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The Mafia boss who flipped Ralph Natale, who led the Philadelphia crime family in the 1990s, became the highest-level Mob turncoat in history Published: February 18th, 2021 - By Scott M. Burnstein Last Updated On: February 18th, 2021 Former Philadelphia Mafia boss Ralph Natale, who cut his teeth as a hitman, became a government witness and entered the Witness Protection Program. PHOTO BY KYLE CASSIDY Behind bars and abandoned by his men, Ralph Nat...

Lisa Sheridan / Studio Lisa / Getty Images Wildflower meadows might be one of the most enchanting vistas, meadows laced with a sea of flowers in all colours and varieties. They look so natural – as if the eclectic wild species have expressly chosen the very field in which to grow, but the truth is not so – they have been thoughtfully chosen and meticulously sewn, as the Prince of Wales attests in the book’s foreword: ‘There is hard work behind a meadow’s soft tapestry.�...

Building study: Lambeth Palace Library by Wright & Wright Projects seldom come so freighted with history or as laden with expectation as Lambeth Palace Library, which was recently completed to stringent specifications, writes Fran Williams. Photography by Lambeth Palace’s Wright & Wright-designed £23.5 million national library and archive for the Church of England has long been anticipated. Now due to open formally on a yet-to-be-announced date later this year, it was one of the AJ’s to...

Ever wondered what happens to your waste when it is taken to the Javelin Park incinerator? A new animation explains exactly that. The short video explains how the Gloucestershire Energy from Waste Facility operates, detailing the energy from waste process and how electricity is generated. It is available to view on the Facility’s website. The animation describes the journey household residual waste undertakes. Once at the facility, residual waste is burned at 1,000 degrees Celsius and...

Thursday 25 February 2021 Eva Nemeth The single dominating factor when it comes to gardens this year is of course Covid-19. The virus has completely changed the way we view and use our gardens, which can only be a positive thing, and more people than ever are waking up to the benefits of the physical and mindful act of gardening. From the basic concept of the garden as an outdoor room to its role in our mental health, the garden will continue to play a huge role in our lives in 2021. The outdoo...

“England hath contrived to make the adopted foreigners her own,” wrote American horticulturist, businessman and the co-author of the Cactus and Succulent Journal, Robert Henry Foster, of the plants obtained from around the world to fill such borders. It is said the first herbaceous borders were designed at Arley Hall & Gardens in Cheshire, England, in 1845: “Amongst the finest in Europe the Gardens have been created over the last 250 years by successive generations of the same family.”...

Tuesday 29 December 2020 For 20 years, Dan Pearson has been working on a project that is the apotheosis of his approach to gardening and design. The Tokachi Millennium Forest on Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido, covers nearly 1,000 acres. In 2000, Dan was asked to collaborate with Japanese landscape architect Fumiaki Takano to develop the area. With a brief to introduce spaces that had more intimacy in them, Dan started working on a plan that now includes woodland areas, a perennial mead...

Guarding the apocalypse: inside the fortress of the new Lambeth Palace Library Oliver Wainwright © Provided by The Guardian One of the Library’s treasures, now in a suitably armoured home. Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian A dangerous-looking porcupine scuttles across the bottom of a page of a medieval manuscript, amid scenes of fire-breathing dragons, bodies bubbling in cauldrons, and boats deluged by biblical floods. Known as the Lambeth Apocalypse , this 13th-century il...

New Fish Tape from Klein Tools Provides Bright Glow for Use in Low Light Offers clear housing that allows the glow material to charge in the case Durable case and handle offer superior impact resistance Original Press Release: Klein Tools’® New Glow Fish Tape Perfect for Low Light Applications Dec. 17, 2020 (Lincolnshire, Ill.) – Klein Tools (www.kleintools.com), for professionals since 1857, introduces the 20-Foot Glow Fish Tape, Klein’s first fully glow-in-the-dark fish tape, providing...

THE hard work and achievements of students from USP College Palmer’s Campus have been celebrated with their annual Prize Giving awards. Unable to host its usual Prize Giving ceremony at the Civic Hall in Grays, the College instead recorded congratulatory messages from the Principal & CEO, Dan Pearson, and Brian Little, Chairman of the William Palmer College Educational Trust, for the students and their families to view via the College website, along with a list of all the prize winners. Brian...