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Seven ways to spread "cheer germs" to others
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Nine hints for sleeping well
Walking, not running, to a healthy exercise program
Why drinking plenty of water is crucial to your health
Why you should volunteer in order to be healthy
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St. George, Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States

Borough Hall, Staten Island's grandest civic monument, was designed in 1903, five years after the consolidation of Greater New York. The magnificent structure was the work of Carerre & Hastings, one of the leading architectural firms in New York at the turn of the century. The building is a testament to the belief of the firm's partners that French Renaissance design, as adapted to American needs, was the most appropriate style for that period. The brick and stone building, dramatically sited on a hill above the St. George terminal, is visible to all who arrive in Staten Island by ferry, and its tall, clocktower is a welcoming beacon to resident and visitor alike.

Prior to Staten Island's incorporation into New York City, its governmental seat was located at Richmondtown, near the center of the island. Established as the county seat in 1729, Richmondtown became the site of the county court, the county clerk and surrogate office, public stocks, and a jail. Consolidation in 1898 brought with it the abolition of the incorporated villages of Richmond County and the end of county government. Civic offices to serve the new borough were moved from Richmondtown to St. George because the latter was situated in a more convenient location. It was easily accessible from Manhattan's Civic Center and was the terminus of the ferry lines to Manhattan and of the island's growing mass transit system. Prior to the construction of Borough Hall, civic offices were located in the Richmond Building on the corner of Richmond Terrace and York Avenue in New Brighton. In 1904 construction began on the new building and the New York Times wrote:

Staten Island formally acknowledged, declared, and gloried yesterday afternoon that she was an integral part of the Greater New York on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of the Richmond Borough Hall at St. George.

Designed with a scale and grandeur that rivaled that of City Hall, Brooklyn Borough Hall (formally Brooklyn City Hall), and the new Borough Hall in the Bronx, Staten Island's Borough Hall was to be a symbol of the unified borough and a source of pride to all Staten Island residents. The commission for the new Borough Hall design was awarded to the prestigious firm of Carrere & Hastings. The firm was an appropriate choice for this civic monument since John Carrere was the most prominent architect residing on the island. Carrere, who was closely involved with the development of Staten Island's new civic center,

aided in the choice of sites for the borough's new buildings, and Carrere & Hastings designed the new ferry terminal (1904, burned), the County Courthouse (1913-1919), and the St. George Brance of the New York Public Library at 10 Hyatt Street, as well as other public libraries throughout the borough.

John Merven Carrere (1858-1911) and Thomas Hastings (1860-1929) were the leading American exponents of the design philosophy of the Trench Ecole des Beaux-Arts. While both men had attended the Ecole in the late 1870s and early 1880s, each belonged to a different atelier and they did not meet until after their graduation when both were employed by the office of McKim, Mead & White. In 1885 the two architects established a partnership, first renting space in a small back room of McKim, Mead & White's office and then moving to an old Federal style residence at 3 Bowling Green.

According to David Gray, who wrote a biography of Hastings in 1933, it was Hastings who did most of the firm's design work, while Carrere managed the office and negotiated with clients and contractors. The firm's earliest commissions were from real estate developer Henry Flagler. Flagler was a friend and parishioner of Thomas Hastings' father, the Rev. Doctor Thomas Hastings, minister of the West Presbyterian Church in New York and president of the Union Theological Seminary. For Flagler, Carrere & Hastings designed the Ponce de Leon and Alcazar Hotels in St. Augustine, "Whitehall," the Flagler estate in Palm Beach, and several churches. Flagler's patronage established the success of the firm and commissions for residences, churches, hotels, and office buildings followed. In 1891 Carrere & Hastings gained prominence for the design they submitted to the competition for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The proposal placed second to Reins & LaFarge's winning scheme. It was, however, their winning design in the New York Public Library competition that established Carrere & Hastings as one of the leading firms in the United States.

Most of the work designed by Carrere & Hastings was in the French Renaissance tradition and this accorded with the philosophy espoused by Thomas Hastings in his numerous articles and lectures. Hastings believed that American life was still motivated by the forces that had brought about the Renaissance. He saw himself as a Renaissance architect and beli

The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the Place de l'Etoile. It is at the western end of the Champs-Elysees. The triumphal arch honors those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I.

The Arc is the linchpin of the historic axis (L'Axe historique) — a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route which goes from the courtyard of the Louvre Palace to the outskirts of Paris. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its Iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail and set the tone for public monuments, with triumphant nationalistic messages, until World War I.

The monument stands 49.5 m (162 ft) in height, 45 m (150 ft) wide and 22 m (72 ft) deep. It is the second largest triumphal arch in existence.[2] Its design was inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus. The Arc de Triomphe is so colossal that three weeks after the Paris victory parade in 1919, marking the end of hostilities in World War I, Charles Godefroy flew his Nieuport biplane through it, with the event captured in a newsreel

Updated for 2010 and covering 50 percent more wines, it's the breakthrough wine guide that enamored the media?"Devilishly delightful" (Dallas Morning News), "Everyday wine drinkers can rejoice" (Newsweek), rattled the snobs?"Malicious duplicity!" (Wine Spectator) ?and caught the attention of consumers looking to drink better wines for less.

Now the hardworking authors and editors, along with a double-blind panel of wine experts and consumers, blind-tasted wines under $15 that will be available to consumers in 2009 and 2010. The Wine Trials 2010 will reveal the 150 winners of this year's competition?the best wines on the market for under $15.