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Comprised of a 100-mile public space along the Chattahoochee River, this area connects the river to the surrounding region, consisting of urban, suburban, and rural communities, and is in the process of transforming its public perception from being detached and hidden into Metropolitan Atlanta's greatest natural asset.
SCAPE, an award-winning landscape architecture studio with offices in New York and New Orleans, is researching a long corridor of the Chattahoochee River, and needed to convey the work to the public and stakeholders through an easy-to-use website. Our challenge was to present the geographically-oriented historic tales and future plans within an intuitive map-driven interface, bringing a series of interactive maps to the placeholder site already established.
The main website goal was to create a positive impact on community engagement via location-based storytelling and documentation. We hoped to achieve this through an elevation of the website to match the effort and quality of SCAPE's ongoing research.
Ease of use: Improve connections with the project and access to the research and planning, limit frustrations users could have with the website, intuitive controls, and orienting statements and objects.
Exposure: Raise public awareness & reimagine the region's relationship to the river. Create something that people would actually want to interact with.
Demonstrate subject-matter expertise: Show that the project is built around a legacy of ecological conservation and protection.
Inclusion: Appeal to a broader & more diverse community through storytelling about the river, while showing sensitivity towards the sometimes-rough history of the area and region.
The wireframe process for the RiverLands website was a bit unique compared to our normal process. Since the website's intended primary interaction was going to be geography/location based, we decided the best course of action was to dive right into prototyping the interface for the map-based pages first, followed by the Homepage and remaining subpages.
By focusing on the map interface first, it gave our team a full understanding of how we needed these pages to function, allowing us ample time to do the proper research to ensure that all of our goals were achievable with the Mapbox integration.
Another important factor we had to keep in mind was that a good portion of users would be interacting with the website on their mobile device while on the trails along the river. For this reason, a heavy focus was placed on the mobile map experience during the wireframe phase as well.
The majority of the heavy lifting, in regards to the layout decisions for the map interface were decided on in the wireframe phase. This allowed our design team to focus on integrating the Chattahoochee RiverLands already-established branding into the site in a way that was both visually pleasing and functional. Since the stories included within the maps spanned several categories, and each category had its own map associated, we installed a branded color-coding system assigned to each category/map.
The new website achieved the goal of providing an improved user experience and map functionality that is easy to use across all devices and demonstrates the subject-matter expertise of SCAPE through the integration of educational/research-based stories into the maps.
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The Japanese carmaker Nissan has warned the government that serious disruption will be caused to its huge manufacturing operation in the north-east of England if the UK fails to secure a deal with the EU that avoids a hard Brexit.
Carlos Ghosn, the chair of Nissan, has described its British operations as "a European investment based in the UK", which employs almost 8,000 people, mostly at its factory near Sunderland. A further 30,000 people are employed in UK companies supplying Nissan.
Like the other car manufacturers that use the UK as a base for exporting to the EU, Nissan relies on rapid, "just in time" importing of millions of components from the EU every day, with no customs delays or tariffs.
A hard Brexit – if the government has not agreed to a customs union or common standards to allow free movement of goods – would result in trading with EU countries on World Trade Organization rules, which apply 4.5% tariffs to car parts and 10% to finished cars.
Colin Lawther, a Nissan executive, told the House of Commons international trade committee in February 2017 that tariffs would add £500m to the plant's costs, which it might not survive, and that long delays of parts at borders would be a disaster for the operation.
In a statement to the Guardian authorised by the main board in Japan, Nissan said: "Since 1986, the UK has been a production base for Nissan in Europe. Our British-based research and development and design teams support the development of products made in Sunderland, specifically for the European market.
"Frictionless trade has enabled the growth that has seen our Sunderland plant become the biggest factory in the history of the UK car industry, exporting more than half of its production to the EU.
It is a sign of alarm at senior levels that Nissan has issued a statement, as the company has been restrained in public since the June 2016 referendum. Ghosn himself has issued repeated warnings that investment is on hold, saying in June this year that over the long term the Sunderland operation is threatened with decline .
In September 2016 he stated that the new Qashqai and X-Trail models which were due to be allocated to the Sunderland plant were on hold. Theresa May and the business secretary, Greg Clark, then met Ghosn and other Nissan executives to give assurances of financial support for the car industry, and for the strengthening of Nissan's UK supply chain, which led to the new models being commissioned at Sunderland.
Shinichi Iida, minister for public diplomacy and media at the Japanese embassy in London, also told the Guardian that Japanese companies, of which there are 1,000 in Britain employing 160,000 people directly, are responding to Brexit by taking "risk hedge measures".
Japanese financial institutions have already submitted applications to set up bases in European financial authorities such as Frankfurt and Amsterdam, he said, and some manufacturing companies are holding off future investment plans.
"If Japanese companies encounter problems in the UK I would not be surprised if they shift their balance towards their business operations on the continent," Iida said.
Senior executives at Toyota, BMW and the PSA Group, which owns Vauxhall, have all warned this week that they are likely to reduce their operations in the UK in the event of a hard Brexit. In September Ralf Speth, chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover, warned the prime minister that its operations faced grinding to a halt and that "tens of thousands" of jobs in the industry could be lost.


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Q: Btree Implementation in Postgres I am trying to write a query for suppose if User A (not approved user) invited to User B and User C and then User C invited User D, then if User A is accepted by the Admin then below tree get approved.
I have one table of invite which contains invite_by, invite_to and is_approved.
What I have done is:
When user get approved then I am getting the id from user table and then i am accepting like that I get to do till 4 chain. But I need some good solution and doing so I am running hell lot of queries.
After a bit search I got to know I can implement Btree in postgresDB to achieve that. I know I need to implement something multi-column indexes. But I am not getting  how to implement that. Can anyone help me out on this? Or what would be better query to write on this architecture. Thanks in advance

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Taking a break from getting Liam Nesson to snarl at things, Non-Stop and Run All Night director Jaume Collet-Serra turns his attention to making Blake Lively's life hell with The Shallows. Described as "Jaws for a new generation", Lively is a tourist surfing alone in a secluded beach, when a great white shark attack strands her only two hundred yards from the shore. It may only be a short distance from the shore, but getting there proves to a mammoth task.
This latest trailer certainly lives up to the movie's lofty claim, and while it is similar to 2003's Open Water, there is a lot of promise here. The maximum amount of tension is squeezed from the premise here (with some great cutting early on making for a genuine jump scare), and Lively does well playing off the hopelessness of her situation. Will it unseat Spielberg's classic as king of the shark movies? Probably not, but you better believe it will put up one hell of a fight.


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We had a great time yesterday. Joe was so knowledgeable about the beers and the brewing process and also the history of beer making which made the tastings so informative. We were given three different beers for the tastings and we also had a main course each; the chips in their skins were really good. Our trip to the Bottle Bar and Kitchen was by way of a groupon voucher which I had purchased for my husband as a christmas present.
Excellent bar snacks, food and great craft beer, and great place to relax and to watch the 6 nations rugby. Staff ver friendly and knowledgeable.
Fantastic food and choice of drinks - the Hunters chicken was especially tasty! The staff were really friendly and helpful, as we were eating they suggested we open a tab for our drinks which made it much easier to just pay for everything at the end. We reserved a table which turned out to be a sensible idea as if got quite busy during our time there. Would go back, and definitely recommend to anyone looking for food and drinks on a chilled Saturday afternoon.
Visited during restaurant week. Great value - 2 courses plus selected drink for £15 per head. Food was piping hot, extremely tasting and portions were really good. Great choice of beers obviously - nice to get draught beer from The Kernel brewery which I've never seen before in Newcastle. Staff were all very friendly and helpful. Will certainly visit again.
Very good food options washed down with some top quality beers. Knowledgeable staff able and willing to assist in the choice from a huge selection of beers. Supported by excellent cocktails and wines and the usual selection of 'better than average' spirits and mixers.
Had a great dinner & drinks. Very good menu and lively atmosphere considering it was Tuesday night. The staff are very helpful and we will definitely be back soon to sample some of the other dishes on the menu.
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ROME, ITALY - OCTOBER 31: A general view before the global premiere of Johnnie Walker Blue Labels Gentlemans Wager II at Villa Mondragone on October 31, 2015 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Guido De Bortoli/Getty Images for Johnnie Walker Blue Label)
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The Trump administration has turned its sights on the £1 billion-plus US market for Scotch whisky in a growing trade row between the US and European Union.
Scotland's national drink and Irish whiskey are among 89 products added to a list of goods potentially facing new import tariffs in America as the US Trade Representative's Office ratchets up the pressure on Brussels in a spat about aviation subsidies.
It is feared the new items, which also include sausages, cheeses, olives and coffee, could be facing tariffs of more than £3bn.
The initial list, announced in April, may be facing tariffs worth about £16.5bn in tit-for-tat measures in the long-running dispute over subsidies to US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and European rival Airbus.
The US is the world's largest export market for Scotch by value. The market was worth £1.04bn, or more than 22% of the global total, last year.
By volume it is the second largest market after France, with 137 million standard-sized 70cl bottles of whisky exported to America last year.
Sales of Diageo's iconic Johnnie Walker brand surged by 6% across the Atlantic last year as US and Canadian whisky drinkers clamoured for more of the world's top-selling Scotch.
A spokesman for the Scotch Whisky Association (Swa) said it was "disappointing" for Scotland's biggest export to be dragged into a trade war.
He added: "Exports of Scotch whisky to the US have been zero tariff for 20 years. The… industry has consistently opposed the imposition of tariffs, which harms economies on both sides of the Atlantic which depend on trade for their continued prosperity.
"We continue to urge the UK Government, the EU and the US government to resolve this situation."
He also highlighted the £70m-a-year benefit for the US economy from Scotland's whisky-makers using American bourbon casks for maturation.
GMB Scotland union secretary Gary Smith said: "This is a troubling look into the post-Brexit future and towards future trade negotiations with the US."
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A soldier returns from the war and his first stop is the home of his former lover. But shortly before his arrival, Anna has got engaged to another man who never made it to the front – Murk, a war-profiteer who is planning to modernise the factory of Anna's father. When the soldier, Andreas Kragler, realises that Anna is lost to him, he leaves and makes his way to the city to join the Spartacist Uprising against the repressive conservative government. The situation is becoming increasingly violent and shots are being fired as the insurgents attempt to take over the newspaper district. Meanwhile Anna reconsiders and hurries to the newspaper district to win Andreas back. When Kragler sees Anna it takes him only a minute before he turns his back on the revolution and goes home with his woman to a "big, white bed".
Bertolt Brecht was only twenty years old when he wrote his second play in 1919, Baal being the first. Trommeln in der Nacht was inspired by the Spartacist Uprising in Berlin in January 1919 and the assassination of socialist Kurt Eisner in Munich by German nationalist Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley on 21 February 1919 which resulted in the establishment of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament. Brecht was never satisfied with this early play because his anti-hero Kragler chooses to withdraw into his private idyll instead of joining the fight for a better world. Despite his dismissal of this play, Brecht never changed the ending. Director Christopher Rüpling dares to reimagine Brecht's original ending, asking what would happen if Kragler did not leave with Anna. He presents two different endings – the original ending as written in the play and an alternative ending, having Krager abandon Anna to lead the revolution, shown in alternate performances.
Just like 95 years ago, the auditorium is decked with posters stating "Glotzt nicht so romantisch" (Don't stare so romantically). There are only components of the set on the rather bare stage. Nils Kahnwald takes us back in time to the world premiere, reciting Lion Feuchtwanger's text praising the original production and a new talent, Bert Brecht. Whilst the cast are changing into their costumes, stagehands create the set in front of an intrigued audience. A blood-red cardboard moon is shining over a rather sketchy Berlin as the action unfolds in a bourgeois living room (stage design by Jonathan Mertz).
In the beginning of the performance, Rüping presents a bourgeois world with clear rules and boundaries. He adheres to a strict form including a fourth wall. The acting style of the first act is declamatory and full of pathos, emulating the actors of yesteryear. The cast avoid slipping into parody by taking this task quite seriously. Wiebke Puls's performance as Anna's mother is very rigid and intentionally funny whilst Hannes Hellmann impresses as the pragmatic patriarch, trying to convince his daughter that she should forget about Kragler who is "rotting and decaying" in some unknown grave. Nils Kahnwald's Murk resembles a matinee idol complete with Bel Ami moustache whilst wooing the fairly rebellious Anna as portrayed by Wiebke Mollenhauer. Christian Löber very much resembles a corpse as he enters Anna's home, covered in mud. Right from the start, Damien Rebgetz as the journalist Babusch is somewhat alien in this bourgeois society and essential to bringing the production into the here and now as he is pushing a jukebox on stage and singing Michael Jackson's hit "Billie Jean" and "I Shot the Sheriff".
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Review: 'Kairos. T.2/3', by Ulysse Malassagne
Posted by Fred Patten on Mon 17 Mar 2014 - 10:47
Kairos, volume 2 of 3, is out! (My thanks again to Lex Nakashima for making this review possible.) Volume 1 was published in France in April, with an animated cartoon trailer for the whole series by the author at his new Studio La Cachette. Niils and his mysterious girlfriend Anaëlle (whom he is trying to talk into becoming his fiancée) are camping out in the French countryside. She is kidnapped by anthropomorphic dragons dressed as Medieval soldiers, and taken "home" through a dimensional portal to the world that she apparently came from in the first place. Niils follows to rescue her, and is met in the countryside by two friendly inhabitants; Kuma, a dragon monk, and Koyot, a brown, beaky peasant.
Tome 2 begins with Niils, Kuma, and Koyot coming to a peasants' market town, where a big political argument is in progress between the supporters of the dragon royal family and those who accuse it of becoming tyrannical, weak, and no longer in touch with the people.
Roubaix, France, Ankama Éditions, October 2013, hardcover €11.90 (64 pages; on Amazon.fr).
Niils recognizes some of Anaëlle's kidnappers among the royal guard maintaining order between the two factions. He loses his temper and attacks the guards, demanding to know where Anaëlle is. Kuma and Koyot drag him off and all three escape. Niils goes on ahead, with Kuma and Koyot discussing that he is exhibiting more rage than love, and that when he becomes angry, Nills starts to change into something other than human. They come to the royal city, where the guards at first refuse to let them enter through the main gate. Kuma and Koyot are ready to back off and sneak in another way, when Niils becomes angrier than ever and attacks the entire dragon army. By this time it is clear that he is not human.
The story divides between Anaëlle in the castle tower, addressed as princess by the Queen, her mother, who begs her to accept her royal responsibility and reestablish the dynasty's link to the people which the king has abandoned; and Niils in the dungeon with the revolutionary leaders, who ask him to take over the leadership from them. Niils refuses, saying that he only wants to find Anaëlle and return with her to Earth. "You're stupid," says one of the rebels, "incapable of seeing any further than your nose. The love of your life who is kidnapped, and a princess who has just returned to her kingdom … do you really see no connection between them?" Tome 2 ends with the dragon royal guard prepared to defend the castle, and an advancing army of commoners led by Niils who is transformed halfway into a dragon.
That summary includes about every spoiler that it could. But it's not the plot that makes "Kairos" a winner, but the way that Malagasse develops it, plus Malagasse's art which is halfway between funny-animal cartoony and dramatic. It is simultaneously funny and suspenseful, and always fast-moving. Tome 1's cliffhanger ending was whether Niils would find Anaëlle in a whole new world. Tome 2's is just what Niils is, and what is his destiny? Tome 3 will wrap it all up.
Malassagne has an online blog, Carnets d'Aventures, full of cartoon sketches, where he mostly talks about his backpacking and mountaineering trips about the French countryside. It is mostly in French, but every so often somebody asks him in English about Kairos, and he answers in English. This is from October:
Q: williecolemaniii asked:
Any plans for Kairos to be released in North America? which looks AMAZING by the way!
A: Well, for now, there is no plan for a North America release of Kairos, but I hope someday it will happen! ?(But if you try very hard, I think you might find an unofficial english translation on the internet…)
Update (May 31, 2020): An official English translated collection is now out – in hardback, and on Kindle. There's also a French paperback collection.
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Since the publication in 2013 of the Strategic Guidelines on the sustainable development of European aquaculture, the European Commission has been working closely with Member States to address the obstacles hindering the development of the sector, primarily at the national level. As highlighted in the European Committee of the Regions' Opinion on "The Future of European Aquaculture", however, Regions have a key role to play in creating the right conditions for the development of EU aquaculture, through efficient licencing procedures, spatial planning, promotion of local products and other initiatives.
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Passing this on as I know and love this plane (got to fly it for about 30 hours in 2015) but can't afford to buy it myself.
It's in truly great condition... "Like new " is not an exaggeration.
Seller dropped price to $69K or make offer.
The seller Stephen ... Not me.


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Half Of Americans Say They'll Take a COVID-19 Vaccine—Here's What The Other Half Thinks
Verywell surveyed 1,000 Americans to learn what's driving vaccine decisions
Jennifer Welsh
Jennifer Welsh is a Connecticut-based science writer and editor with over ten years of experience under her belt. She's previously worked and written for WIRED Science, The Scientist, Discover Magazine, LiveScience, and Business Insider.
Fact checked by James Lacy on January 15, 2021
As manufacturers produce and distribute COVID-19 vaccines over the next several months, Americans have a big choice: Will they take the vaccine when offered?
Most think the decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine is a simple yes or no in consultation with a doctor. But in a survey of 1,000 Americans in December, Verywell found that people's feelings on the vaccines are varied and influenced by a variety of sources, from their family, friends, and news consumption to their financial situation and more.
Fifty-three percent of respondents to the survey say they would take a free COVID-19 vaccine when offered. However, 20% don't know if they would and 27% say they definitely wouldn't.
It is essential to understand why some people are saying they won't or may not take a vaccine. If too few people get vaccinated, COVID-19 will continue spreading, straining the healthcare system and necessitating regional lockdowns and their economic fallout.
The survey sample highlighted three types of respondents based on their answer to whether or not they'd get an FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine if it were freely available:
Acceptors: Those who would agree to be vaccinated.
Rejectors: Those who would not agree to take a vaccine.
Undecideds: Those who don't know if they would take a vaccine.
Verywell will survey people every two weeks to understand how these feelings change over time as vaccines become more prevalent. In the coming weeks, we'll watch how these themes and trends progress, and we'll walk you through them. At this point in time, the most popular reason to get a COVID-19 vaccine is a return to normalcy, and the most common reason not to get a vaccine involves a fear of side effects.
Side Effects Are the Top Concern—And Social Media Isn't Helping
Regardless of whether or not they currently plan to get a vaccine, survey respondents—63% of them—are at least somewhat concerned about side effects. More women (53%) are concerned than men (34%).
Side effect concerns are most prevalent among those who aren't sure if they'll even take the vaccine (86%), with people flat-out opposed to the vaccine not far behind (78%).
While the currently-available vaccines were developed and distributed at a record-setting pace, report after report emphasizes safety wasn't sacrificed along the way. In addition to ongoing clinical trials, each vaccine was also subject to a review from a panel of scientists who are independent of their manufacturers. As a result, so far, most side effects are mild, including pain and redness at the injection site, headache, and body aches.
But clinical trial data isn't as compelling or as far-reaching as social media posts from groups who oppose vaccines. A May study of over 1,300 Facebook anti-vaccination pages followed by 85 million people shows those pages are more frequently linked to than pro-vaccine content. And anti-vax pages demonstrate a strong ability to keep those who are undecided about vaccines highly-engaged. The reason? More "potentially attractive narratives," study authors say, ranging from conspiracy theories to safety concerns.
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Those narratives may be striking a chord with some of our survey participants. Social media is the biggest driver of COVID-19 vaccine information among respondents who said they will not get a shot. In fact, 63% say they learn about COVID-19 from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, compared to only 43% of those who will actually get the vaccine.
On the other hand, 50% of those who plan to vaccinate say they see COVID-19 information in online or print news sources, versus just 38% of those who don't plan to vaccinate. Across the board, however, respondents are getting most of their COVID-19 updates from TV news.
30% of those surveyed get at least some of their COVID-19 news from friends and family.
Friends and Family Can Change People's Minds
Research shows that feelings on vaccines are generally impacted by both what we watch and read as well as the people we surround ourselves with —and our survey bears this out:
89% of those who plan to get a vaccine think at least some of their friends and family will agree to be vaccinated.
41% of those opposed to the shot say that none of their friends and family will agree to be vaccinated, compared to only 3% of vaccine acceptors and 6% of the undecided group.
46% of undecided survey respondents say they don't know if their friends and family will get vaccinated. Comparatively, just 20% of vaccine rejectors and 8% of acceptors say they don't know where their friends and family stand.
At this time, respondents fall in line with what they expect their loved ones are thinking and doing. But some of their other survey responses suggest more open-mindedness in the future. For example, a third of those who are undecided about the vaccine say they'd feel optimistic if their loved ones chose to get vaccinated. And while 33% of those who reject the vaccine say they'd feel scared if loved ones got the shot, another 22% report they'd feel curious about it themselves.
It's likely people will become more accepting of the COVID-19 vaccine as more people they know receive it. Hearing about the experiences of others should help eliminate much of the fear of the unknown, especially if serious side effect rates remain low. Pfizer has reported just 21 incidents of anaphylaxis reactions out of 2 million vaccines administered, and each person recovered.
COVID-19 Vaccines: Stay up to date on which vaccines are available, who can get them, and how safe they are.
The Biggest Difference Between Undecideds and Rejectors
At this stage of the vaccine rollout, those opposed and those on the fence are fairly aligned on their reasons for not wanting to get vaccinated. But what really separates those who won't get the COVID-19 vaccine from those who aren't sure is a lack of confidence in vaccines in general. Twenty-three percent of those who don't plan to get vaccinated cited a mistrust of all vaccines, compared to 7% of those who are uncertain about getting vaccinated.
This anti-vaccine stance is by no means a trait in all respondents who don't plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine, in particular. But this statistic illustrates that about a quarter of the rejector group is likely anti-vaccine.
Just like Verywell's results, a Harvard analysis of two national surveys published in the fall of 2020 shows a quarter of respondents would refuse a COVID-19 vaccine, and a mistrust of science was a driving factor for 22% of that group. These numbers, according to the analysis, are dangerously large enough to disrupt the path to herd immunity—the amount of the population that needs to be vaccinated to contain the spread of COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable groups.
There will always be a portion of the population who can't take a vaccine (for instance, those allergic to the components) and whose health will rely on herd immunity from people who are vaccinated. Ensuring as many people take the vaccine as possible helps protect everyone.
Socioeconomic Factors Deepen the Divide
While the majority of respondents (70%) say their day-to-day life is at least somewhat different now compared to before the pandemic, only 35% of those who don't plan to get the vaccine feel this way. They're more likely than the undecided respondents to say that they don't know anyone who's tested positive for COVID-19, and only 34% say they are worried about COVID-19—much less than other groups.
But this group may have more immediate things to worry about. Thirty-five percent say they're concerned about putting food on the table, compared to 15% of those who plan to get the vaccine. Over half of those who don't plan to vaccinate (60%) and those who are undecided (57%) have a household income of under $50,000 a year; only 45% of people who plan to vaccinate fall into that income bracket.
Those who won't get the vaccine are three times as likely to be uninsured as those who do plan to get it.
Though the COVID-19 vaccine will be provided at no cost, it's possible that other costs—be it time cost to get the vaccine, especially in rural areas, or loss of job productivity from side effects—could be driving the hesitancy or rejection of vaccination, especially for those who don't think COVID-19 is a big deal.
The general U.S. population's feelings about COVID-19 vaccines are varied and wide-ranging. The goal of this survey is to monitor how these trends develop over the next several weeks and months, as the vaccines roll out and the pandemic progresses, and to get a greater understanding of what's fueling these vaccine-related decisions.
COVID-19 has stressed and strained most of us to some extent. Understanding each other a little better, being a bit more empathetic to our neighbors' thoughts and feelings, and working together will help us all get through the next several months.
Verywell conducted the above research as an online survey, fielded to 1,000 adults living in the U.S. from December 16 to December 20, 2020. Demographics were as follows:
Gender: 48% Male, 51% Female, 0% Nonbinary or an identity not listed
Age: 10% Gen Z, 31% Millennials, 18% Gen X, 31% Boomers, 11% Silent
Region: 24% West, 38% South, 17% Northeast, 21% Midwest
Location: 34% Urban, 46% Suburban, 20% Rural
Race/Ethnicity: 65% White, 15% Black or African American, 19% Hispanic/Latino or Latinx, 6% Asian, 1% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, 1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1% Another background not mentioned
Politics: 40% Democrat, 28% Republican, 25% Independent, 7% Other/Prefer not to say
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One ambition in Dan Vlamis's career has been to build a community of people who work together to tap the analytical power inside the Oracle Database. As a board member for the young and energetic user group for business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics (BIWA SIG), he's busy fulfilling this goal. Senior Editor Jeff Erickson spoke with him at the group's annual event, the BIWA Summit.


Hutton House in east Durham was formerly the rectory to the adjacent parish church and a family home dating back to 1824. Grade II listed, the historic building was created for the Reverend Thomas Slater, but has been outside the ownership of the church in private hands for some years. The handsome, brick-built property reflects the high standing of the parish priest in village life in the early 19th Century, a prominent home built for an important figure with high ceilings, large bay windows to the front and ecclesiastical gate-posts leading initially onto a lengthy, tree-lined tarmac driveway with estate fencing. From here, gates open to a gravel driveway leading to Hutton House itself. Today, its location next to the church but outside the village is ideal for lending privacy and seclusion, while its scale and versatility offer potential and several options for a large family home as well as business opportunities. With approximately 11 acres of land, it is ideal for an equestrian family, while a range of attractive outbuildings facing a rear courtyard could be developed as holiday lets with the necessary planning permission. The period charm and character of the Georgian property interior has been preserved over the years, beginning with the original oak floor and stained-glass features in the reception hallway, and Victorian Lincrusta to the hall, wide curving staircase and landing. Both the reception rooms with the bay windows looking out to the gardens have a period open grate fireplace and are presented in immaculate and elegant style.
There are four substantial reception rooms in total, complemented by a 40ft long dining kitchen fitted with country-style bespoke units and centre island, twin Belfast sinks, granite worktops and a range cooker.
There are five double bedrooms on the first floor, two at the front benefiting from bay windows replicating those below and views to two sides.
The luxury family bathroom boasts a free-standing clawfoot bath and large separate shower.
As well as the land, Hutton House has a large, established garden with a pond, gazebo and sun terrace. A parterre with steps leads onto the land at the house at the front, while to the side is another large area of sunny garden with a lawn and mature shrubs and trees.
Despite its proximity to the A19, which offers easy access to the region s main centres, Hutton Henry has a rural feel and is surrounded by farmland and countryside.
Hutton Henry is a quiet village surrounded by countryside and located near to the A19 which provides simple routes to surrounding cities.


Wet Tile Saws come in many shapes and sizes. So, the individual has a wide variety of wet tile saws to choose from and can expect to pay anywhere from about a 100 dollar to 900 hundred dollars. They will notice there are several distinctive types of saws available. Some of them are made of plastic or metal, and can have different safety features. The MK diamond, craftsman, Neiko, Felker, DeWalt is just a few of the most popular brand that is ready for use. There is a wide selection of wet table saw that is available on the market today, and come in a variety of sizes. It is perfect for the individual, which likes to do home remodeling, and many professionals use a wet tile saw every day.
With a large variety of wet tile saws to choose from, an individual will have the ability to select what type of saw blade they prefer. Some of these blades vary in size from 4 inches to an 8 inch blade, which has the ability of cutting porcelain, ceramic, marble, granite, slate, terra-cotta and much more. What the adjustable blade an individual can make the most difficult cuts professionally. It has no problem giving you a clean, accurate cut every time. It will also give superb cuts for diagonal lines, miter cuts, corners, and even the narrowest slivers. All of these cuts can be done quickly and efficiently, because of the adjustable blade and safety guards better on most of the tile saws.
Some of the wet tile saws have excellent safety features. They have the ability of a locking wheel system. So that the machine will remain stationary, while in individual is using the laser cutting guide to have accurate cuts. The water pump system will keep the machine cool as the water spills over the tile preventing any damage to the delicate tile that is being cut to precision. Most of them will also have a side extension table so that an individual can cut a large 12 inch piece of tile accurately, without any hesitation.
Most of the wet tile saws come in a variety of sizes. Some of them are small, but can still have a huge impact on-the-job in which a person is doing. The majority of the wet table saws are made of metal. However, some individuals prefer the plastic tile saws, because they are small and an individual can set up their workstation directly in the area in, which they are working. Many of the weekend warriors, who would like to do home repairs prefer the smaller models. They are fairly inexpensive, and can do the same job as some of the heavy duty professional grade. On the other hand, a professional, who installs tile for a living will prefers the larger models favoured by the professional, steel table wet tile saws, because they use it more frequently, and are designed for a bigger job.
Each degree of craftsmen requires a different tool the best meets the need of the work. During the process of choosing a tile saw, it is vital to ensure that you choose the right one. For most diligent users, the most rugged tile saws are the best option.
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how far the construction of the castle had progressed by then. The fortress has successfully survived all sieges, primarily. The museum has many unique and exciting items and the visit is free! . Learn about the war at the Norwegian Resistance Museum. The fortress was liberated on, when it was handed over to Terje Rollem on behalf of the Norwegian resistance movement. Get help with directions using the map provided bellow: View Larger Map).
Here you can experience the military history of Norway from the Middle Ages to the years after World War. Akershus Fortress - Visitor info, a visit to Akershus Castle is a journey through the history of Norway from the 1300s to the present day. Akershus Fortress History, t he Akershus Fortress was built in the late 1290s by King Hkon V to ward off attacks from the Norwegian nobleman, Earl Alv Erlingsson of Sarpsborg. The castle becoming a royal residence also played a significant in the process where the capital for Norway was moved from Bergen to Oslo. Particularly well-known people to have been imprisoned there include author Gjest Baardsen (17911849 and the similarly idealized thief Ole Hiland. The medieval castle, which was completed in the 14th century, had a strategic location at the very tip of the headland, and withstood a number of sieges throughout the ages, primarily by Swedish forces. Akershus Fortress is a medieval castle situated in Oslo city centre.


2010 Wall Calendars are Ready!
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In these days of iPhones, Blackberries, Internet portals and computerized reminder services, I still find a wall calendar a very welcome, colorful and useful tool for my office and home. If you feel the same or know of someone who does, check out the 2010 Views Infinitum Wall Calendar.
I have selected 12 of my best photos from the blog from a variety of subjects you see here weekly. You can preview the entire calender by clicking on the ad to the left or the link above. The calendar is printed on durable 100lb. paper stock and measures 11 x 17 inches when hung on a wall or bulletin board. The price is only $19.99 (US currency) plus Shipping.
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Nice work on the calendar, I have always loved the look of a calendar as well !!
Great shots for the 12 months.
A beautiful calendar. I like having a wall calendar as well, I like things that "are really there", if you know what I mean. It's ironic, but I don't like computers that much.. I have already bought a calendar for 2010, but maybe I'll buy one as a christmas present…? BTW, I'm wondering if you will check out the challenge at my blog?
What a neat idea, Scott. I was thinking of doing a photo book, myself, but a calendar is more useful.


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'Compressed' exams and early results day: Post-qualification admissions proposals revealed
DfE campaign calls on skilled workers to teach part-time in FE
Exam dates could be brought forward or 'compressed' to allow for extra time to process university applications under new proposals for post-qualification admissions (PQA).
The Department for Education opened its consultation into the proposed changes for a PQA system into higher education today.
One model would see students apply to university after receiving their A-level results, while a second model would allow pupils to make 'pre-qualification' applications but would likewise only receive offers after results are announced.
Under the first model there would be the need for a longer application window which would be created by moving A-level results day forward from mid-August to the end of July and pushing back university term start dates to "no earlier than the first week of October".
This would allow "at least six weeks" for the processing of applications and the making of offers.
The DfE explains it is exploring different options which would allow it to move results day earlier with the preferred route being "to compress the exam timetable, the marking period and the requirement for UCAS to receive results data well in advance of results day".
Another option could include exams being held earlier "but the feasibility and impact of this" will be explored through the consultation.
Under this model it is noted students may require support in choosing courses and completing applications but if teachers were expected to provide this support it could have implications for their statutory terms and conditions.
The consultation states: "Our preference would be to avoid affecting teachers' conditions or workloads as much as possible."
Under the second model, applications would be made during term-time, as they are now, but offers would come after results day.
A benefit of this model would be students "require significantly less support over the summer with their applications" – which would have less impact on teachers.
The DfE states this route could be implemented with smaller changes to results day – only bringing it forward by a week or two – and term start dates and "could create a longer window of approximately 9-10 weeks for the making and accepting of offers".
Learners would apply in the normal way at around the same time as they currently do. However applications would be held in the system until results day and offers are only made once results are known.
In order to ensure no offers are made in advance a third party, such as UCAS, would hold the full application until results day – with headline data released to providers to enable the planning on intakes.
Gavin Williamson explained the proposal has come about as it "is becoming increasingly evident that the current system of admissions to higher education is preventing some students from reaching their full potential at the first hurdle" and PQA could "level-up" admissions for disadvantaged students.
UCAS previewed this consultation last November, by putting forward the option of a post-qualification admissions system, or a post-qualifications application model where the entire process of applying for university or college took place after results were distributed.
Post-qualification admissions was the preferred option, as UCAS' director of strategy, policy and public affairs John Cope said it could "significantly" level up the playing field for further education and skills providers.
Last year a study by the Sutton Trust into reforming university admissions 66 per cent of just over 500 students surveyed in September felt a post-qualification approach would be fairer than the current system of predicted grades, with 30 per cent saying it would be "much fairer".
In the equality analysis accompanying the consultation it finds that PQA "is likely to have a positive impact on high attaining but disadvantaged students".
While some evidence suggests "students from a white background are more likely to be positively impacted by moving to a system no longer based on predicted grade . .. in any case, it is likely that White and Black students will benefit most from the implementation of post qualification admissions."
The consultation closes on May 13.


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$100 Million Fund Created By YouTube For Black Creators And Artists
YouTube's Spotlight channel will also highlight racial justice issues, promote educational videos, and protest coverage and include the latest perspectives from the Black community on YouTube.
A multiyear, $100 million fund that is dedicated to "amplify" the voices of black creators and artists on its platform is announced by YouTube last Thursday.
CEO Susan Wojcicki wrote in a blog post, "At YouTube, we believe Black lives matter and we all need to do more to dismantle systemic racism. We're committed to doing better as a platform to center and amplify Black voices and perspectives."
Wojcicki announced that this Saturday, June 13, YouTube will host a Livestream fundraising event to kick the initiative off produced by YouTube Originals, called "Bear Witness, Take Action." It will be hosted by Common and Keke Palmer. According to Variety, it will be structured with roundtable discussions and panels, along with powerful live moments, musical tributes, and more. The event begins Saturday, June 13, at 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT.
Moderators include Roland S. Martin, Jemele Hill and Soledad O'Brien, as performances include Trey Songz, John Legend, and more. Viewers can expect to see Kimberly N. Foster, Alicia Garza, Roxane Gay, Eddie Glaude, Kimberly Jones, Jouelzy, MN FATS, Prince EA, Rashad Robinson, and more as panelists.
All throughout the month of June, YouTube's Spotlight channel will highlight racial justice issues, promote educational videos, and protest coverage and include the latest perspectives from the Black community on YouTube.
"I support the Black Lives Matter movement and I think it's imperative that we help amplify Black voices and continue the conversation about meaningful change and racial justice," said Susanne Daniels, YouTube's global head of original content. "YouTube has a unique ability to unite creators, artists, and powerful voices within the Black community to encourage the world to stand up and speak out for racial justice."
"Bear Witness, Take Action" is produced by LeBron James' SpringHill Entertainment, Fly on the Wall and Byron Phillps. Reginald Hudlin serves as executive producer and showrunner.
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Virginia Sheriff Apologizes After Arresting Pastor for Wielding Gun to Defend Himself Against Racist Mob
All five members of the group were arrested, charged with felony abduction and two misdemeanors, assault by a mob and assault in a hate crime.
Saying It's 'Unfortunate' More Black People Haven't Died Of COVID-19 Gets Louisiana Cop Fired
Police Chief affirmed that this behavior is not tolerated within his department. However, others say he was taken out of context.
'It Will Be Safe': Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Assures Students As Schools Return In Fall
Upon schools reopening, districts will additionally have the right to decide if students and staff are required to wear masks or be tested for coronavirus symptoms.


Behind the Curtain: 2016 Editorial Statistics | Caffeinated Press, Inc.
Publishers receive a lot of unsolicited pitches to read. Authors, for their part, want to know what magical incantations it takes to pierce the veil so as to transform a manuscript into a published book.
In preparation for our annual board-of-directors strategic planning retreat, we assembled some basic editorial statistics about inbound queries for our long-form works (novels, textbooks).
For the sake of transparency and to help you better understand how you can hone your incantation query package, we're offering a peek behind the curtain so you can see what happens on our end of the submission form.
Caveat: The numbers you see below do not reflect submissions to our Brewed Awakenings anthology or The 3288 Review literary journal. The journal alone sees between 200 and 300 submissions per issue; I'll leave it to my esteemed colleague John to publish journal stats at 3288review.com if he's so inclined.
14 percent of queries were accepted for a full manuscript read. Not all of those actually received a contract offer — only 10.9 percent of currently adjudicated queries have resulted in an invitation to submit the full manuscript followed by an invitation to contract. This rate is actually very high, but it's also a function of our relative newness in the literary marketplace, insofar as we haven't experienced the deluge of wildly incompetent work that other publishers have complained about. I suspect that a mix of our size, age and lengthy editorial guidelines have opened us mostly to authors of a bit more serious bent.
On average, we took 22.6 days to respond. The median response was 17.5 days. The longest response took 106 days. Two thirds of all queries received a response between 1 and 44 days.
To put the above point into a different perspective: If you ignore the guidelines violations and look at only rejected works that had been fully vetted, 68 percent were rejected because of language or structure problems with the story.
A full 40 percent of submissions reflect literary fiction. An additional 18 percent were poetry, 8 percent private anthologies and 7 percent non-fiction, leaving 27 percent for genre fiction.
Lengths fell across the board — 52.3 percent as standard novels (50k-90k words) and 7.7 percent as long novels (90k+). Despite that our editorial guidelines are clear that long-form works of less than 50k words are a challenge, 31 percent of submissions were for short novels, novellas, novelettes or individual short stories. The remaining 9 percent? Poetry.
Caffeinated Press emphasizes authors with a connection to West Michigan. A full 39 percent of submitters were local and an additional 17 percent professed connection through studying here or frequently visiting the area. Nearly 44 percent of submitting authors expressed no connection to the region whatsoever.
Later in the year, we started a qualitative assessment (excellent-good-fair-poor) of the full query package, including the parts that our editorial team doesn't see. Of the 28 packages received after this assessment started, only one rated as "excellent" for both the cover letter and the synopsis; seven were "poor" for both.
There's no special trick authors must play to get a fair assessment of their material. The old ground rules are still the same: Write a good cover letter. Read the editorial guidelines for every market you pitch and conform to the recipients' standards. Have a well-prepared synopsis on hand in case you need it. Don't pitch your stuff to a publisher or agent unless you're sure it's a good fit — checking catalogs helps.
Significantly, we kick out a lot of material that doesn't even minimally conform to our technical requirements for review. Of the stuff that does get before our editors, most (a whopping 68 percent!) were rejected because of problems with the story — plot, characterization, conflict, genre conformance or other structural challenges — or because of spelling and grammar errors in the text.
A good group of seasoned beta readers will contribute significantly to your queries not landing in that unfortunate 68-percent pile.
Do these statistics seem daunting to you? I suspect you'll find that being good at the basics of querying will help get your work reviewed, and using beta readers will see your work float closer to the top of the acceptance pile. There's no magical incantation, just hard work.


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"Since the beginning of his architectural career in the 1970s, Frenchman Jean Nouvel has broken the aesthetic of modernism and post-modernism to create a stylistic language all his own. He places enormous importance on designing a building harmonious with its surroundings," said Bill Lacy in his book, One Hundred Contemporary Architects. Lacy, who was executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize from 1988 until 2005 when he retired, continued, "In the end that building's design may borrow from traditional and non-traditional forms, but its presentation is entirely unique."
Jean Nouvel's projects transform the landscapes in which they are built, often becoming major urban events in their own right. His unique approach, driven by the specificities of context, program, and site has proven effective in numerous successes around the world.
One such success, a building that first brought Nouvel international recognition is the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) in Paris where one of its facades is made entirely of mechanical oculi operated by photoelectric cells that automatically open and close in response to light levels. The French critic, Alain de Gourcuff, said of it, "The overall effect is at once highly decorative in a Middle Eastern way and projects state-of-the-art electronics."
Commissioned in 1981 as one of the first Grand Projects initiated by President Francois Mitterand, IMA was completed in 1987 and consists of a museum, a library, temporary exhibit spaces, children's workshops, a documentation center, an auditorium and a rooftop restaurant. A+U described the building as "a modern western building that pays tribute to Arabic culture."
The Arab World Institute is just one of more than two hundred projects by Jean Nouvel that the Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury has singled out in its formal citation.
The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota is another of the projects mentioned in the citation. The Pritzker Jury says of the Guthrie, "The iconic Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota both merges and contrasts with its surroundings. It is responsive to the city and the nearby Mississippi River, and yet, it is also an expression of theatricality and the magical world of performance."
That "theatricality" is no accident. Nouvel has often compared his role as architect to that of the film director. In an interview published in El Croquis in 2002, he said, "Everything is theatrical. I have worked for a long time as a scenographer, even on social housing ... scenography is the relationship between objects and matter that we want to display to somebody who is watching. In effect, in every building there is a way of proving a three-hundred-and-sixty degree view over the landscape, as in Lucerne. The use of the word scenography doesn't bother me as long as it is used in the right sense." In other interviews, he has often said that architecture and the cinema are very close.
"Architecture exists, like cinema, in a dimension of time and movement. One thinks, conceives and reads a building in terms of sequences. To erect a building is to predict and seek effects of contrast and linkage bound up with the succession of spaces through which one passes," Nouvel explains.
The reference to Lucerne is to his Cultural and Conference Center completed in 2000 in that Swiss city. Nouvel has described it as "an example of the principle of framing the landscape. It is a building on an exceptional site, by the lake, facing the town. The entire town can be seen from the foyer."
The Lucerne Cultural and Conference Center along with the Cartier Foundation in Paris are two more of Nouvel's completed projects that the Pritzker Jury mentions in their citation as making "dematerialization palpable." The citation calls attention to Nouvel's Endless Tower, a 400-meter-high structure for Paris intended to be the tallest building in Europe. For the jury, that project's importance was "the building's skin, which changed materials as it progressed upward—from granite to aluminum to stainless steel to glass—becoming increasingly diaphanous before disappearing into the sky."
Although that tower has never been realized, Nouvel has a project underway in New York City, a mixed use tower next door to the Museum of Modern Art, called Tour de Verre. It was also recently announced that he has designed a high-rise condominium, Suncal Tower, for the Century City area of Los Angeles.
In the book titled Jean Nouvel: Elements of Architecture, Conway Lloyd Morgan writes, "Nouvel's buildings engage our interest through their consistency of purpose, within the range of their visual or technical complexities. Very often the sequence of impressions one of his buildings creates—from distance to detail, through the arrangement, proportions, and linking of interior elements, in the handling of mass and façade, by the use of color and light—works in harmonious parallel with the purposes and functions of the building: the qualities of commodity, firmness and delight cited centuries ago by Vitruvius."
The Vitruvius reference was perhaps prophetic. It refers to Ten Books on Architecture dedicated some 2000 years ago to the Roman Emperor Augustus, which Henry Wotton in his 1624 treatise, The Elements of Architecture, translated as: "The end is to build well. Well-building hath three conditions: commodity, firmness and delight." Those three words, "firmness, commodity and delight," are inscribed on the Pritzker Medal.
In his own words, Nouvel says, "Critics have defined me as a conceptual architect, that is, one who works more with words than with drawings. I mistrust drawings as fixing things too early in the creative process, while words liberate. I believe the architect is a man who says something."
Nouvel was born in Fumel in southwestern France in 1945, the son of Roger Nouvel, a history teacher who went on to become the chief county school superintendent, and Renée Nouvel, a high school English teacher. His father's duties in administration required them to move around frequently, and by the time Jean was eight, they moved to Sarlat, a place Nouvel characterizes as a "medieval town with a lot of architecture." In those years, he confesses he often slipped out to go to the cinema, an influence that would become important in later years. He was sixteen before one of his professors taught him to draw and truly introduced him to the arts. Up to that time, his parents had placed great emphasis on mathematics and languages. He feels that they were steering him toward a career in education or engineering. When he told them he would like to attend the Beaux Arts school, they objected. A compromise was reached that he would study architecture because being an artist was too risky. Although he failed an entry exam for a school in Bordeaux, when he was twenty, he went to Paris and won first prize in a national competition to attend Beaux Arts there. To earn money while going to school, he took a job in the architecture practice of Claude Parent and Paul Virilio. After being with them for only a year, he was made project manager for an eighty-unit apartment complex. By the time he was 25, he had finished school and had his own office in partnership with François Seigneur.
Nouvel credits Parent with guiding jobs to his fledgling office, and perhaps even more importantly, with recommending him for the job of director of the Paris Biennale, which allowed Nouvel to design exhibits for some fifteen years, and make many contacts in the art and theater worlds.
From 1972 to 1984, Nouvel was successively associated with Gilbert Lezenes, Jean-Francois Guyot and Pierre Soria. In 1985, he concurrently founded Jean Nouvel et Associés with three of his junior project architects: Emmanuel Blamont, Jean-Marc Ibos and Mirto Vitart. In 1988, he formed with Emmanuel Cattani, JNEC. Some six years later, in 1994, he created his current firm, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, with Michel Pélissié. His main office in Paris today consists of some 140 people, one of the largest architectural practices in France.
In addition, Ateliers Jean Nouvel has site offices in London, Copenhagen, New York, Rome, Madrid and Barcelona. They count over 40 active projects in 13 countries. The firm has built museums, concert halls, conference centers, theaters, hotels, collective housing, office buildings, commercial centers, and private residences around the world. Jean Nouvel has two sons with Odile Fillion, who is a filmmaker. Bertrand, his first born in 1979, is currently doing his post-doctorate work in computer science at the University of Chiba in Japan. Pierre, who was born in 1981, is a director, producer and theater designer at Factoid, his own company. Jean Nouvel also has a daughter, Sarah, born in 1994 to his second wife, Catherine Richard. He currently lives with the Swedish architect Mia Hagg whose practice called Habiter Autrement (HA) is in Paris.
Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA or Arab World Institute),
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Nemausus I public housing
Nimes, France
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Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art
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Cultural and Conference Center
Lucerne, Switzerland
Agbar Tower
Guthrie Theater
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Quai Branly Museum
Tour de Verre
2007 (in progress)
Courtesy Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel of France Becomes the 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
Jean Nouvel of Paris, France has been chosen as the 2008 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The formal ceremony for what has come to be known throughout the world as architecture's highest honor will be held on June 2 in Washington, D.C. at the Library of Congress. At that time, a $100,000 grant and a bronze medallion will be bestowed on the 62-year old architect.
Nouvel who came to international attention with the completion of his Institut du Monde Arabe (usually referred to as IMA) in 1987 as one of President Francois Mitterand's Grands Travaux in Paris, now has several projects in the United States, including the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis completed in 2006, a 75-story tower (Tour Verre) next door to MOMA in New York, and recently announced plans for a high rise condominium (Suncal Tower) in the Century City district of Los Angeles. In Europe, some of his other important works are the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art (Paris 1994), the Branly Museum (Paris 2006), the Agbar Tower (Barcelona 2005), a Courthouse (Nantes 2000), a Cultural and Conference Center (Lucerne 2000), an Opera House (Lyon 1993), and Expo 2002 (Switzerland). Also currently under construction is a concert hall in Copenhagen.
Although the bulk of his work is in France, he has designed projects all over the world, including Japan, Spain, England, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Korea, Mexico, Israel, Brazil, Qatar, Lebanon, Cyprus, Iceland, UAE, Taiwan, Malaysia, Portugal, Kuwait, Morocco, Russia and the U.S.—well over two hundred in all.
In announcing the jury's choice, Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, quoted from the jury citation, "Of the many phrases that might be used to describe the career of architect Jean Nouvel, foremost are those that emphasize his courageous pursuit of new ideas and his challenge of accepted norms in order to stretch the boundaries of the field." And further, Pritzker added, "The jury acknowledged the 'persistence, imagination, exuberance, and, above all, an insatiable urge for creative experimentation' as qualities abundant in Nouvel's work."
In Nouvel's own words, "My interest has always been in an architecture which reflects the modernity of our epoch as opposed to the rethinking of historical references. My work deals with what is happening now—our techniques and materials, what we are capable of doing today."
Pritzker Prize jury chairman, Lord Palumbo elaborated with more of the citation: "Since establishing his Paris based practice in the 1970s, Nouvel has pushed himself, as well as those around him, to consider new approaches to conventional architectural problems.
For Nouvel, in architecture there is no "style" a priori. Rather, a context, interpreted in the broadest sense to include culture, location, program and client, provokes him to develop a different strategy for each project."
Nouvel is the second laureate to be chosen from France, the first being Christian de Portzamparc in 1994. Although 2008 marks the thirtieth anniversary, he is the thirty-second laureate since the prize was founded in 1979. There were two laureates chosen in 1988 and again in 2001.
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Of the many phrases that might be used to describe the career of architect Jean Nouvel, foremost are those that emphasize his courageous pursuit of new ideas and his challenge of accepted norms in order to stretch the boundaries of the field. For over 30 years, Jean Nouvel has pushed architecture's discourse and praxis to new limits. His inquisitive and agile mind propels him to take risks in each of his projects, which, regardless of varying degrees of success, have greatly expanded the vocabulary of contemporary architecture.
Since establishing his Paris-based practice in the 1970s, Nouvel has pushed himself, as well as those around him, to consider new approaches to conventional architectural problems. He is not interested in a unified approach or accepted typologies. He likes ruptures of scale and form that move the viewer from one aesthetic sensibility to another. "I am glad if a project can be ten thousand projects simultaneously," Nouvel has said.
The manipulation of light and of layers of transparency and opacity are recurring themes in Nouvel's work. His Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute), built in Paris 1987, was designed with adjustable metal lenses embedded in its south-facing glass façade to control light to the interior, a modern twist on traditional Arab latticework. His Tour Sans Fins (Endless Tower) was selected as the winning entry of a 1989 competition to construct a skyscraper in the La Defense area near Paris. More important than the height of the proposed 400–meter high structure, intended, at the time, to be the tallest tower in Europe, was the building's skin, which changed materials as it progressed upward—from granite to aluminum to stainless steel to glass—becoming increasingly diaphanous before disappearing into the sky. Here, as with the KKL Luzern (Cultural and Conference Center) of 2000 in Lucerne and the Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain (Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art) of 1994 in Paris, dematerialization is made palpable.
For Nouvel, in architecture there is no "style" a priori. Rather, context, interpreted in the broadest sense to include culture, location, program, and client, provokes him to develop a different strategy for each project. The iconic Guthrie Theater (2006) in Minneapolis, Minnesota both merges and contrasts with its surroundings. It is responsive to the city and the nearby Mississippi River, and yet, it is also an expression of theatricality and the magical world of performance.
In his recently completed Musée du Quai Branly (Quai Branly Museum) for Paris's significant collection of indigenous art of Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas, Nouvel designed a bold, unorthodox building with unusual spaces in which objects are displayed—and understood—in new ways. Many of the materials used in the interiors, including wall and ceiling decorations by native artists, evoke the countries of their origin.
We, as a jury, recognize that architecture is a field of many challenges and complexities and that the career of an architect does not always follow a linear path. In the case of Jean Nouvel, we particularly admire the spirit of the journey—persistence, imagination, exuberance, and, above all, an insatiable urge for creative experimentation—qualities that are abundant in the work of the 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate.
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The Library of Congress building, today known as the Thomas Jefferson Building, was opened in 1897 and touted as "the largest, the costliest, and the safest" library building in the world and a national temple to the arts.
In response to the rapid and substantial growth of the holdings and mission of the Library, a competition for the design of a new Library building was held in 1873. After many proposals and much controversy, construction of a new Library building was authorized in 1886, using designs inspired by the Italian Renaiassance prepared by Washington architects John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz. Others later involved in the design and construction included General Thomas Lincoln Casey, chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, his chief assistant Bernard R. Green, and beginning in 1892, his son, Edward Pearce Casey, who supervised the interior work and its elaborate decoration.
Striking architectural features of this Beaux-Arts building include the double staircase rising to the arcaded entrance, the pairs of giant columns supporting the portico, and the dome of copper crowning the building. The scale of the Library matched that of the largest libraries in Europe of its time.
The 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize used the Great Hall for much of the celebration. This space, constructed of white Italian marble, rises 75 feet high. Two grand staircases flank the hall and lead to the upper level where the dinner was held. The colorful interior decoration, undertaken by numerous American painters and sculptors, is akin to the ornate and classically inspired decoration used at the "Great White City"—the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago.
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Gave Up Catholicism For Lent, Forgot To Take It Back
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I was raised in an Irish Catholic home. I don't recall having much belief in any of it. I got in trouble once for saying Mass to my stuffed animals. My parents wouldn't say it but it was because GIRLS CAN'T BE PRIESTS. Church was boring and the stories were the same thing. I just didn't "get" it. Catholic school was good only for making me smarter than the public school kids.
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When I was a teenager, I told my parents the Bible didn't make any sense and they flipped out on me. It was so strange to see normally rational people flip out like that. So I lied and said I didn't understand some of the names and terms like Nebuchadnezzar. They totally calmed down after that.
My Catholic school shut down because it was in a small town and no one had money for tuition. My parents sent me to catechism classes, which devolved into nonsense, especially when it was time for sex ed. I'll never forget when the teacher wrote "Sex, You, and Reality." It was a lot of dumbness about platonic love and waiting until marriage. None of it was realistic.
After I left for college, I went to school a few times because I felt like I had to.
Then my mom got sick with cancer. She was going to die. I sat with her for four months. Every few days the priest would show up to give her Rites for the Sick. My family had never gotten over Vatican II, so I knew they just watered down the name from Extreme Unction. My grandfather asked me all the time if she'd gotten her last rights. He's a total ahole.
She seemed to get a lot of comfort out of it, but I sure didn't. In fact, it only made me angry. She told me she wanted to be cremated, but later dad convinced her to be buried (remember the Vatican II BS). That made me really angry. I know that they were a married couple making a decision together, but knowing that my father had a real fear that my mom would go to hell just for being cremated freaked me out. Normally he's rational and smart. Besides, no god would put my mom in hell for putting up with all our sh*t over the years.
She was in fact buried in a Catholic cemetery dedicated to the souls of aborted fetuses. They just had to work their politics in through my grief.
That was my first step to my breakup with the church.
Later I moved to Portland, home of the Archdiocese of Portland. I started hearing about men who had been molested by priests. At first I didn't believe it, because I reflexively sided with the church. This is absurd because I'm a rape victim myself and I know how painful it is when people blame the victim.
I still went to church sometimes, but only because I wanted to get married in the cathedral like my parents. Parish members get a steep discount.
But then the stories were too many to discount. I started to doubt.
Then the archdiocese severed my ties to church or religion by declaring bankruptcy.
That was it. Now, I was able to side with the victims. The church was a behemoth that wasn't interested in protecting children once they were out of the womb and safe from the threat of abortion. They would rather plead poverty than provide money for the people they harmed to get help.
It's only gotten worse over the years. The church's stand on women, gays, condoms and every other backward idea has just reaffirmed that there is really no god, just a patriarchy that uses the threat of god to keep people in line.
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