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Queens Theatre
219-36 Jamaica Avenue,
Queens Village,
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Does anyone remember a manager called "Mr. D"? Bernie?He rotated around Century Theaters as a Manager and substitute DM for 30 years…
Not I, being a Nassau County person, but did do a number of weddings at Antuns.
"How Biblical, all the people in the fiery furnace (aka former theatre) a la Shadrack, Mishak and Abendigo.
posted by rvb on Jan 16, 2011 at 4:52pm"
However, in all seriousness, it's VERY sad to see the butcher job they're doing on the front of the theatre.
Did anyone go to JHS 109? They used to have the graduation ceremonies at the Queens Theatre. I still have 16mm movies from the 1955 graduation ceremony. Back then, Antun's was still a VERY fancy restaurant.
How Biblical, all the people in the fiery furnace (aka former theatre) a la Shadrack, Mishak and Abendigo.
Maybe they have different occupancy laws for a church. The laws in this city are VERY strange. In newer projection booths they no longer require fire drop shutters when a theatre is multiplexed if filed under the "new code". They must figure people burn differently depending on what "code" the theatre is operating under.-LOL
The balcony at the Queens went on forever. I remember one time walking up toward the screen and looking back and upward. My impression was that more than half of the seats in the theatre were in that vast balcony. Having said that, I can't imagine why the church which is supposed to be moving into the place has removed the fire escapes. Their web site boasts that they have acquired this property which has thus and so many of seats (the bulk of which are in the balcony). So how can they operate the balcony without the fire escapes? Work seems to have come to a halt on this property. And, are they expecting all the people to come by public transportaion? There is a lot with the LIRR and a number of bus lines but parking on Jamaica Avenue and Springfield Boulevard is limited. Let's face it, one of the reasons the Queens didn't succeed as a concert venue was PARKING!!!!
Warren, I noticed at the beginning of this thread you said that the Queens was similar to the Prospect. The Queens was much narrower than the Prospect and the balcony of the Queens practically covered the orchestra. The Prospect was a larger theatre and was much wider. In the Queens, if you didn't sit down, you couldn't see the top of the screen in the last row of the orchestra.
but the ornamental bit with the most character, the face from up top…gone. The rest…neh. DOnt forget a rendering isnt always indicative of the finished product.
Ive seen it only from the outside. Ive caught glimpses from the street, its been a few weeks since Ive seen in.
Again I havent seen work there in several weeks.
This will be the 2nd location of the rapidly growing All Nations Apostolic Tabernacle Church, which has outgrown its original home in Jamaica. Their website is http://www.allnationsapostolic.org/
(Click on "one church, two buildings" for a rendering of the renovated building).
The rendering shows that they will be keeping most of the original ornamentation, although now painted white. A new marquee with the upcurve in the middle is reminiscent of some marquees of the 1920s.
No indication on what kind of interior modifications will be done – has anyone been inside to see if it's actually being gutted, or what the condition was prior to renovation? They indicated a fall 2010 opening, which obviously has passed, but it will probably be opening before too long.
This is the link to the Facebook Group for Rego-Forest Preservation Council:
whats the link on FB please?
heyhey NFHer…
I am, at the moment, cameraless. Sorry.
And Ill be right there on FB ;–)
Also, please join the Rego-Forest Preservation Council group on Facebook that I organized. We are hoping to save theaters and all historically distinctive buildings on the order of the Queens Theater. My blog is http://regoforestpreservation.blogspot.com I am the Chair & mostly cover Rego Park and Forest Hills hence its names, but see the larger picture of Queens is significant to cover as well.
Thank you for the update! It will be very disheartening to see the ornamentation gone from the historic terra cotta facade. Why do people destroy works of art? It boils down to being unappreciative and greedy, and in some cases, not educated. It is amazing how many church groups say they're restoring some of our theaters, and the community believes them and ends up with a completely different product. Take what the Rock Church did to the Elmwood Theatre in Elmhurst on Queens Blvd, for example….They chiseled and paved over all the ornate glazed terra cotta detail with synthetic stucco (styrofoam) and betrayed the community. They told the media it is being restored. A pity! Please take photos of the Queens Theatre if you can. Thank you!
btw guys…I knew it was an old Vaudeville house…but never knew about the organ and set pieces and such. BTW Im a Queens Village lifer….49 years alive, same house on 222 Street.
Hi all….hopefully some of you old QV residents are still watching the boards.
Someone asked if the 105 and PS33 are still across from each other.
The 105 is in its second building, which replaced the original (which was the original PS33 btw) in the early 70s.
And whats going on with our beloved Century Queens…the church decided to totally renovate the building. Hence the removal of the fire escapes. The facades been redone (much to my chagrin the original ornamentation is gone) the interior was gutted etc. Only thing now…I pass it every day to and from the LIRR stop. It seems work has stopped for some reason. I never see the plywood in front opened up.
BTWnativeforesthiller…I followed the facebook link to heaven. OMG what a group. THANK you.
Anyone aware about what is happening to this theater? Visit
Look closely at the blue logos at the left and right within the sign; the hotel being referred to is a Howard Johnson's franchise motel at 220-16 Jamaica Boulevard. I doubt if it has any connection to the church.
That's what CT seems to be about; depressing photos and bad news. It would be interesting to have some statistics about all the theatres on the site- how many are still operating and how many have been demolished. I would think more of the latter with the bulk of the entries as closed.
Another depressing photo. The theatre is behind you, so the picture must be rotated.
Unfortunately, both of these shots are "under the new management" after the original color scheme. Also the vertical is gone. When was that removed?
In addition to changing the type of movies shown they also changed the marquee. The background color used to be green, the chasing lights yellow. Also the chasing lights from the side panels continued across the front to the other side.
Here is a 1986 photo:
For sure! See my post of 9/27/06 (2:07 PM)
You have a long memory – the last of the steam locomotives (Class G-5s) were retired in October, 1955.
And yes, those locomotives – at 60MPH eastbound into the Queens Interlocking – set up quite a vibration in the balcony.


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A prosthetic graft device for insertion through a body wall of an organ such as the heart includes a tubular graft and an annular, resilient element at a proximal end of the graft. The resilient element has an undeformed diameter greater than a principal diameter of the graft. Near the resilient element, but distal therefrom, a flange such as a sewing ring is coupled to an outer wall of the tubular graft. A cardiac assist device may be coupled to the tubular graft. Also, a method of securing a prosthetic graft device through a body wall including the step of folding a resilient annular ring attached to a tubular graft such that the resilient ring assumes a first, collapsed configuration having a cross-sectional area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the undeformed ring. The resilient ring is positioned through a body wall until a flange on an outer wall of the tubular graft contacts an outer surface of the wall. The ring is then allowed to resiliently deform to a second configuration, having a larger diameter then the first configuration, capturing the body wall between the resilient ring and the flange.
1. A prosthetic graft device for insertion through a wall of a body vessel, the graft device comprising
a tubular graft having a proximal end and a distal end, said tubular graft having a first diameter,
a first resilient annular ring coupled to said tubular segment at said proximal end, said first resilient annular ring having a second, collapsed diameter and a third, expanded diameter greater than said first diameter, and
an annular flange attached to said tubular segment near said distal end of said prosthesis and spaced away from said first resilient annular ring.
2. The prosthetic graft device of
3. The prosthetic graft device of
4. The prosthetic graft device of
5. The prosthetic graft device of
6. The prosthetic graft device of
7. A cardiac assist device comprising
a blood pump having a blood intake port and a blood exhaust port, and
a vascular prosthesis coupled to said blood exhaust port, said vascular prosthesis having
a distal end adjacent said blood pump and a proximal end remote from said blood pump,
said prosthesis comprising
a tubular segment extending from said proximal end to said distal end, said tubular segment having a first diameter,
a first resilient annular ring coupled to said tubular segment at said proximal end, said first resilient annular ring having a second, collapsed diameter and a third, expanded diameter greater than said first diameter, and
an annular flange coupled to said tubular segment near said distal end of said prosthesis and spaced away from said first ring.
8. The cardiac assist device of
9. The cardiac assist device of
10. The cardiac assist device of
11. The cardiac assist device of
12. The cardiac assist device of
[0001] The present invention relates to implantable prosthetic grafts and in particular to implantable prosthetic grafts or devices which may be attached through a cardiac wall into a chamber of the heart.
[0002] As a result of age or disease, the human heart may become weakened and unable to circulate sufficient blood to sustain the life or health of the patient. In certain circumstances, a cardiac assist device may be provided to increase blood flow volume and pressure. A cardiac assist device may comprise an axial-flow, non-pulsatile pump, or a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) of a type known in the art. Such a device may be connected to a chamber of the heart (typically the left ventricle via the left ventricular apex) by inserting a cannula or prosthetic graft through the heart wall without opening the heart beyond a necessary incision for insertion.
[0003] Insertion of a pump or LVAD through the wall of the heart is obviously a traumatic event for the heart wall, and attachment of such devices is frequently accompanied by increased bleeding and blood leakage at the attachment wound site. Healing of the attachment wound is made difficult by the repetitive, pulsatile pumping action of the left ventricular wall relative to the wall of the device or cannula. This difficult healing site notwithstanding, it is important that blood leakage around the graft be minimized and that areas of stagnation and clotting be reduced. The increased risk of blood loss associated with leakage at the wound site may present grave health risks to patients needing cardiac assist devices, since most such patients are already in poor health.
[0004] In addition to the heart, other organs and blood vessels may have a cannula or prosthetic graft inserted into the organ or blood vessel through a wall of the organ or vessel. The cannula may be used as an additional flow path, to inject fluids or drugs or to drain substances from the organ or vessel. In such cases it may also be desirable to have a prosthetic graft that can be inserted through the wall of the organ or blood vessel without a significant incision, and with minimal bleeding and/or leakage.
[0005] Vascular tubular prostheses may be inserted into the diseased portion of a blood vessel by surgically opening the vessel and suturing the prosthesis into position. However, it may be preferred to insert the prosthesis from a remote opening, such as the femoral artery, adjacent the groin, using a catheter system. Remote insertion eliminates the need to open a major body cavity and may diminish the potential surgical complications.
[0006] In cases of remote insertion of vascular grafts, it is generally desirable to insert the graft prosthesis, using a catheter, in a collapsed or compressed condition and then to expand the prosthesis when it has been moved from the remote location to the location to be repaired. One reason for this is that it is desirable to avoid substantially occluding the blood flow during the insertion process. By collapsing the prosthesis, the prosthesis may be readily positioned inside the vessel.
[0007] There are generally two techniques for expanding a collapsed prosthesis once it is in position at the location to be repaired. One technique uses an expandable metal prosthesis that is expandable by a mechanically supplied force. In a first, collapsed configuration, the prosthesis has a relatively smaller diameter, and in a second configuration, it has a radially expanded configuration, contacting and securing the prosthesis on either side of the diseased vessel wall. The prosthesis may be a malleable metal ring, toroid, or cylinder that may be expanded by a mechanical force from, for example, a balloon catheter to set the prosthesis in its expanded diameter, inside the neck portion, proximate to the diseased portion of the vessel.
[0008] The second technique for expanding a collapsed prosthesis is to use a self-expanding prosthesis, which may be compressed against a resilient biasing force. Once in position, the prosthesis is allowed to resiliently expand into contact with the vessel wall by removing the biasing force.
[0009] While a wide variety of methods have been proposed for the problem of effectively bypassing diseased tissue, these methods may not be effective for controlling bleeding associated with insertion of a prosthesis through the wall of a blood vessel or organ such as the heart. Thus, there is a continuing need for enhanced solutions to the problem of repairing diseased vessels and in general to the problem of effectively securing prosthetic devices through the internal walls of body passages or organs.
[0010] According to one aspect of the present invention, a prosthetic graft device for insertion through a vessel or organ wall (such as a heart wall) includes a tubular graft and an annular, resilient element at a proximal end of the graft device. The resilient element has an expanded or undeformed diameter greater than a principal diameter of the graft. Near the resilient element, but distal therefrom, a flange is attached to an outer wall of the tubular graft. In one embodiment, the flange comprises a sewing ring.
[0011] According to another aspect of the present invention, a prosthesis for insertion through a body wall such as the wall of a heart includes an annular, resilient spring element and a tubular graft. A proximal end of the graft may advantageously be coupled to the spring element. The spring element has an expanded or undeformed diameter greater than a diameter of the graft. A flange on the graft is brought into contact with an outer surface of the body wall. The spring element is then allowed to expand against an inner surface of the body wall, mechanically capturing the body wall between the spring element on an inner surface of the body wall and the flange on an outer surface of the body wall.
[0012] In another aspect of the invention, a cardiac assist device has a tubular graft coupled to the assist device. The graft has a first annular, resilient ring coupled to a proximal end thereof and a second annular ring distal from said first resilient ring such that a body wall may be captured between the two rings. In one aspect of the invention, the body wall is a heart wall.
[0013] According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a method of securing a prosthetic graft through a body wall includes the step of folding a resilient annular ring attached to a tubular graft such that the resilient ring assumes a first (collapsed) configuration having a cross-sectional area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the undeformed ring. The resilient ring is inserted through a body wall until a flange on an outer wall of the tubular graft contacts an outer surface of the body wall. The resilient ring is then allowed to resiliently deform to a second (expanded) configuration, having a larger diameter than the first configuration, thereby capturing the body wall between the resilient ring and the flange.
[0014] The details of one or more embodiments of the invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description of the invention, the drawings, and from the claims.
[0015]FIG. 1 is a view of a prosthetic graft device according to an embodiment of the present invention with attachment apparatus connected to a human heart.
[0016]FIG. 2 is a front view of the prosthetic graft device of FIG. 1.
[0017]FIG. 3 is generalized top plan view of a resilient, collapsible ring for use in the prosthetic graft device of FIG. 1 and 2.
[0018]FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the ring of FIG. 3 in a collapsed configuration.
[0019]FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of a prosthetic graft device according to an embodiment of the present invention, with a delivery apparatus coupled thereto.
[0020]FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken generally along the line 6-6 in FIG. 5.
[0021]FIG. 7 is an enlarged, partially sectioned view of the delivery apparatus shown in FIG. 5.
[0022]FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 8-8 in FIG. 7.
[0023]FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 9-9 in FIG. 7.
[0024]FIG. 10 is an enlarged front elevational view of a prosthetic graft device according to an embodiment of the present invention, maintained in a collapsed position by a retention loop.
[0025]FIG. 11 is a front elevational view of a portion of the retention loop of FIG. 10.
[0026]FIG. 12 is a front elevational view of another embodiment of a prosthetic graft device according to the present invention and an insertion device therefor.
[0027]FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of the prosthetic graft device shown in FIG. 12.
[0028]FIG. 14 is a top view of the prosthetic graft device of FIG. 10 prior to release from a catheter.
[0029]FIG. 15 is a top view of the embodiment of FIG. 12 prior to release from a catheter.
[0030]FIG. 16 is a view of the embodiment of FIG. 12 coupled to a human heart.
[0031] Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters are used for like parts throughout the several views, a prosthetic graft device 10 connected to a cardiac assist device 12 is shown in FIG. 1. The prosthetic graft device 10 is connected to the heart 14 of a patient by insertion through an incision in the wall of a chamber of the heart. Insertion of the graft device 10 into the ventricles of the heart is illustrated, but the graft device may be inserted into any chamber of the heart or through the wall of a vein or artery or other organ, wherever access to the interior of a body organ or vessel is needed through a wall and it is not desirable to access the interior of the blood vessel or organ to attach the graft device. The graft device 10 has an expandable ring 30 at a proximal end of the graft. The ring 30 is resilient and can be collapsed to facilitate insertion of the graft through the wall of the organ, for example, through the wall of the heart. A flange 18 is coupled to the graft device 10 distally from the proximal expandable ring. In a preferred embodiment, the flange comprises a sewing ring. The flange 18 comes into contact with the outside surface of the heart wall as the proximal ring 30 expands against the interior wall of the heart. Both the flange 18 and the expandable ring 30, therefore, contact adjacent wall surfaces and capture the wall therebetween. An effective seal is formed without surgical intervention into the interior of the chamber, e.g., the left ventricle. The flange may be sutured to the outside of the heart wall to more fully secure the prosthetic device to the heart wall.
[0032] An annular, resilient clamping ring 30 may be formed of a plurality of strands 32 of resilient wire as shown in FIGS. 3, 7 and 9. One embodiment of the ring 30 may be formed by wrapping a single length of wire around a mandrel (not shown) having a central axis �C� and then securing the strands into a bundle using ties 34. The ties 34 may be formed from surgical suture material. Of course, the ring 30 may be formed by a variety of other techniques including the use of a single strand of wire, the use of multiple strands of helically intertwined wire, as in multi-strand wire rope, or any other suitable technique which forms a highly resilient annular ring.
[0033] The number of coils or strands 32 can be varied according to the wire utilized and the particular application involved. However, in one embodiment, the number of strands 32 utilized is approximately 8 to 12 as shown in FIG. 9. However, the number of coils or strands 32 may vary from as few as 2 to as many as 100 or possibly more.
[0034] While a variety of different wire diameters may be utilized, the individual strands 32 may have a diameter of from about 0.05 to 1 mm. In one embodiment a wire strand 32 may have a diameter of about 0.1 mm. The strands 32 may be made of any highly resilient metal or plastic material, including a nickel titanium alloy such as Nitinol. Generally the super-elastic or stress-induced martensitic form of Nitinol is preferred, although other biologically compatible metals or alloys, such as shape memory Nitinol or stainless steel, may also be used.
[0035] Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the ring 32, before compression, may have a diameter, DK, which is considerably greater than the diameter of an opening or incision 36 in the wall of the organ or vessel through which the graft device is to be inserted. As indicated in FIG. 4, two diametrically opposed points �A� on the undeformed ring 30 may be deflected towards one another. As indicated by the arrows, this causes the ring 30 to fold along its diametric axis �B�. In this configuration, the ring 30 may be inserted into the incision 36 in a configuration having a reduced diameter DR.
[0036] As a result of the folding along the diametric axis �B,� the loops 38, which include the folded tips �A,� extend proximally relative to the points �B� which are along the diametric axis of folding. Because the device is suitable for use in cardiac surgery, as used herein, the term �proximal� refers to a direction toward and through a wall of a body organ (e.g., the heart) or vessel and the term �distal� refers to the direction away from the organ or vessel, that is, in a direction towards an attending physician who might be manipulating the graft device. The proximal end of the graft device, with the ring 30, is inserted through the wall of the organ or vessel until the flange 18 contacts an outer surface of the wall. Once in position inside the body wall, the ring 30 opens to an expanded diameter and makes continuous contact with the internal vessel wall.
[0037] The smallest permissible bending diameter without plastic deformation, DB, shown in FIG. 4, depends on the material, the thickness of the ring 30 and the individual strands 32 which may make up the ring 30. According to Hooke's law, the strands 32 can be regarded as parallel connected springs whose deflection characteristic values are additive and whose individual low radial tension forces add up to a total tension force which depends on the number of strands 32. When the entire ring 30 is compressed, each individual strand 32 has a bending diameter approximately corresponding to the minimum bending diameter DB of the individual strand 32. As an approximation, the minimum bending diameter DB is approximately ten times the wire diameter. This suggests that the ring wire diameter should be kept low. However, the ring's expansion force, which helps to ensure effective sealing on the inner organ wall, is a function of its diameter, suggesting conversely that the wire diameter be increased. This tradeoff between collapsibility for ease of insertion and expansion force for effective sealing can be optimized by using a plurality of strands 32, whose diameter controls the minimum bending diameter, to form a bundle whose composite diameter controls the expansion force. Thus a ring 30 with a high expansion force can be shaped to a relatively small compressed configuration. After being released from a catheter having, for example, a conventional diameter of from 4 to 6 mm, the ring 30 may return to its original shape.
[0038] A prosthetic device 40 may include an annular ring 30 and a graft 42, as shown in FIG. 2. The graft 42 may be generally tubular and made of a fabric or film secured on one end to the ring 30. The graft 42 may have a diameter DP that is smaller than the diameter DK of the ring 30. Due to the connection between the ring 30 and the end of the graft 42, there is a diameter DKP at the junction point between the ring 30 and the graft 42. The ring 30 may expand the end of the tubular graft 42 to a stop or deformation limit, after which no further expansion occurs. Thus, the ring 30 may expand the graft 42 in the region proximate to the ring 30 so that the diameter of the graft 42 gradually tapers in the region 44 down to a relatively constant diameter region 46, terminating in a free end 47. Alternatively, the graft 42 could be preformed in the flared shape shown in FIG. 2.
[0039] Any of a variety of fabric materials compatible with human implantation may be utilized to form the graft 42. For example, the graft 42 may be formed of flexible woven or knitted textiles made of Dacron, Teflon, or other materials. It is advantageous if the tubular graft 42 is made of a material, which does not change its circumference readily. The ring 30 can be connected with the region 44 by means of sutures or bonding. In one embodiment, the graft material is pulled over and around the periphery of ring 30, then folded back inside the tubular capturing ring 30 within a toroidal loop of the graft material, which is secured by sutures of other fixation means, e.g. staples. Thus, it may be advantageous that the diameter DK of the ring 30 be considerably greater than the diameter of the portion 46 of the graft.
[0040] Turning now to a method for positioning the prosthetic device 40 in a desired location within a body organ, a retention device 56, shown in FIG. 5, may be secured to the ring 30 on at least two diametrically opposed orientations so that the device 56 extends generally parallel to the axis of the prosthetic device 40. The device 56 may include a passage 58 in one end and a bracket 60 that secures the device 56 to the ring 30. Alternatively the passage 58 may be replaced by wire restraining brackets (not shown). The device 56 may be engaged by a wire 64 which extends into the passage 58 and by a tube 66 which encircles the wire 64, as indicated in FIG. 6. Advantageously, the device 56 and the tube 66 are made of sufficiently rigid material that pushing against the device 56 by the wire 64 or the tube 66 results in displacement of the prosthetic device 40 through the incision 36. The wire 64 may have a diameter of about 0.3 to 1 mm.
[0041] The prosthetic device 40 may be compressed to fit into a tubular catheter 68, for transferring the prosthesis from a remote entry point to the repair site. The catheter 68 may be inserted into an incision in the body, and moved through a body cavity such as a blood vessel to a position at the wall of a ventricle of the heart, for example, where one may wish to position the annular ring 30. Once in position, the prosthetic device 40 may be pushed out of the catheter 68 using the tubes 66.
[0042] More particularly, the tubes 66 are extended into the body from the exterior thereof by the surgeon while maintaining the catheter 68 in a fixed position so that the prosthetic device 40 is placed in a desired position as the catheter 68 is backed away. If desired, the brackets 60 may be made of X-ray opaque material such as platinum, iridium or gold to serve as an X-ray marker.
[0043] While the above-described procedure for placing the prosthetic device 40 may be useful in some applications, it is desirable to further facilitate accurate and controllable placement of the prosthetic device 40 in a particular location. Once the ring 30 is allowed to expand against the inner surface of the body wall, any re-positioning must be done against the resistant force of the ring 30. Thus, it is advantageous to continue to confine the ring 30 after the prosthetic device 40 is removed from catheter 68, until the prosthesis 40 is accurately positioned.
[0044] Once the prosthetic device 40 is positioned as desired, ring 30 may be allowed to expand by removing the constraint. To this end, a Bowden tube 70 telescopically retains a wire loop 72, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. The loop 72 extends axially through the tube 70, forms an annular ring 74 and passes through a hole 76 in the proximal free end of the Bowden tube 70. At this point, the looped end 78 of the wire loop 72 receives a blocking wire 80, where the looped end 78 extends out of the hole 76. Referring to FIG. 10, the Bowden tube 70 extends along the exterior of the prosthetic device 40 to a point distal to the loops 38 of collapsed ring 30. The annular ring 74 of loop 72 extends around the periphery of the loops 38 at a relatively central location along their length and through eyelets 82 secured to the ring 30.
[0045] Because the collapsed ring 30 presses outwardly against the annular ring 74, there is a force tending to draw the looped end 78 back through hole 76, thereby releasing collapsed ring 30. To prevent this, blocking wire 80 is captured between looped end 78 of wire loop 72 and Bowden tube 70 adjacent the hole 76 in the proximal free end of the Bowden tube 70. Pulling on a distal end of the blocking wire 80 is necessary to overcome the friction holding the blocking wire in place. In addition, the blocking wire 80 may be permitted to extend a relatively substantial distance beyond the proximal free end of the Bowden tube, as shown in FIG. 10, although it should not extend past collapsed ring 30.
[0046] In this way, the blocking wire 80 may be held in place until withdrawn axially, releasing looped end 78 so that the wire loop 72 may be withdrawn, thereby releasing the collapsed ring 30 and allowing it to spring open at a desired location. The blocking wire 80 may extend, inside the Bowden tube 70, to the distal end of the Bowden tube or may exit the tube through a gap 71 in the tube, as shown in FIG. 10.
[0047] Referring to FIG. 14, the catheter 68 encircles the prosthetic device 40 that in turn encircles a pair of tubes 66 with wires 64 extending through them. If necessary, a guide wire 104 may be included which may be used initially to guide the catheter to the desired location and to maintain a path for returning to the same location with additional elements, if necessary. The Bowden tube 70 with the looped wires 72 and blocking wire 80 also extends inside the catheter 68 between the catheter and the prosthetic device 40.
[0048] In still another embodiment, a retaining mechanism 84, shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, retains the prosthesis in a compressed configuration to accurately locate it at the desired position within a passage. The mechanism 84 may control a prosthetic device 40′ having a pair of rings 30′ and 30″, connected by a graft 42, in a compressed position inside a catheter 68. A first flange 18′ is adjacent a first ring 30″ and a second flange 18″ is adjacent a second ring 30″. A guide wire catheter 86 extends axially through the prosthetic device 40′. A plurality of ringlets 88 extends off of the catheter 86. Each of the ringlets 88 connects to wire loops 90 that in turn connect to eyelets 92 at the free ends of the loops 38. Referring to FIG. 13, each of the wire loops 90 slidably and releasably extends through the eyelet 92 and forms a loop end 94. A blocking wire 96 extends through the loop ends 94. A portion of each of rings 30′ and 30″ along its folding axis �B� (see FIG. 3 or FIG. 4) is wrapped by a wire loop 98 which is engaged through a loop end 94 on its free end by blocking wire 100. The wire loop 98 may wrap around and over the rings 30′, 30″, over the outside of the guide wire catheter 86 and into the interior of the catheter 86 through an opening 102. Each of the rings 30′ and 30″ on opposed ends of the graft 42 includes the same parts and may be operated in the same way.
[0049] Thus, to adjust the extent of folding or the proximal-distal height of the rings 30′, 30″ in the orientation shown in FIG. 13, it is simply necessary to pull outwardly on the wires 98 which may be connected together to a single wire 103 that extends to the exterior of the patient. To decrease the height and to decrease the compression of the rings 30′, 30″, the tension on the wire loop 98 may be relaxed, allowing the natural spring forces of the rings 30′, 30″ to cause the bending of the ring 30′, 30″ to be relieved and the ring height to be reduced.
[0050] After the catheter 68 is positioned in the desired location, the assembly may be ejected from the catheter using the techniques described previously. The amount of compression of the rings 30′, 30″ may be adjusted so that the apparatus 84 can be temporarily positioned at a desired location. If it is determined that the location is not precisely correct, the apparatus can be re-compressed, by operating the loops 98, to allow repositioning of the apparatus 84 to a new location. In this way, it is possible to selectively adjust the position of the prosthetic device 40′, even after the prosthesis has previously been released within the body organ or vessel. If an error is initially made, it is easy to reposition the prosthesis, as necessary. Once the prosthetic device is located at the desired location, the blocking wires 100 and 96 can simply be pulled out of the assembly through the catheter 68. This allows the prosthetic device 40′ to expand, irreversibly. The catheter 86 may be removed thereafter.
[0051] If desired, each of the loops 98 can be connected 20 by an independent wire to the exterior of the patient or, as described previously, the wires 98 may be connected so that only one single wire extends outwardly.
[0052] Referring now to FIG. 15, illustrating the catheter bundle for the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13 prior to release from the catheter 68, the catheter 68 encircles the prosthetic device 40′. In the interior of the prosthetic device 40′ is the guide wire catheter 86, with one or more of wires 103 that may be used to control the position of the folded portion of the annular rings 30′, 30″. Outside of the guide wire catheter 86 are a pair of wires corresponding to the blocking wires 96 and 100.
[0053] The apparatus 84 with two annular rings 30, 30″ may be particularly useful in connecting a chamber of the heart directly to a blood vessel. As illustrated in FIG. 16, the first ring 30′ of the apparatus 84 may be placed within the left ventricle of the heart 14, for example. The first flange 18′ would rest against the outer wall of the heart. The second ring 30″ would be inserted into an artery 106, bypassing the mitral valve and the left atrium. The second flange 18″ would rest against an outer wall of the artery. The apparatus 84 could be inserted into the desired location in the body by passing the apparatus through the artery or blood vessel, for example, through the femoral artery.
[0054] While the present invention has been described with respect to a limited number of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate numerous modifications and variations therefrom. For example, while the device has been described in some instances as a vascular stent for treating aneurysms, the invention may be applicable to securing any device to an internal passage. In addition, it should be appreciated that certain embodiments of the present invention may have only one or more of the advantages described above or may instead have other advantages not specifically mentioned herein. It is intended that the appended claims cover all such modifications and variations as fall within the true spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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The Chaminade setting is fabulous. It is nestled in the mountains that overlook forest and the beautiful Monterey Bay. There are patios with tables that overlook these views. The breakfast buffet was a good value ($15-18) for the selections offered, especially considering the dining area overlooked both forest and ocean.
There was an additional $25 per night resort fee required at check in, in addition to the price I paid through Kayak. I thought the resort fee was included in the listed Kayak price. Also, the rooms are basic, with no safe, microwave, or mini fridge.
The location was great. Less than 10min walking distance to the beach and downtown area. Everything was clean: sheets, bathroom, floor etc. The room was way better than I expected. It was a little small, but it was just my boyfriend and I so it was perfect. I definitely would come back
Check in is at 3. We got there 3:30 and the room still wasn't ready so the woman told us about 30min, so we just walked to get some beer. Come back 30min later, I asked if the room was ready and she said 10 more minutes. We're a patient couple so it was whatever, but I can see where that could be aggravating.
This hotel is by no means a luxury hotel...however, I have stayed in room 119 twice and I love it. The bathroom is small but updated, same with the room. The linens were nice (though the beds could use a heavier blanket added). The complimentary bathroom supplies were of good quality and a nice touch. The location is great and it's decently quiet (though you can hear the footsteps of the person above you).
I had called the hotel at 11am the day of my reservation; I requested room #119 and asked what was the earliest check-in time for that room. I was told that it should be ready by 12pm since it was empty, but it may take until 1:30pm at the latest. I told the girl on the phone that I would be arriving at around 1:30pm. I arrived to check-in at 2pm, my room was NOT ready and when I asked when it would be ready the rude and sloppy looking front desk girl turned around and spoke with some women that were sitting down in the breakfast dinning area. She then turned around and told me it would be ready at a little after 3pm; the ladies that had been sitting down got up and headed to clean my room... As I explained to her that I had called at 11am and was told it would be ready earlier, I had made an appointment around the time frame she had given me over the phone. She offered no apologies and gave me attitude when I request to go ahead and check-in so when I came back from my appointment that I could just go straight to the room.
This is the 2nd time that I have stayed in this hotel...check-out time is at 12pm...and even if you ask the front desk for a wake-up call at 11:30am house-keeping will come and wake you up at 10am by knocking on your door. OR they won't even knock, but instead just open the door and walk in when you are in bed!!!!!! This happened to me this last time, she apologized but still to be woken up hours before you need to, and having some stranger barge into the room were you are sleeping make is mortifying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF?!
It is clear customer service training doesn't happen at this hotel...and unfortunately do to the rude front desk and the house-keeping barging in whenever they feel like it, I don't think I'll be back....which sucks, because I have to rent a room in SC about once a week and I like the cleanliness, location, price, and overall look of the room.
The staff was friendly, the walk to the boardwalk was only about 15 minutes, you can leave the car parked and walk around as long as you don't mind a 1-2 mile walk each direction.
Besides being bare bones (no provided towels, no furniture aside from beds, no covers on the light fixtures) the rooms were disgusting. The entire motel is run down and the room stunk, the bed sheets had debris in them when the blankets were first pulled back, and the walls were covered in graffiti. I would never have agreed to pay almost $100 for the room had I seen it prior to swiping my card. Pay a little extra to stay somewhere else. The kindness of the staff doesn't clean the bedding or get the horrendous smell out.
Comfortable beds, clean room and bathroom. Not noisy. Was there with 4 young adults, not in room much, but to sleep and get ready for the day.
The mattress is amazing. I didn't expect it to be that comfortable. it's a temper-pedic. I had to have a ground floor room because of a leg injury (there are no elevators in the hotel). The room was average sized. it had a average set of amenities.
no room service, but that is asking much. I was just injured and didn't want to walk. The breakfast/ conference space is in a separate building very close to the main hotel building. They dont guarantee that everyone can get a parking space.
Locating the front entrance
Was way overcharged for the room, we thought we booked for sat night @$50.00, Turns out to be a sun night when we go our conformation. Had to change to sat night @ $250.00 a night what a rip off, will never stay there again or book with your service.
I got what I expected for the money paid.
Needed more vending machines. Besides 1 bar of soap and a tube of shampoo, there should have been at least some lotion for the guests.
I came in late and it was easy to check in, I had a nice large clean room and it was very quiet and comfortable. Just what I needed.
This was a great place to stay. The staff was very helpful, and the rooms were comfortable and clean. Will come here again.
The location was excellent and it had a very 50s beach ambience
It had no coffee pot or air conditioner in the room. And little breakfast didn't start serving till 830
Walking distance to Boardwalk, downtown and Pier
Bathroom small and the recent remodel had over spray everywhere making it look "not" clean.
Good beds.
Bath room sink did not drain, couldn't use.
We were here for a wedding, we had 5 rooms in this hotel alone. Two were really nice. Two of the rooms were large. The handicap room was awesome, plenty of space for grandpa to get around. Online prices were great. Pool was warm and clean. I would stay here again, but recommended booking online to avoid dealing with the staff. Overall was a decent place compared to others that I have stayed in, in Santa Cruz.
Staff was unfriendly, the woman was better than the man however. the man kept interrupting the woman while she was helping us. When we needed an extra night on one room, they wouldn't match internet pricing for same room. When booked online, it let me add a rollaway bed to my room, but when I got there it was an additional $35 charge. One of our rooms had hair in the shower, and algae growing in it.
Other similarly prices facilities offer a kitchenette. This facility is bare bones.
The owners awe very friendly and helpful. The room was clean and the bed was very comfortable.
It was well-located and a convenient walk wherever I needed to go. The rooms are spacious and being updated regularly.
I did have some issue with road noise, but it didn't bother me at night. The parking spaces are small.
only the view
had no smoking room but still smelld of smoke bad room was dirty trash jnder bed half eating burrito left on balcony when we arrived
Staff helped us out tremendously in properly accommodating our group. The hotel was convenient.
We reserved 2 rooms for 3 people, but the rooms were really for 2 people. How could 3 adults sleep in 1 king sized bed. I assumed that the reservations took that 3 people were staying per room, and I was expecting a soft bed. Luckily, the staff was able to move one of us to the only available room with a sofa bed. My wife and daughter slept in the one king bed, but I felt we shouldn't have.
Room was dirty. Fridge didn't work. Woke up at 6 to the owners kid playing tee ball right outside my door, with the grandpa sitting on his chair outside our window.
What beautiful views from our balcony and from the restaurant! We loved our stay and will be back for another little get away just over the hill.
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Spirit of Life restoration needs a boost
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation is racing time to complete restoration of the Spirit of Life and Spencer Trask Memorial in Congress Park by the memorial's 100th birthday. It needs to raise about $66,000 for remaining work by the end of March to ensure the memorial will be completed by June 26, so if you're […] [Read More]
Petition calls for expansion of Moreau State Park
Saratoga PLAN is petitioning Gov. Andrew Cuomo to transfer 763 acres of state-owned land around the former Mount McGregor Correctional Facility into the adjoining Moreau State Park. The organization dedicated to land preservation recently started an online petition here to transfer management and use of the forested land, including Grant's Cottage historic site in neighboring […] [Read More]
Spa City holiday galas
Here's two holiday galas scheduled for the end of the week in Saratoga Springs. The Saratoga Springs History Museum's Holiday Gala fundraiser will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Canfield Casino. The event is catered by Longfellow's Restaurant, and includes dinner stations, a silent auction, live music and more. Proceeds support the museum. […] [Read More]
Administrative changes at SPAC
Saratoga Performing Arts Center announced two personnel changes. SPAC recently hired Laura Herr, the former executive director of SaratogaArtsFest, as director of development. She will lead SPAC'S fundraising and community relations efforts. Herr replaces William Piskutz, who will transition into a newly created title of director of corporate affairs. He will try to maintain and […] [Read More]
$1.6 million for Geyser Road/Spa park trail
The state will provide a $1.6 million grant to fund the Geyser Road-Spa State Park Bicycle Pedestrian Trail, Saratoga Springs Mayor Joanne Yepsen will announce at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Geyser Road Elementary School. Here's a statement the mayor released on Monday afternoon: "It is my distinct privilege and honor to thank Governor Cuomo […] [Read More]
SPAC repairing tattered lawn
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is restoring its lawn. The lawn's condition became an issue this summer. Here's part of a media statement released Thursday: "Restoration of SPAC's lawn is currently underway after a combination of a prolonged harsh winter, a rainy spring and guest foot traffic during the 2014 season left many areas barren. […] [Read More]
15 'Women of Distinction' in Canfield Casino
More than 150 people are expected to attend a "Women of Distinction" ceremony at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Canfield Casino in Saratoga Springs' Congress Park. The event is hosted by Sen. Kathy Marchione (R-Halfmoon). Republican Elise Stefanik, a congressional candidate who raised money with House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday, will serve as master […] [Read More]
Race for the Ring
Here's something a bit different. Couples will compete for a $12,000 Ritani designer engagement ring at the second Frank Adams Jewelers' Race for the Ring event. The mobile gaming event takes place starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 in Congress Park in Saratoga Springs. The couple that completes the most challenges will take the […] [Read More]
Sexual assault reported at SPAC
The New York State Park Police are increasing security at Saratoga Performing Arts Center while they investigate a sexual assault to a female that took place inside the venue toward the end of the Drake and Lil Wayne concert on Aug. 12, according to state officials. The incident involving one victim and one suspect occurred […] [Read More]
Area's Vietnam era vets wanted for group photo
Vietnam era veterans are invited to Congress Park in Saratoga Springs for a group photo to mark the start of a series of events created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the war. All veterans of the Vietnam War and Vietnam era* are encouraged to participate in the portrait at 2 p.m. Friday at the […] [Read More]
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Even when the AKP is establishing party control over the press the Economist loves him.
Last summer the former head of police intelligence Hanefi Avci wrote abook about the control the Fethullah Gulen brotherhood is establishing over the police and the judiciary. The book sold hundreds of thousands.
4 weeks later Mr Avci was put in jail for allegedly being a member of a communist conspiracy to overzhrow the state. That is like putting George Bush in jail for membership of the Al Qaida.
Step by step an anti-Semitic Islamist fascist regime is consolidated with support among others from the Economist.
Democracy and freedom of expression, Turkish style!
But if our hero Erdogan needs to do this, to dismantle the Kemalist state, so be it...The Kemalist elites have been lying and intimidating the Turkish public for far too long...
Freethinking...your comment has me all confused!
Usually I dismiss your comments on anything relating to Turkey, but I find my self agreeing with your "Kemalist" comments!???
Fahrettin, quick say something to balance my world out here!
(Dogan group...pay your damn taxes! you tax evading criminals. Don't blame your trouble on the government pressure, blame it on tax evasion!).
I think it's important to stress that the journalist were NOT jailed because they were critical of the AKP. As the article points out, most of them were Kurdish.
While he might very well be guilty of the charges, Mr. Avcı's arrest does raise some questions. The Doğan Group is most certainly guilty of tax evasion amongst other things. While the AKP's decision to audit the corporation might have had to do with the fact that they were a thorn on their sides, I have little sympathy for them or the squalid rags they produce. Milliyet is second only to Hürriyet in the amount of misinformation it prints, both are papers owned by Doğan Group. But I am concerned. Mr. Erdoğan is a bit too authoritarian. He is famous for suing cartoonists for depicting him as various animals. Still CHP under Baykal or the MHP would have been even worse.
As I've said before, If the CHP stops trying to out-nationalist the MHP and instead works on out-democrating the AKP, they will have my vote this summer.
Why doesn't The Economist put Turkey into the Asia section where it really belongs ?
If you cross erdogan, you will be punished !!! Mr erdogan's personality do not accept critisizm. because he knows everything, he says all the truth ( doubt! without prompter). Sliencing media in Turkey is easy. Get them fined or get them sentencesed. For ex. dogan group, after being fined, reduced critics level against Ak party. But when it comes to Kurds, dogan gruop become fashist like group and in line with erdogan. A weeks ago Mehmet Ali Birand, a columnist in Milliyet and Kanal D news server both belong to Dogan Gruop, said that whatever the government says is true!! that is a sign of obeying government pressure. This is the Turkish media's position.
This article touches on some important points on press freedom but fails to recognize the layers of Turkey's power structure.
The Economist rightly gives Mehmet Baransu as example of the pressures on jounralism but does not mention that he is actually considered to be pro-AKP. A considerable amount of the 40-some jounralists in jail are, in fact, of a similar persuation. Taraf, the liberal anti-military paper Baransu works for is by far the most sued daily in the country. (http://www.taraf.com.tr/ahmet-altan/makale-korkuyorlarmis.htm) It is knwon for exposing military plans which worked in favor of the AKP leadership and effectively ended the Army's dominance in politics.
The foreign minister Davutoğlu, president Gül and many other members of the AKP have repeatedly stated that press freedom is a serious issue which they aim to address in the coming years. You say that the government has failed to cary out these promises but perhaps you fail appreciate the complexity of the change to take place. It is not a matter of repealing individual laws but manuvering the judicial practices and constitutional founding of the country to a position in which free spech can flourish. That is why all parties, not just the AKP, are talking of constitutional reform.
The Economist may be used to pointing the finger at the charismatic incumbent on free speech issues but it should have done its homework more throwly on this one.
"Turkey offers referendum gamble to Europe"
like if we need some charity
until then, EU will have disappeared !
Why would an islamist prime minister show tolerance towards a free press? He is on record stating that democracy is a means to an end (i.e. sharia), not an end in itself. He is on record stating that he is pro-sharia. The recordings are on YouTube - oh, wait, during AKP's rule, YouTube has been banned in Turkey.
What is frightening is that people who ought to know better are ignoring actual events and making excuses for the AKP. For example the head of the Constitutional Court, appointed by them, has just stated that it would be wrong NOT to amend the first three articles of Turkey's Constitution, which lay out principles fundamental to a modern Country: that Turkey is a democratic republic governed by the rule of Law, and that every citizen is equal in the eyes of the Law, for example. Oh wait, AKP's last Economy Minister was a convicted fraudster, and the AKP MP's are all clinging on to parliamentary immunities!
Also, when the PM was questioned about his multi-million dollar mansion (complete with gold taps) on his PM's salary, he said he was only a tenant there, and only paid a token rent. It turned out that the mansion belonged to his son. So he was his son's tenant!?! No one can question where the money came from. All of his children were educated in the US. No one can question where the money came from.
Party faithful bought a "bankrupted" media group, getting credit from a state bank that does not give such credits; How? AKP makes much political capital out of a "headscarf ban" in Universities across the country, when the reality is that headscarves ARE allowed in almost all Universities in Turkey. Why sow the discord?
I understand that a person from another country may not be aware of all this, but how someone from Turkey could defend AKP is beyond appalling...
El Toro
There is a European Turkey project which is trying to restructure Turkey to fulfill European interests. A smaller Turkey would be the privileged partner of the EU, implementing their instructions without participating in deciding policies. This project can only be implemented if Kemalism, the ideology of the anticolonial national state, is dismantled and the opposition is neutralized. That necessitates knocking out the press and locking up opponents of the regime. That is what we are seeing now and Freethinking says so openly.
The question is why you think all that is a good idea?
The fine against Hurriyet was political because it was far higher than what is normal and was suspended when Hurriyet dropped her opposition.
legen; your comment is old, tired and unoriginal.
Having said that, I'm already on the record for saying Israel, which is also considered "European" will be a EU member B4 Turkey.
I just don't see Kemalism, that is the version of Kemalism that has been bastardized and corrupted to suit the needs of elitists and the military establishment for their own self-fulfilling needs, to be the ideology to do what you are speaking of.
The Kemalism that you speak of does not exist...particularly since the death of Kemal.
The current form of Kemalism has not taken this country anywhere in the bast 80 years.
Maybe if the AKP are successful in retaking Kemalism from those who have corrupted it and apply it according to its original intent...then I may believe in "Kemalism" as a system that will work. Right now its like Communism, great in theory...but....
El Toro
And what are the self fulfilling needs of the elitist and the military establishment?
Turkey has had 85 years of peace, social and economic growth which has allowed a nation at the verge of extinction to become a power again. Not bad considering that "Kemalism has not taken this country anywhere in the last 80 years.."
All that economic growth the AKP is so proud of is only possible because the republic has educated the needed personnel. Compare that with oil rich Saudi Arabia, where all citizens are well educated in Islamic religion with the consequence that they have no production economy because such people can run neither trade nor industry.
85 years of "peace"????
Dershim massacres, Kurdish insurgency with 40,000 dead, Istanbul pogrom, state of anarchy in the 1970's, numerous army coups, invasion and occupation of Cyprus...
God Help us if Turkey was not so peace-loving!
it is interesting to see the Economist is criticising Mr. Erdogan ! i think the relationship between Erdogan and Economist was good , but apparently not nowadays, otherwise we should see a positive article about Mr. Erdogan. i wonder what happened the relationship, Mr.Erdogan has replaced The economist with cheaper newspaper ?
In every country there is law against the usage of press as a propaganda tool by some 'journalists', if you kill people , you go to the jail; if you use the press to support terrorism like PKK or Aş-Qaeda, you go the jail. Freedom on speech does not mean you can support terrorism by making propaganda.
Mr. Erdogan is similar to Putin but less classy, just pay attention on his elocution, if you want to understand what kind of person he is. in that aspect he is similar to Humeneyni , the leader of Hamas, or Fethullah GULEN the leader of an islamc community, who always cries to agitate people in order to make it easy whatever he says should be seen the only right thoughts in the world, which is similar to Al-Qaeda in this aspect.
in Most of muslim countries the press is not free in their thought, news etc. on the grounds that there is always a king,sultan,half dicttors etc. Mr. Erdogan suits in Sultan category. If you criticise him , you find yourself in one night as a terrorist supporter, tax-evader etc., but at least He has not got the right to hang you as in Iran, but for now.
for Mr. Erdogan Democracy is not the aim, but a tool to reach the shari law, this is his own sentences. people should choose their side before the referendum, if they don't want to be eliminated, which is his own sentence. Turkey should not join in the eu, which is his own sentence. you cannot be both muslim and secular, which is his own sentence and asked in 2010 , he said to have the same thought.
let's see who says here 'Long Live Sultan Erdogan'.
LOng Live Sultan Erdogan :)))))
Whao, these kemalists are really getting scared of Erdy; I wonder why - too many sceletons in their closet???
Mr. Putin is an authoritarian leader in a country which has always been an authoritarian state. He is a true Russian patriot.
Mr. Erdogan is turning Turkey's democracy which brought him to power into an authoritarian system which will bring no one else to power.
He insists that he is not Turkish. His grandfather told him that he was a Moslem and neither a Turk nor a Laz.
His policy is based on making promises to foreigners to get them to help him stay in power. A Mr Putin would never collaborate with foreign powers to keep his office.
You do not see historic enemies of Russia euphoric that Mr Putin will finally break his own country.
Which promises, to which foreigners?
Were you present at the meetings? Or your friends in the deep State gave you the info?
Erdogan will be greater than kemal (who also wasn't 100% Turkish, that's why he was superior to the people he ruled), just get used to it!
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