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The Israeli architect and conservationist Ramy Gil recalled that 20 years ago vacant buildings abounded in Jaffa, and he had become obsessed with one of them: a peeling 19th-century plaza that once housed The School of the Sisterhood St. Joseph’s Convent and Jaffa’s French Hospital, so named because its founder, the Lyon-based Francois Guinet, insisted on using entirely French building methods for its construction. Its walls were rotting, its central terrace was packed with garbage, and creeping weeds covered former malaria wards. Deep beneath its structure, however, Mr. Gil was sure there was a buried treasure: an intact stone wall, dating back to the Crusader period, that had once formed the perimeter of a 12th-century fortress.

“Nothing Trump is accused of from now on by the press will be believed by huge chunks of the population, a group that (perhaps thanks to this story) is now larger than his original base,” Taibbi wrote. “As Baker notes, a full 50.3 percent of respondents in a poll conducted this month said they agree with Trump the Mueller probe is a ‘witch hunt.’”

The value of this Utica building lies in its historical representation — both of Utica and early American architecture.

Levine blamed the Fed’s overly hawkish rate hike in December and President Donald Trump’s tariffs for the slowdown in growth. But she was encouraged that the Fed signaled a more dovish stance on Wednesday, and she believes China and the United States will come to terms soon.

Here's your chance to purchase a Condo/Duplex. Live in one side while the other side helps make your mortgage payment! These spacious 3 BR, 2 bath condos have cathedral ceilings in the living room and kitchen. 1st floor bedroom and bath. The lower level is finished with a nice family room, 2 additional bedrooms and a full bath. New laminate wood floors in the lower level of unit 329. Sliding doors off dining area leads to a deck for your summer entertaining. Great location, close to downtown shopping, parks, schools, and easy access to Hwy 18 and 26 for your commute.

“It’s official: Russiagate is this generation’s WMD” – subhead: “The Iraq war faceplant damaged the reputation of the press. Russiagate just destroyed it,” read the headlines on Taibbi’s piece, which he published in the runup to release of his upcoming book, “Hate Inc.”

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This property of more than four acres is in a gated subdivision on the northern side of Tucson. It backs up to a mountain and offers unobstructed desert and city views. The home is 30 minutes from downtown and 10 minutes from an upscale shopping mall called La Encantada. A trailhead in the Coronado National Forest area is less than a mile away.

A creek was dammed to form a reservoir of drinkable spring water, but that’s not the only water feature on this property in Pueblo Eden, Uruguay. Arriving visitors traverse a stream by trundling across a bridge newly built of heavy timber. Locally quarried marble blocks became the base of a picnic table long enough to seat 50. Read more

Photos by DON BARTLING Caught on camera! Captured this red coated bird seed bandit in the bird suet feeder during the cold winter temperatures.

When I stopped writing at last, I had not for many years used the terms novel or short story in connection with my writing. Several other words I likewise avoided: create, creative, imagine, imaginary, and, above all, imagination. Long before I stopped writing, I had come to understand that I had never created any character or imagined any plot. My preferred way of summing up my deficiencies was to say simply that I had no imagination.