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One of many grand residences built by the family during Ottoman times, Sursock Palace was completed in 1860 and later became the home of Lady Yvonne Sursock Cochrane, the late philanthropist, art and historic architecture advocate who passed away not long after the blast. It was her wish that Lebanon’s grand heritage survive for future generations. “We’ve conserved the house against the weather and rain with a temporary roof, supported all the masonry that was at risk and luckily now everything is secure. There’s no rain getting into the palace and the windows and doors have been blocked with vinyl,” Roderick Sursock Cochrane told The Daily Star. “In the meantime we’re trying to raise money for the maintenance, construction and restoration of the house, both masonry and interiors, which is taking a lot of time unfortunately.” ....
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Closing Thought–31Dec20 The last day of the year and as per my tradition I want to look back at the year this site has had….. I know very little about mine, IST, other than the amount of likes and visitors…..it was never really that important to me to know my standing in the world…that is just another headache I can avoid. I am not a blogger that spends more time checking my stats than actually trying to educate the reader on a wide array of topics. I admit that I check my WP stats a couple of times a day….but that is as far as my search usually goes. ....
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Remembering those who died in 2020, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and B. Smith to Chadwick Boseman and Eddie Van Halen Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington. Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP Facebook Share By BERNARD McGHEE, The Associated Press In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place in the collective consciousness RBG, Kobe, Maradona, Eddie Van Halen, Little Richard, Sean Connery, Alex Trebek, Christo but pandemic restrictions often limited the public’s ability to mourn their loss in a year that saw more than a million people die from the coronavirus. ....