each quite unique from the others architecturally – and a total of 223 residences.
Gramercy Park: Where the Stars Come to Play
Over the past few weeks, we have given you several reasons as to why you should consider moving to the Gramercy Park neighborhood in Manhattan. Be it the luxury of having a private park to yourself, or simply the joy of having an assortment of great cafes to choose from every day, it is almost guaranteed that you will have a great lifestyle if you move to Gramercy Park.
Now, if you are still unconvinced about how desirable this neighborhood is, maybe a look at some of the celebrities that live here will help change your mind. Here, in no particular order, are some of Gramercy Park's most famous and notable residents.
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Condos in Gramercy
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Gramercy Park: New York's Only Private Park
Gramercy Park, a calm, serene, and historic neighborhood is home to New York City's only private park. Also referred to as Gramercy Historic District, the key to this two-acre park can be yours for an evening stroll or just to relax in its peaceful environs, for an annual fee and an apartment in one of the 39 townhouses in this affluent neighborhood, like the 18 Gramercy Park South, Gramercy 19, and Gramercy Starck among others.
Manhattan Parks
Best Coffee Shops in Gramercy Park
While Gramercy Park is known for being small and intimate, there is still a lot to see and do in this very beautiful neighborhood. Of course, strolling about this charming Manhattan locality can tire you out, and you may need to recharge your batteries. And what better way to do that than by getting a steaming cup of good coffee! In our continuing search for the best coffee shops in New York City, today we turn our attention to the cafés in Gramercy Park, and we are pleasantly surprised with the variety of options available here. Here are three of our favorites.
Best Coffee Shops
Flatiron District Condos
New Luxury Developments Coming to Gramercy Park
Gramercy Park is one of the most desirable residential neighborhoods in New York City, which is why any news of new luxury real estate development here is almost certainly going to cause a lot of excitement and glee. The latest rumor doing the rounds is that there is going to be a 40-story tower coming up at 45 East 22nd Street, which was once the site of the famous Tony Ciano restaurant.
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Take a Guided Walk Around Gramercy Park This Weekend--for Free!
For two days this weekend, New York City will be celebrating the legacy of activist-urbanist Jane Jacobs (who has been called "the apostle of livable cities") with more than a hundred free walking tours exploring the many neighborhoods that make the city what it is. From Downtown Manhattan hotspots to the scenic locales of the Upper West Side, there are a lot of tours to choose from, and these free walks are a perfect way to explore a neighborhood with a guide who you can safely expect to be well versed with the city and its history.
Jane's Walk
Impressive Sales Shine at 18 Gramercy Park South
How do you follow up to a building as successful as 15 Central Park West? That was the uppermost question on everyone's minds when the developer-architect team of William Lie Zeckendorf, Arthur Zeckendorf and Robert A.M. Stern began converting the Parkside Evangeline hotel at 18 Gramercy Park South into a luxury condominium. Previously owned by the Salvation Army, the building erected in 1927 was, at one time, a dorm-like residence for young women. Real estate followers knew that the building would need a dramatic makeover to make it conform to the luxury living standards of Manhattan.
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High Rents Push More New Yorkers Into Buyers Market
The story of rent in Manhattan is an oft-told tale on New Construction Manhattan, but while most realtors agree that the rental market will remain strong, one firm predicted in a recent report that rents could rise by as much as 10% in 2012. And with rental inventory at 1.3% vacancy and landlords raising their prices, many New Yorkers, particularly younger ones who traditionally rent, have begun looking at apartments to buy.
New York Times Raves Over Gramercy Luxury Condo One Madison Park, But Is It Too Late?
Taken purely on its merits -- which include a prime Manhattan location at the foot of Madison Square Park, a unique and appealing look, and some of the most luxurious condos for sale in Gramercy -- the new luxury condo One Madison Park is one of the more impressive new condo listings in Manhattan. But taking One Madison Park on its merits misses one very important point: despite being a pretty exceptional Manhattan condominium, One Madison Park is an exceptionally troubled Manhattan condominium. One Madison Park is currently the subject of several ongoing lawsuits and other controversies, which have conspired to bring the final construction on the building's amenities -- the wine cellar, the swimming pool, stuff like that -- to a halt. We wrote about this at the New Construction Manhattan blog back in March, and it remains true today. Of course, all that other stuff we just wrote about One Madison Park -- prime Manhattan location, good looks, stunning condos for sale -- holds true as well. Since New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff's job is to write about a building's aesthetics, it's not surprising that he delivered a very positive review of One Madison Park in today's Times. It seems kind of surprising all the same, though, simply because it has been so long since we've had good news to report about One Madison Park.
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I am gonna make this post super short because I know most of you don't care and I just posted an update about the #MetLifeTakeover event I throw every year. You can read about it over there if you want to know more but I know most of you could care less about my obsessive Miami Dolphins fandom.
I will just say that I am really proud of this video we made and this event we throw every year. This season already our non profit group Dolfans NYC has donated over $13,000 to charity and we plan to hit $15,000 at a minimum by the end of the year.
And a real quick description. This video is the recap of our #MetLifeTakeover event where we bought over 1100 seats for the Dolphins Vs. Jets game in New Jersey. We had a bunch of former Dolphins show up to the huge tailgate party we threw and most of them did interviews with us for the video. It's hosted by comedian and Dolphins fan Oscar Collazos and it was directed by RizeOptix. Also have to give out a shout to Sailor Jerry for sponsoring the event like they do every year.
Lastly, the Dolphins got killed at the game in Jersey so the video kinda ends on a down note, but we beat them yesterday in Miami so it seems like an ideal time to post this. Enjoy.


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NASA Spacecraft Sees Comet, Earth and Mercury Together (Video)
This still from a NASA video shows the Comet Pan-STARRS (bottom), the Earth (right) and the planet Mercury (left) as seen by NASA's Stereo-B spacecraft in early March 2013.
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A new video from a NASA spacecraft studying the sun has captured an unexpected sight: a wandering comet posing with the planets Earth and Mercury.
The cosmic view comes from one of NASA's twin Stereo spacecraft that constantly watch the sun for signs of solar flares and other space weather events. It shows Mercury and Earth as they appeared with the Comet Pan-STARRS, a comet that is currently visible from the Northern Hemisphere during evening twilight.
The probe captured the video of Comet Pan-STARRS, Earth and Mercury together while observing the sun from March 9 to March 12.
According to a NASA description, the video "shows the comet and its fluttering tail as it moves through space." The Earth appears as a bright stationary object on the right side of the video, while Mercury is visible as a moving light on the left side. [How to see Comet Pan-STARRS]
The sun is actually out of the frame in the Stereo-B spacecraft's video, but its solar wind is visible as a stream of material, NASA officials explained. Meanwhile, the view of Comet Pan-STARRS from space is giving scientists a wealth of data to review, they added.
"Comet scientists say the tail looks quite complex and it will take computer models to help understand exactly what's happening in STEREO's observations," agency officials said in a video description. "The comet should remain visible to the naked eye through the end of March."
Comet Pan-STARRS is currently visible to stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere just after sunset. To see the comet, look low on the western horizon just after the sun has gone down. Comet Pan-STARRS can appear as a bright head with a wispy trail, weather permitting, though some stargazers have said the bright evening twilight can make spotting it tricky.
The Comet Pan-STARRS was discovered in June 2011 by astronomers using the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) in Hawaii. The comet's official name is C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS).
Scientists estimate that Comet Pan-STARRS takes about 110,000 years to orbit the sun after this first swing through the inner solar system. The comet crossed into the Northern Hemisphere evening sky last week after months of being visible to observers in the Southern Hemisphere.
NASA's twin Stereo A and B spacecraft (the name is short for Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) observe the sun in tandem to provide unparalleled views of how material from solar eruptions makes its way to Earth. The spacecraft launched in 2006 and are part of a fleet of sun-watching spacecraft that monitor solar storms.
Comet Pan-STARRS is one of several comets gracing the night sky in 2013. Pan-STARRS was joined by the Comet Lemmon earlier this year when both were visible together in the Southern Hemisphere sky. Later this year, the sungrazing Comet ISON could put on a potentially dazzling display when it makes its closest approach to the sun in late November.
Editor's note: If you snap an amazing photo of Comet Pan-STARRS in the night sky, or any other celestial object, and you'd like to share for a possible story or image gallery, please send images and comments, including location information, to managing editor Tariq Malik at spacephotos@space.com.
This story was updated to correct the orbit of Comet Pan-STARRS, which is thought to be about 110,000 years after this pass around the sun.
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Le SMS Meteor est un croiseur auxiliaire de la Kaiserliche Marine.

Histoire
Le Meteor est à l'origine le Vienna, un paquebot britannique. Lorsque la Première Guerre mondiale éclate en 1914, le paquebot se trouve dans les eaux territoriales allemandes et est confisqué par les autorités allemandes. En raison de sa conception britannique, qui permet une opération camouflée en haute mer, il est converti en mouilleur de mines début 1915 au Kaiserliche Werft à Wilhelmshaven.

Le , le Meteor est mis en service sous les ordres du capitaine de corvette Wolfram von Knorr. Knorr, petit-fils de l'amiral Eduard von Knorr, nomma le mouilleur de mines d'après la canonnière Meteor, que son père a menée dans la bataille navale le  au large de La Havane contre l'aviso français Bouvet. Comme mouilleur de mines ou croiseur auxiliaire, le Meteor est armé de deux canons à tir rapide de  et de deux canons revolver de  ainsi que de 374 mines lors du premier voyage.

Le , le Meteor quitte Wilhelmshaven et va dans la mer Blanche pour poser des mines sur la route maritime vers Arkhangelsk. Lors de la sortie, il collabore avec le sous-marin U-19, qui fait la reconnaissance. Le , il pose une barrière de mines qui couleront quatre navires britanniques. Lors du retour, il se bat. Le cargo suédois Thorsten, qui transporte 200 sacs postaux russes en tant que marchandises interdites, est amené en Allemagne. Le , il arrive à Kiel.

Pour une autre mission, le Meteor est également équipé d'un canon à chargement rapide de  et de deux tubes lance-torpilles de . L'objectif est de poser une barrière de mines au large du Moray Firth, où sont les principaux cours de navires de guerre britanniques. Il collabore avec le sous-marin U-17. Dans la nuit du , il pose quatre blocs de mines. Lors du retour, il se bat avec le croiseur auxiliaire britannique HMS Ramsey, que le Meteor coule avec une torpille. Face au croiseur auxiliaire britannique, le Meteor s'est fait passer pour le paquebot russe Imperator Nikolai II. Huit officiers et 90 hommes du Ramsay sont secourus. Il intercepte également le cargo danois Jason chargé du bois de mine et des traverses de chemin de fer pour la Grande-Bretagne, l'équipage est fait prisonnier et le navire brûlé.

En raison des découvertes de mines et de la bataille avec le Ramsay, le Meteor est recherché par les unités navales britanniques. Le , le navire allemand est découvert par cinq unités britanniques. Von Knorr ordonne le sabordage. L'équipage et des membres de l'équipage sauvé du Ramsay montent à bord d'un chalutier suédois. Lors du voyage vers le sud, von Knorr fait transférer les hommes sur un chalutier de pêche norvégien, qui est relâché. Le chalutier suédois est remorqué par l'U-28 et amené à List auf Sylt.

Notes et références

Croiseur auxiliaire
Navire de la Kaiserliche Marine
Navire construit à Leith
Bateau lancé en 1903
Navire coulé en 1915
Épave de la Première Guerre mondiale
Épave de la mer du Nord
Épave de bateau allemand

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Why wait till Christmas? | City A.M.
This turkey confit recipe was inspired by a trip to Chicago last summer. It's a very vibrant city with some of the best chefs in the world working there. The top end of the market is phemomenal but you've also got places like The Purple Pig just doing really good, uncomplicated food. It's quite an international city – lots of people stop off there before they fly on to other places – so it's big melting pot of cuisine.
One of the things I noticed was that Americans eat a lot more ham and turkey than we do. Everyone in England has horrible memories of dry turkey at Christmas, but it's actually a really tasty, rich meat. I had confit of duck in mind when I was creating this dish but it works brilliantly with turkey. You need to marinade it for two days before cooking so it doesn't dry out. Try it out with some honey, chilli and ginger. Pineapple juice is another great thing to put with turkey because the enzymes really tenderise the meat.
The crispy rice is something from my fine dining days. The turkey leg is really rich so it needed some crunch and texture to break it up in the mouth. We use wild rice because it goes really crispy and malty. It's one of the most popular dishes on the menu at Villiage East, up there with our bone marrow burger with truffle, duck liver parfait and caramelised onions.
We also make an organic bread baked in a woodfired oven; we wanted to stop giving away cheap bread because I think people expect more from their bread these days. We're introducing some lighter dishes now for summer so there'll be some baby veg creeping in. I really enjoy playing around with the menu and trying new things; that creativity is what really makes the job for me.
At Village East, the resataurant I own in Bermondsey alongside Adam White, we've tried to break the format of starter, main, dessert and to encourage people to eat in a different way. If you wanted to come in and have a three course meal, or just a burger, you could, but we really emphasise the sharing dishes. Younger people who come in tend to go for the more modern style of eating, whereas older ones want the same dishes they've had before. There's something for everyone, I think.
The goal is to make everything feel very natural, and that goes for the venue as well as the food. Village East is furnished with hessian sacks and reclaimed doors from markets. There are lamp shades made from old gramophone speakers – we wanted to make it feel lived in, accessible, social and comfortable.
Find Village East at 171-173 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UW. Call 020 7357 6082 or email info@villageeast.co.uk.
Pre-heat an oven to 80C.
Prepare the rice by washing it well. Cover with water, add a pinch of salt and bring to the boil.
Simmer until tender, remove from the heat, drain and spread out over a baking tray on greaseproof paper. Let it cool. Place into the oven until it returns to being dried rice.
Very carefully bring a fryer up to 200C, be extremely careful with the oil at this stage. Fry the rice in small batches and drain in a colander. The rice should puff very quickly. Season it while still hot; allow it to cool completely, before placing it into an air-tight container until needed.
Peel the garlic and place into a food processor. Add the rest of the spices and herbs, salt and sugar. Blend to make a wet salt mixture.
Rub the mix all over the turkey drumsticks and massage gently into the skin. Leave to marinade in the fridge overnight.
Preheat a fan oven to 110C.
Wash off the marinade and place the drumsticks into the deep baking tray. Warm duck fat through so you can cover the drumsticks. Cover with tin foil and place into the oven for six hours.
To make sure the turkey is cooked, the meat should be soft and falling off the bone – remove them gently and carefully from the fat and the tendon bones that should be poking out of the meat by the bone at the skinny end. Cover with tin foil if you are serving them directly or leave to cool in the fat. You can reheat the legs in the fat without drying them out when you are ready to serve them.
You can then leave the fat in a separate container in the fridge to cool and use it to cook some roast potatoes.
Place the legs onto a deep serving dish and arrange. Pour over the hot turkey gravy.
Sprinkle a good handful of crispy rice, a good pinch of coriander cress and serve immediately.
You could serve with mashed sweet potato and roasted mixed vegetables.


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Preventing Suicide: Treat Mass Shooting Trauma Beyond Initial Tragedy
Joie D. Acosta, Lisa H. Jaycox
United Press International
The need for mental health support and suicide-prevention efforts targeting survivors of mass shootings, and the friends and families of victims, is great. Putting such programs in place could go a long way toward helping them heal, and preventing more tragedy.
The Christchurch Massacre Was Another Internet-Enabled Atrocity
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Terrorism has become an internet-enabled abuse—incited, propagated, and sometimes organized and concealed by online activity. Who should be held accountable for abusive content, the author or the publisher? And what role should the government play in regulating it?
The Most Popular RAND Research of 2018
RAND serves as an objective source of facts that help inform the world's most pressing policy debates. When decisions are based on the best evidence, that's when public policy can have a positive impact on people's lives. We're highlighting the 10 research projects that RAND.org readers found most engaging this year.
How U.S. Gun Laws Allow Mass Shooters to Slip Through
Benjamin Bahney
The three most lethal domestic terrorist attacks since 9/11 were carried out with high-capacity semiautomatic weapons. None of the attackers were under 21 or were stoppable through criminal background checks. Restrictions on sales of semiautomatics would make it much harder for terrorists to obtain their most effective means of killing.
More Research Could Help Prevent Gun Violence in America
Both sides of the gun policy debate agree on what the objectives of any policy should be. But they disagree over which policies would best achieve those goals. Current evidence for or against most gun proposals is weak, contradictory, or nonexistent. Only research can show what does—and doesn't—work.
From Florida's Farm Fields, Lessons for #MeToo and Other Movements
Susan L. Marquis @susanlmarquis
Organizers who want to bring about social change would do well to look to Florida farmworkers. They took on the low wages, physical abuse, and vulnerability that have long characterized agricultural labor in the United States—and won, changing the culture for the better.
How Can the U.S. Do a Better Job of Keeping Kids Safe at School?
Rajeev Ramchand, Jessica Saunders, Heather L. Schwartz
Many proposals to improve school safety promote the use of technology, such as metal detectors and video cameras. How effective are these devices? The evidence is mixed.
How to Bring Facts into the Gun Policy Debate
Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral
As debate continues to rage over the causes and prevention of gun violence, it's worth asking how science can help lawmakers and the public resolve longstanding disagreements that have stood in the way of solutions.
Bitcoin and the Dark Web: The New Terrorist Threat?
Antonia Ward
Georgetown University Security Studies Review
Bitcoin has become the prominent currency of the dark web, which is often used to buy illegal goods, such as weapons and drugs. Anecdotal evidence suggests terrorists are using cryptocurrency and the dark web, but further investigation is needed.
Connect, Buy-Now, Fire: How the Dark Web Allows Criminals to Buy Weapons—Anonymously
Giacomo Persi Paoli @GPersiPaoli
Despite its small size compared to the offline market, the ability of the dark web to anonymously arm individuals of all backgrounds needs to be taken seriously. Its potential impact on international security is significant.
Is Suicide Preventable? Insights from Research
Conventional wisdom about suicide prevention suggests that one just needs to know what warning signs to look for. But that's not the case.
When Is a Terrorist Really a Terrorist?
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins
Countering mass violence demands a distinction between attackers who are truly inspired by jihadism and those with lesser links. The latter includes people whose mental states and violent tendencies preexist their exposure to the ideology.
Crime and Violence Prevention
Pitfalls of Predictive Policing
Jessica Saunders
The Chicago Police Department's predictive policing program didn't work. To achieve even a 5 percent drop in the city's homicide rate, enormous leaps in both prediction and intervention effectiveness are necessary.
Arms Proliferation and Control
Tracing Firearms and Ammunition
Defence Management Review
The marking of firearms and ammunition supports effective tracing by enabling identification and efficient record keeping. But currently there are no mandatory, globally accepted standards that regulate firearms marking.
Domestic Warning Signs of Mass Shootings
Radha Iyengar Plumb
After shootings, there is inevitably public debate over gun safety, constitutional rights, police tactics, terrorism, race, and politics. But these discussions rarely focus on a common factor among the perpetrators: a history of violence against women.
A Brief History of the Assault Rifle
Michael Shurkin @MichaelShurkin
The assault rifle is a class of weapon that emerged in the middle of the last century to meet the needs of combat soldiers on the modern battlefield, where the level of violence had reached such heights that an entirely new way of fighting had emerged.
Orlando Nightclub Shooting: RAND Experts React
RAND experts provide perspective on the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, what it likely means within the context of the campaign against ISIS, and more.
Gun Violence: Where Is the Research That Might Save Lives?
Jeffrey Wasserman
Gun violence is an important public health problem that accounts for more than 33,000 deaths each year in the United States but in 1996, Congress stripped the CDC of funding for any research that could be associated with gun control advocacy. The lack of CDC funding has deterred researchers.
Military Recruitment
Go Slow on Arming Recruiters
Ben Connable
Several important voices have argued for arming military recruiters in the wake of the recent shootings in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Giving them a chance to fight back against an active shooter may be a sound proposition, but practicalities of military recruiting suggest a patient and thoughtful policy review.
Transportation Security
Want to Create Problems? Arm the TSA
With its current 47,000 screeners, an armed TSA would become the federal government's largest armed entity outside of the military. In the eyes of many, arming TSA screeners would change the image of the organization from a service aimed at guaranteeing safe air travel to an unwanted imposition of federal authority.
Terrorism Threat Assessment
Airport Violence—Not a New Phenomenon
Shootings at airports are nothing new, writes Brian Michael Jenkins. In fact, they have regularly occurred worldwide in recent years. The motives have included terrorism, crime, and mental illness.
Military Budgets and Defense Spending
At 65, RAND Continues to Make a Difference
To celebrate our first 60 years, we created '60 Ways RAND Has Made a Difference,' an online book to illustrate our most notable contributions. On our 65th birthday, we provide five of the most recent ways in which we at RAND are proud to have made a difference.
Guns in Homes: A Health Hazard
Arthur L. Kellermann
An ample body of evidence indicates that the benefits of keeping a gun for protection are substantially outweighed by the associated risks, writes Art Kellermann.
The State of the Union 2013
The 2013 SOTU address will be remembered for its impassioned call for greater gun control just two months after Sandy Hook. But President Obama's second-term agenda can be characterized by its sheer breadth, reflecting the broad range of policy challenges facing the United States today.
Firearms and Gun Control: Many Questions, Some Answers
Sarah Michal Greathouse, Brian A. Jackson, K. Jack Riley @K_Jack_Riley, Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral, Debra Knopman, Arthur L. Kellermann
President Obama's task force on gun violence has raised the stakes in the policy debate on gun control and policy in the wake of the recent shootings in Colorado and Connecticut. Some of RAND's top researchers share what is, and what isn't, known about firearms and gun control.
Can Improved Mental Health Care Prevent Gun Crimes? The Truth Is, We Don't Know
Terry L. Schell
If policymakers and the public expect the mental health community to play a significant role in preventing future incidents like Newtown, the mental health research agenda must become a higher national priority in future federal funding decisions, writes Terry Schell.
Accounting for Risk of Violent Death
As a Southerner who learned to shoot at an early age, I've never had a problem with guns. But emergency-room doctors like me also know how much damage they can cause if misused or allowed to fall into the wrong hands, writes Arthur Kellermann.
Responding to Newtown
Art Kellermann reviews what is known from broad outlines of the Newtown attack and past research on gun violence to offer some preliminary thoughts to the Obama Administration's task force and the public.
Shifting the Burden of Mental Health Care: Helping Families
Ramya Chari
In our national conversation on mental health, we should remember the role of families when thinking about treatment and ensure that our policies open up opportunities to support parents, siblings and relatives, and enhance their capacity for care, writes Ramya Chari.
Silencing the Science on Gun Research
Arthur L. Kellermann, Frederick P. Rivara
The Journal of the American Medical Association
The United States has long relied on public health science to improve the safety, health, and lives of its citizens. Perhaps the same straightforward, problem-solving approach that worked well in other circumstances can help the nation meet the challenge of firearm violence, writes Arthur Kellermann.
In Connecticut, Recovery and Healing Will Take Time
Lisa H. Jaycox
With an event like this, With an event like this, 'recovery' doesn't mean a return to normal, because lives have been permanently altered. Recovery can only mean finding a new normal, a new path forward. And schools, those places of safety and healthy development, can help with that process, by providing a structure and community to support healing, writes Lisa Jaycox.
It's no secret that the U.S. generic industry has its warts. But most of them are the result of loopholes and market forces that could be addressed with policy changes if policymakers choose to do so.
Andrew W. Mulcahy
Policy Researcher
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Due to its simplicity and proven superior performance, the quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) is currently considered the best non-invasive Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test for CRC screening.
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A European Parliament resolution calls for the adoption of primary prevention and early diagnosis through screening. Some European member states have already started population-based screening programmes, either on a national or regional scale. Populations between 50 and 74 years of age are often eligible for and invited to participate in CRC screening programmes to detect bowel cancer early on.
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After lung and breast cancer, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide. To accelerate early detection, European countries are now starting to implement population-based screening programmes with FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Testing).
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Het Kasteel de Tornaco is een kasteel te Voort, gelegen aan Romeinse Kassei 3-4.

Geschiedenis
Oorspronkelijk lag hier het kasteel van de heren van Voort. Dit werd diverse malen ver- en herbouwd, en was uiteindelijk een U-vormig gebouw in classicistische stijl uit het derde kwart van de 18e eeuw. Nabij dit kasteel stonden twee dienstgebouwen.

In 1868 werd het kasteel gekocht van graaf Willem van Aarschot (Guillaume d'Aerschot) door Victor de Tornaco de Beghein. In 1960 liet Raymond de Tornaco het kasteel aan zijn dochter, burggravin Philippe de Hardy de Beaulieu. De familie woont daar nog steeds.

In november 1943 stortte er een vliegtuig neer op het kasteel, dat werd verwoest en niet meer heropgebouwd. De dienstgebouwen bleven gespaard.

Heden
Tegenwoordig is van het neerhof nog het poortgebouw bewaard, dat stamt uit 1590 en de wapens draagt van Voordt en Schaloen: het betrof Edmond van Voordt en zijn vrouw Catharina van Hulsberg (of: Schaloen). Het poortgebouw is opgetrokken in baksteen met mergelstenen hoekbanden. Vroeger bevatte het neerhof nog diverse dienstgebouwen en een brouwerij. De gebouwen ten oosten en noorden van het poortgebouw werden afgebroken, die ten westen en noorden van het poortgebouw, welke daarop aansluiten, hebben mogelijk een 17e-eeuwse kern. Ze zijn weliswaar sterk verbouwd. Hierop aansluitend zijn gebouwen uit de 2e helft van de 19e eeuw.

In de eerste helft van de 19e eeuw kwam nog een boerderij tot stand. Hiervan is de westelijke dwarsschuur nog bewaard. Eind 19e en begin 20e eeuw werden nog een aantal gebouwen, en een pachterswoning, toegevoegd.

Park
Het kasteel ligt in een park dat een groot deel van de Herkebeekvallei in Voort beslaat. In de 18e eeuw was hier een Franse tuin, die in de 19e eeuw tot een Engelse tuin werd omgevormd. De slotgracht werd vergraven tot een vijver. Tegenwoordig zijn in het park enkele monumentale eiken, beuken en platanen te vinden.

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Country Music Hall of Fame member Ronnie Milsap will commemorate his 76th birthday in 2019 with a new tour, which will kick off on his birthday on January 16 in Nashville.
The new tour—dubbed the 76 for 76 Tour—will make additional stops in St. Louis, Austin, Cincinnati and more.
In addition, on January 18 Ronnie will release a new album called Ronnie Milsap: The Duets, with artists including Billy Gibbons, Luke Bryan, Dolly Parton, Jason Aldean, Willie Nelson, Lucy Angel, Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town, George Strait, Jessie Key, Leon Russell, Steven Curtis Chapman and Montgomery Gentry. The album was recorded at Ronnie's Place, the Nashville studio Ronnie owned from the late 1970s until 1995.
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I just got my flu shot at Walgreen's on 40th & Summitview and I have to say that it was the best shot EVER. I simply didn't feel a thing! Nothing, zip, zero, nada! How can she do that? Not sure, but the lady (spaced on her name cuz I was so amazed at her technique) was from Tennessee by way of school in St. Louis and when it comes to shots she is the bomb-dot-com!
Good thing I got it too because most reports are about how rough this flu season is supposed to be!
Fox News is reporting that the flu season is off to a strong start with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting more than 7,000 cases of influenza already this year -- more than double the number this same time last year.


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Posted on March 25, 2017 by jsh54
Since 2003, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics. That isn't to say that he has met no opposition. In 2015, Erdogan's party lost its majority in parliament. Erdogan responded with an anti-Kurdish offensive that led to new elections in November 2015 that recovered the majority. In July 2016, a bunch of soldiers tried to overthrow Erdogan. They missed their punch, not least because a lot of Turks hold fast to the idea of democracy. Erdogan responded with a state of emergency that allowed him to purge the military, the bureaucracy, and civil society. Now he is campaigning to change the constitution to gain great new powers that might threaten the survival of Turkish democracy. This challenges many Turks.[1]
It challenges others as well. Since the time of Mustafa Kemal "Ataturk," Turkey has sought to balance Westernization against its Turkish identity. Membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a desire to join the European Union (EU) formed hall-marks of this effort. Erdogan has broken with that policy. On the one hand, he took advantage of the Syrian crisis to deluge Europe with refugees in order to extract promises of aid and accelerated consideration of Turkish membership in the EU.[2] On the other hand, Turkey has been tilting toward Russia in the latest phase of the Syrian struggle while NATO's members have been agog at Russian behavior. Then, Erdogan has been campaigning for support among the Turkish diaspora in Europe. Germany and Holland blocked the attempts by Turkish officials to address Turkish voters in those countries. Erdogan's savage response pandered to Turkish nationalism.
Historians inevitably think in analogies.[3] Among historians, Italy long has been a historical laughing-stock. French armies won its independence. It then paid shipping companies to take away Neapolitans and Sicilians to foreign lands. It only granted the vote to all men the in 1907, then rigged the election results. In The Sun Also Rises, Jake Barnes regrets having been grievously wounded on "a joke front" during the First World War. Then it wound up with Benito Mussolini and a Fascist dictatorship that eventually got the country creamed in the Second World War.
There is a photograph of the Fascist Party headquarters building in Rome in 1934. The four-story façade is covered in in propaganda: at the center of a black background is a silver image of Mussolini's face (looking rather like a cat) surrounded by rows of "SI" ("Yes").[4]
Without in any way wishing to suggest a parallel, the current referendum campaign on extending the powers of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is marked by huge bill-boards bearing pictures of Erdogan and the message "Yes."[5] The "Or Else" part of the message comes from Erdogan's surrogates who suggest than anyone who opposes Erdogan is a terrorist (read: Kurd) or traitor (read: Euro-Kurd). Erdogan's party (AKP) expects a landslide victory.
Will they get it? That is—suddenly, surprisingly—less clear. Erdogan needs the support of a right-wing party, but opinion polls suggest that its members are much less enthusiastic than are its leaders. If Erdogan loses the vote in the referendum on 16 April 2017, how will he respond? Observers think that "when faced with challenges to his authority," Erdogan "escalates[s] crises and creates new ones." So, many things could go wrong after 16 April 2017.
[1] See: "The Devil and the Deep, Blue Sea."
[2] In the cases of Portugal, Spain, Greece, and all the post-Soviet Eastern European countries, the creation of democratic political systems was a prerequisite for membership. It isn't clear that Turkey could meet that standard.
[3] They are not alone. See: Yuen Foong Khong, Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965 (Princeton University Press, 1992).
[4] See: http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/headquarters-fascist-party-1934/
[5] Yaroslav Trofimov, "Stakes Are High in Turkish Referendum on Erdogan's Power," WSJ, 24 March 2017.
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Lyna Perez Net Worth : How Rich is The Model in 2021 ?
Lyna Perez net worth is a model with an impressive following on Instagram.
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Lyna Perez net worth was born on 4 November 1992, in Miami, Florida, the United States. Lyna is 26 years old.
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Before her fame, Lyna just started her Instagram career. Her career started to blow up until 2015.
Lyna started to receive a number of sponsorship offers.
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At the beginning of 2017, Lyna got maybe her biggest gig to date.
Her modeling shots on her more than one million followers Instagram caught the attention of Playboy executives.
Playboy executives offered Lyna a chance to do a photo shoot for the most renowned men's magazine in the world.
Lyna Perez was featured in Playboy Mexico, a Latin American publication, in the "Insta Girls" section. This section is dedicated to new-age Instagram influencers and models.
Lyna's collaboration with Playboy lead to a more diverse audience, which she tackled head-on by upping her game and reaching even further.
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She began her modeling career as a part-time model. At 16 years old, Lyna decided to go for a full-time career in modeling.
Today, Lyna Perez net worth is working with big bikini brands like BOUTINELA, Meg Liz Swimwear & Bang Revolution Apparel.
Lyna's career struck gold when she did model for Playboy magazine.
Lyna Perez makes part of her net worth from her merch, including calendars, briefs, phone covers, and accessories. Lyna sells her own stuff on her website, lynaritaa.com.
Lyna's followers can subscribe to get access to her exclusive and X-rated photos and shows. Playboy magazine has also included Lyna's naked pictures.
Lyna Perez net worth is probably single and focused on her modeling career.
Lyna is an intellectual and loves to read modern literature.
Lyna's favorite food is pizza, but she can't eat it too often because her vocation requires her to have a fit figure at all times.
Lyna is an avid hip-hop fan, and her favorite song is " Warning " by the late Notorious B.I.G ., off his debut album entitled "Ready to Die".
Lyna still hosts fan meetings in Miami and other cities on a fairly regular basis.
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As a birthday gift to myself, I bought the Ion Drum Rocker in January. I've had it for a month and a half now, and I'm only just beginning to get used to it. My scores are down, but that's to be expected. It came with two cymbals; but a couple of weeks ago, I added two more 10″ Pintech cymbals. The Pintech cymbals are much quieter and more responsive than the Ion cymbals. Since the Ion cymbals are much louder, I'm using them as my crash cymbals.
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Business Briefs / Westport Dental adds associate, Tempur-pedic announces opening of Westport store
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WESTPORT — Westport Dental Associates has been in town since 1963. In 2016, they moved to their new home on 329 Riverside Drive. The new office was featured on the cover of a Sidekick magazine, which highlighted the mix of century old reclaimed barn wood with sleek cutting-edge technology create an inspired patient centric environment.
Westport Dental Associates is pleased to announce the addition of our new associate, Kimberly Anne Farrell, DMD, MDSc, FACP (Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, a Board Certified Prosthodontist).
Dr. Farrell earned her Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania, served as a resident at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, and received and her Prosthodontics Implant/Surgical Certificate and Master of Dental Sciences from the University of Connecticut. More recently, Dr. Farrell has been an Assistant Clinical Professor and part of the Surgical Faculty at the University of Connecticut, lecturing and overseeing clinical procedures as well as a member of the Surgical Faculty for Prosthodontic Residents.
Dr. Farrell's extensive experience in all aspects of treatment planning, implant placement, sinus lifts, pre-prosthetic surgeries, and bone augmentation procedures makes her a perfect addition to our team at Westport Dental Associates. Her expertise will allow us to provide our patients with the surgical placement of dental implants to complex restorative treatment plans.
Dr. Farrell has been active in leading various research studies and publications. In her free time, Dr. Farrell is a licensed personal trainer and aerobics instructor and enjoys spending time with her husband Mike, and their German short haired pointer, Nelli.
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STAMFORD — Technology firm Pitney Bowes saw its quarterly revenues grow and notched a profit as it benefited from a recent acquisition, according to its latest earnings report released Wednesday.
First-quarter revenues for the Stamford-based company hit about $983 million, an 18 percent increase from the same period in 2017. Its profits reached about $54 million, compared with a profit of $65 million a year ago.
The growing returns showed the impact of Pitney's $475 million acquisition last October of Austin, Texas-based Newgistics, which specializes in parcel logistics.
"The headline for the quarter is our company continues to move to growth, and our strategy is delivering results," Pitney CEO and President Marc Lautenbach said in an earnings call Wednesday.
Despite the growth, Pitney shares closed at Wednesday at about $9, down 10 percent from their Tuesday closing total.
Among other indicators, commerce solutions' revenues jumped 73 percent from a year ago, to $381 million, powered by the addition of Newgistics.
Small- and medium-sized business solutions' revenues dropped 8 percent to about $423 million, as returns from both North American and international mailing declined.
Software solutions' revenues grew 4 percent, to about $82 million. The returns would have declined without the implementation of a new revenue-reporting standard.
"Our SMB business got off to a slow start, performing below expectations… our software business had no large deals in the quarter," Lautenbach said. "That said, both businesses are off to solid starts, and we expect these businesses to improve in the second quarter."
Pitney announced Monday it had agreed to sell its Document Messaging Technologies production-mail business and supporting software for $361 million to investment firm Platinum Equity. Production mail saw quarterly revenues rise 9 percent, to $97 million.


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January Sale 2019: a sweet success!
There are not that many people in this world that could sell grass skirts to Eskimos, but WDMC Treasurer Peter Metcalfe is very probably just one of those types of men.
Every year the last Wednesday evening in January sees Whickham and District Motor Club members come together for the Annual January Sale, where members have the opportunity to donate all manner of expensive, exciting and valuable merchandise for auction, whilst what normally turns up is a completely unknown quantity of items and offerings the like of which may have never been seen before; (except of course those items that are re-appearing having been awarded as additional gifts last year).
This year would see the Silver Anniversary of the January Sale, formerly hosted by WDMC founder member Lynne Foster and nowadays hosted by the extremely capable Peter Metcalfe, who each year manages to auction off an amazing variety of both useful and not-so-useful items to club members to raise money foir our chosen charity; this year, as in 2018, the proceeds were given to Northumbria Blood Bikes.
Whilst it may not have been apparent to the untrained observer, especially as Peter sometimes struggled to get bids in even when starting as low as 10p, it is always a very pleasant surprise to see just how much is raised each year due to a combination of the enduring appeal of bidding at an auction and the generous members of the motor club: whether attendees bidding or those who willingly donate to the cause.
This year saw some great items on offer: from books, caps, beanie hats and magazines, computer games and steering wheels, as well as a huge number of superb quality, locally produced and apparently tasty biscuits courtesy of Karl Knox, to the incredibly generous voucher for £100 worth of work at Derwenthaugh Motors courtesy of the amazing Tony Chrisp.
For some items bidding was slow, for others more animated, for example the biscuits: you'd think it was an auction in a famine zone, they were just so desirable, and bidding was pretty frantic! In truth, most of the biscuits didn't even make it out of the building, as many of the winning bidders decided they tasted just too good to resist.
Peter was as incredible as ever, describing things as only he knows how, bringing a great deal of fun and laughter to the event and making everyone's evening thoroughly enjoyable. Almost everything sold on the night, some things going for surprisingly small amounts, others for much more than expected, but as each item went under the virtual hammer, the total being raised for charity was steadily building.
The highlight of the evening was undoubtedly Tony Chrisp's donation of work, eventually won by new member Cameron Whitley; presumably Cameron either has some work to do on his car already or is perhaps planning on being a little bit more adventurous next time he's out competing!
Once Peter had exhausted the items on offer and everyone had made all their bids, successful or otherwise, the grand total was counted up and the Club had raised a very impressive £170 for the Northumbria Blood Bikes. We do know that they are very grateful for this as they are funded entirely by donations and every pound raised is as valuable as every other.
Many thanks indeed to all who brought goods to be auctioned off, and in particular to Auction Master Peter Metcalfe who showed once again just how incredible he is to raise such a great deal from all the 'quality merchandise' on offer.
A vital EU vote on an insurance law change that could have been catastrophic for motorsport has gone in the sport's favour.
The 2014 Vnuk court case set a precedent that all vehicles in the EU should have insurance, even if they are being used on private land, and that the Motor Insurance Directive (MID) was being interpreted incorrectly. That would mean all cars competing in motorsport events in Europe would need to be insured individually, and instances such as cars colliding on a racetrack could become road traffic accidents and involve the police.
Dan Dalton, an MEP for the West Midlands, is the son of a former marshal and timekeeper and had put forward the motion of excluding motorsport from the amended wording of the MID to the EU Parliamentary committee he sits on. The internal market committee voted on the amendment on Tuesday and sided with excluding motorsport from the implementation of the new insurance law.
Dalton had previously said that the result was "too close to call".
The amendment still needs to be passed by the main parliament, but it rarely goes against the decisions of its committees and the vote in the committee was seen as the most important. "I am relieved that my fellow MEPs from this committee listened to my concerns about the risk this draft law poses to British motorsport," Dalton said. "As the son of a former marshal, I know that this is a way of life for many people in the UK. This is a victory for common sense regulation. What happens next is that all MEPs will vote on this compromise at one of the next meetings in Strasbourg. This could be as early as February. As a general rule, they will follow what has been agreed by our committee."
In terms of next steps, MEPs could vote - and will likely back the committee's decision - on the wording as early as February in what is known as a plenary session. Once that vote has been held, and assuming it has been successful, the MEP responsible for the law will then negotiate the exact wording of the text with the EU governments and the European Commission, known as trilogues.
It is hoped this process will be completed by May, as failing to complete the law before the EU elections could derail it with new MEPs departing and entering the parliament after the elections.
In the UK, if this process is completed before Brexit - or during the transition - it will apply in a soft Brexit. A hard Brexit would mean the UK would have to create its own insurance law.
Motorsport UK are pleased to bring you the regulation changes decided at the Motor Sports Council that affect the Motorsport UK Yearbook. To read these decisions, please click the link below.
As well as the new calendar, the WMSC approved a raft of changes to the F1 rules for 2019 – as exclusively revealed previously by Motorsport.com.
- minor modifications will be made to the halo fairing to help with driver extraction.
- For 2020, the team personnel curfew will increase from eight to nine hours.
New figures from the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) shows young drivers are most likely to fall victim to "ghost brokers" in a motor insurance fraud.
Ghost broking is the name given to the scam of selling fraudulent car insurance using three basic methods. They either forge insurance documents, falsify details to bring the price down or take out a genuine policy, before cancelling and claiming the refund plus the victim's money.
The Land Rover 70th anniversary will be marked this year with a series of high profile events.
The first will be the nuts and bolts restoration of the vehicle that started it all – the pre-production Land Rover shown at the Amsterdam Motor Show back in 1948.
This gave the motoring world its first glimpse of the profile that would become instantly recognisable as a Land Rover – off-road icon, work horse and fashion statement.


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NovaVision provides non-invasive, computer-based vision solutions targeted at a substantial and largely un-addressed market of people who have lost their sight as a result of stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) or other neurological brain damage. NovaVision has a family of therapies that both restore lost vision and help to compensate for lost vision and which complement each other to maximize patient benefit. NovaVision's therapies are clinically supported by decades of scientific research.
Broadcast BIO: Our guest today is one of the top medical researchers working to restore sight to those who have suffered vision impairments as a result of neurological brain damage. Dr. Sahraie is Professor and Chair in Vision Sciences at the University of Aberdeen and Chief Scientific Officer for NovaVision. The company is a leader in the field of vision rehabilitation, has the only FDA-cleared therapy available today to restore vision loss due to neurological damage and provides a complementary compensation therapy which makes the most of remaining vision. Welcome, Professor Sahraie. What are these therapies and how do they work?
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The WHS band and choir are tuning up for their 2019 Winter Concert tonight, featuring holiday classics and some melodious newcomers.
The band will perform a french carol called "Echoes de Noel," "Cartoon Christmas" and "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." The band will also play "The Nightmare Before Christmas," trombone player senior Luke Stuhlsatz's favorite song of the set. "It's the most upbeat song we're doing," Stuhlsatz said.
Choir will be singing "Do You Hear What I Hear," "The Sleigh," "Christmas Time is Here," "Coming Home" and "Island Noel." Tenor sophomore Richard Wagner is looking forward to the concert. "If all goes well it should be one of the better concerts we've had."
This will be band and choir director Jamie Rogers' first winter concert at WHS after teaching at Mission Valley since 2006. "I'm excited for the concert," Rogers said, "the students have been working hard and will put on a nice performance."
Rogers said he is especially excited for Holiday and Christmas music. "There is such great music written for the season."
The performance is at 7 p.m. tonight in the WHS auditorium.
— Eleanor Badeker, @ellybadeker
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Palestinian man surveys the damage to his home.
In Tuam, Attatra, on day one of Israel's declared, and immediately-violated, 'cease-fire' an old woman stood beside the wreckage of her 2 room cement block home. The tracks of the bulldozer which felled her home were still deeply rutted, painfully visible.
The house next her to her pile of rubble was still standing, but gutted by fire. Mohammed Abu Khusah had 19 people depending on the house whose kitchen, along with all of the bottom floor rooms, was burnt out. Upstairs, too. Six rooms upstairs completely black-stained and ravaged by fire, five downstairs.
Clothes taken out of cupboards and drawers, strewn everywhere. Sniper holes: 2 in front room, 2 in back room, 2 in a room looking onto a wide open area below. Hebrew writing, message unknown but intent suspicious, on many of the walls.
On the other side of the old woman's rubble, another pile of blocks which had been three 3 level homes, housing 18, 10, and 6 people each.
A hand-written sign poking out of the heaps of concrete and house entrails denotes Wael el Khaldi's former house. His house sits amidst yet another wasteland of destroyed homes. Atop the rubble, a wheelchair belonging to a 23 year old member of el Khaldi's family sits squashed. One of the Red Crescent medics holds the crushed prosthetic legs belonging to the same amputee.
The Red Crescent teams are scouring the ruins, taking stock of blown out windows. Facing the massive destruction and 10s of destroyed houses in this northwestern area of Gaza alone, counting shattered windows seems trite, irrelevant. But the RC is doing what it can to immediately alleviate the suffering of Palestinians who can at least still stay in their homes, internal damage and desecration aside. It is winter, and the nights are cold. A window covering makes the difference between completely frigid nights and moderately tolerable nights (without electricity or gas, no means of heating except with blankets, if these have not been burned or tarnished).
Accompanying the RC team, I see a number of houses in a short time. No time for in depth testimony taking, just a surface view and understanding of each family's tragedy.
Mohammed Ali laments the loss of the trees lining his family's house (trees, as ever, are an important theme in Palestinians' narrative: life, continuity, providing nourishment). "It took 12 years to cultivate these trees. We had oranges, lemons, olives, dates…" And a nice tiled patio, too, all razed with the swat of a gargantuan military bulldozer.
The next door neighbour's front wall is missing, bulldozed. His porch swing sits inside the open room, the support beams buckling and cupboards bare for all to see.
"Henna kan fi bab. Mish maujoud," the owner tells me. [There was a door here. It's gone. (so is the wall, obviously)].
While the roads are only dirt lanes, the houses are spacious in this neighbourhood, and well-spaced apart. The lift would be good here, near the sea, were it not for numerous factors: the siege, the wanton destruction… We stop at a lovely olive and light green washed stucco house, again lined with trees (papaya, lemon, orange, date) and tastefully landscaped. Above the smiling faces which greet us and try to sit us down for tea, a gaping hole much larger than the original window. Bullet holes less-tastefully puncture the finish.
A villa, a seeming mansion, sits off the road, top floor window blackened from the chemical fires which raged inside. Professor Mohammed Okasha stands in his ruined kitchen, a vast kitchen arranged western-style, as is most of the house. "All of our clothes were burned. All of them. Everything," he laments the losses in his house.
Many houses later, less time, I'm only able to jot down notes, impressions.Many houses later, less time, I'm only able to jot down notes, impressions.
– 5 rooms damaged; missile, tank, and bulldozer. 25 people in the house, soft eyes. Background music is firing from Israeli gunboats off the coast. Importance of something as simple as plastic sheeting.
Palestinian man surveys his damaged home.
Holes from Israeli sniper fire.


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60 Strong Calendar is one of several charity calendars in the Pittsburgh area that serves a monthly inspiration dose. The story features many of the inspirational stories, including Lee Adams, one of our 60 Strong winners. Click here to read the full story.
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Ahead of the annual Medicare Open Enrollment, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that the average 2021 premiums for Medicare Advantage plans are expected to decline 34.2 percent from 2017 while plan choice, benefits, and enrollment continue to increase. The Medicare Advantage average monthly premium will be the lowest in 14 years, since 2007, for the over 26 million Medicare beneficiaries projected to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan for 2021.
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There are many factors that put you at "severe risk" for COVID-19. Dr. Frank Civitarese, DO of Preferred Primary Care Physicians says obesity is one of them since it decreases lung expansion. Read this article to learn more about these risk factors.
Preferred Primary Care Physicians Leading the Way for "Drive In" Visits
Ella Baur of South Union Township receives a tablet from medical assistant Laura Grubbs to talk to Dr. Richard Cook II during her wellness visit Friday, April 24, 2020, at Physicians at Preferred Primary Care Physicians in Uniontown. Realizing that a large majority of their patients are elderly, don't have smart phones or computers or are otherwise technology challenged, physicians in Uniontown have begun directing their patients to their new drive-in clinic. Patients can now drive up, and a healthcare work in protective clothing will hand them a sanitized tablet. Then the patient can use the clinic's Wi-Fi from the safety of their car and talk to their doctor on the tablet. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette hails calendar created by Preferred Primary Care Physicians that promotes Pittsburgh's inspirational 60-somethings
Sam Gaetano hadn't really thought of himself as pinup material. But there he is, Mr. February, in a new "60 Strong" calendar released this week by Preferred Primary Care Physicians, the largest independent network of primary care doctors in Western Pennsylvania.
KDKA Celebrates Pittsburgh 60 Strong
KDKA-TV's Morning Traffic Anchor Celina Pompeani gave an inspiring overview of the Pittsburgh 60 Strong Calendar contest, and showed photos of the winners during the popular CBS morning show. She also made special note that the program was sponsored by Preferred Primary Care Physicians. Celina was one of the celebrity judges who selected the winning 60 Strong Ambassadors.
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A gecko scampering up a wall or across a ceiling has long fascinated scientists and encouraged them to investigate how to harness lizard's mysterious ability to defy gravity.
While human-made devices inspired by gecko feet have emerged in recent years, enabling their wearers to slowly scale a glass wall, the possible applications of gecko-adhesion technology go far beyond Spiderman-esque antics.
A Georgia Institute of Technology researcher is looking into how the technology could be applied in a high-precision industrial setting, such as in robot arms used in manufacturing computer chips.
"There are numerous ways that gecko adhesion could be used in an industrial setting, especially in handling delicate materials like the silicon wafers used in manufacturing computer processors," said Michael Varenberg, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech's George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
But before robot arms and other devices can implement gecko adhesion technology, researchers need more information about the mechanical and physical characteristics of the human-made adhesive surfaces.
In a study published Dec. 13 in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Varenberg looked at a particular type of gecko-inspired adhesive surface and narrowed down a range of angles at which the material will attach stronger and release its grip easier.
The gecko gets its unique ability through the use of tiny hairs that interact with surfaces at an intermolecular level. It's a one-two process during which the tiny film-like hairs are pressed onto the surface and engaged with a shearing action. They then either hold to the surface or easily release when pulled away at different directions.
For that process to be replicated in a factory using man-made adhesive technology, researchers must determine the precise angles at which to apply a load to get or release the grip between the robotic arm and the silicon wafer.
Varenberg's team tested a wall-shaped microstructure surface molded out of polyvinylsiloxane and designed to mimic the gecko's attachment ability. Their tests showed that the optimum attachment angle varies between 60 and 90 degrees, while the microstructure detach at zero force when the pull-off angle reaches 140-160 degrees.
"That relatively wide range to control the attachment and pulling away for these wall-shaped microstructures will make it easier to build a mechanical process around that tolerance," Varenberg said.
That could hold promise for replacing a current method used during the processing and inspection of silicon wafers in computer processor production. Robot arms employ ceramic chucks that use vacuum or electrostatic grippers to pick up and handle the wafers. Soon after installation, the ceramic contact posts start wearing down due to cyclic loading and release particles that can potentially contaminate the backside of the wafer leading to lithography defects on its front side.
"This reality is inconsistent with the cleanliness standards required in the semiconductor industry," Varenberg said. "Using gecko adhesion microstructures instead would be better because they do not generate any damage to wafers and do not wear over time."


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The native populations of Portuguese America were essential for the implementation of the Portuguese colonial project. Their labor was indispensable in constructing the colony, and political alliances with native peoples ensured the success of the conquest at several crucial moments, and only with the aid of native knowledge it was possible to occupy the land and advance the conquest of the immense territory that became known as Brazil. In this sense, peace was a necessity.
Yet, in highlighting the centrality of Indians in the settlement of the Portuguese colony in the Americas, it must also be recognized that the relations established there between Portuguese conquerors and native populations were also historically marked by tension and violence. A war of extermination, often masquerading as a "just war," and slavery became inseparable parts of colonial strategy. Moreover, access to land and the use of indigenous labor could both constitute secure indicators of success in the conquest of Portuguese America. In the process of colonization the Portuguese Crown was confronted by various forms of native resistance and by the differing interests of diverse colonial agents. During the 17th and 18th centuries the Crown faced tensions, disputes, and contradictions in relation to the slavery and freedom of Indians and the way it solved these conflicts revealed the configuration of its indigenist policy.
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February 26, 2013 by Your Name in Politics, Scandal, Technology
Nate Anderson, at Ars Technica writes:
In total, $24 million was spent on the routers through a not-very-open bidding process under which non-Cisco router manufacturers such as Juniper and Alcatel-Lucent were not "given notice or any opportunity to bid." As for Cisco, which helped put the massive package together, the legislative auditor concluded that the company "had a moral responsibility to propose a plan which reasonably complied with Cisco's own engineering standards" but that instead "Cisco representatives showed a wanton indifference to the interests of the public in recommending using $24 million of public funds to purchase 1,164 Cisco model 3945 branch routers." After having dealt with Cisco personally at my current job, this doesn't surprise me.
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