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EXCLUSIVE: MVRDV founders speak to CLAD about the importance of leisure architecture
by Kim Megson | 13 Apr 2016
MVRDV founders Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries / MVRDV/Allard van de Hoek
The founding partners of Dutch studio MVRDV have told CLAD that architects and developers must consider including a leisure component when designing new structures in built environments.
In an exclusive interview, Winy Maas, Nathalie de Vries and Jacob van Rijs, explained how their own work – including residential and commercial projects such as Rotterdam's Market Hall – include leisure components to bring life to their surrounding locations.
"Leisure is an economy of itself, and an opener for further development," said Maas. "Architects discuss the digital economy a lot, but we dismiss the leisure economy a little bit, placing it in tourist zones only. That's stupid. Bigger companies, like Apple and Google, are hyper aware of the importance of leisure. Developers creating new cityscapes should be aware of it too."
Van Rijs added: "People are now realising that specific spaces not normally on the leisure agenda can actually play a role in this area. Shopping malls are including more leisure aspects, and this means more design quality and architect involvement is needed. People are not interested in seeing the same design solutions. They want new ideas."
De Vries said architects should explore all the possibilities of a project before creating a design, and not be afraid "to reinvent the commission" if more could be done to serve the people who live nearby.
"Our projects often fulfil an extra task and help catalyse a turnaround in their environment," she said. "That's the way it should be, especially if public money is involved. Even if it isn't, you want to direct people to your buildings and give the space an extra boost. Projects with a cultural element can perform this role."
All three founders – who have recently hired five new partners as part of an organisational reshuffle – argue that future proofing is essential for developers and architects working on mixed-use projects.
"We have to deal with the fact that the timespan that things are interesting can be incredibly short," said de Vries. "This is a worrisome aspect of leisure projects. People go there for a couple of years, then everything has to be reinvented. The level of entertainment has to rise and rise.
"It's a bit of a paradox when you make buildings; one the one hand you want to make things to last and have indefinite qualities, on the other hand you have to make designs that can change fast to accommodate new trends and fashions and keep things attractive."
Van Rijs said that maximising space, by lowering floors and liftings ceilings, is one way to make a building adaptable for alternative future uses, and pointed to the growing popularity of renovation projects rather than new builds.
"Everything is transformation," Maas added. "You can balance between keeping a lot of a building and introducing smaller new elements, to creating giant new domes that go over existing landscapes. More than ever, our generation believes in transformation because it recognises history and combines it with the future.
"Such biodiversity if good because it leads to specialism and you want cities to be different from other cities. It means people want to go there."
MVRDV's ongoing leisure projects include a shopping centre and cultural hub in Beijing, a man-made lagoon in Tainan, and an elevated skygarden in Seoul.
An extensive interview with the trio will be featured in the next issue of CLADmag
MVRDV CLAD leisure architecture design developers future proofing Market Hall
MVRDV appoint five new partners as part of reshuffle
The founders of Dutch architecture studio MVRDV have today (12 April) added five new partners as part of a management reshuffle intended to nurture the practice's "intellectual and creative continuity, organisational growth and stability." Frans de Witte, Fokke Moerel, Jeroen
MVRDV create towering public staircase to celebrate Rotterdam's reconstruction and revival
Dutch architects MVRDV have announced an eye-catching temporary installation for Rotterdam: a giant staircase leading from the plaza outside the city's central train station to the top of an adjacent historic building. Called The Stairs, the 29m (95ft) tall, 57m
MVRDV unveil Beijing leisure hub with an ever-changing façade
Work is nearing completion on the Chongwenmen M-Cube; MVRDV's latest high-profile leisure building. Located in Beijing, the the 44,000sq m (473,600sq ft) M-Cube is due to be completed by Q3 this year. Once open, it will be a cultural hub
Rock music, architecture and design collide in MVRDV's mixed-use masterplan for Ragnarock
The transformation of a former industrial site in Danish city Roskilde into a new home for rock and roll will be complete by April this year, CLAD has learned. The Danish Rock Museum, the headquarters of the annual Roskilde Rock
Work begins on Seoul's verdant park in the sky
A busy overpass next to Seoul's central train station has been closed as construction work begins on a new city skygarden designed by Dutch architects MVRDV. The 45-year old overpass is being stabilised in readiness for its transformation into Seoul
Abandoned shopping mall will be flooded to create a lagoon for Tainan, Taiwan
The Taiwanese city of Tainan will recapture its maritime past with the creation of a man-made lagoon on the site of a derelict and disused shopping mall. The large outdoor pool will be the central focus of a new green
MVRDV strike again: Dutch innovators reveal public art depot which takes visitors 'behind closed doors' to enjoy unexhibited works
Work will soon begin on the creation of a public art depot in Rotterdam allowing visitors to explore behind the scenes at one of Europe's largest art galleries. The Collectiegebouw will store 75,000 European art works belonging to the city's
MVRDV completes striking Amsterdam tennis clubhouse
Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has completed work on a new tennis clubhouse in Amsterdam which allows spectators to view the on-court action from the structure's roof. Named 'The Couch' due to its distinctive design, the 332sq m (3,570sq ft) clubhouse
MVRDV win design competition for cultural hub rooted in Dutch architecture
Architects MVRDV have been chosen to create a new Cultural Cluster in Zaanstad city in the Netherlands, following a design competition. The Zaandstad Cultural Cluster is part of Dutch architect Sjoerd Soeters' urban plan designed to add local character to
25th MIPIM Awards announced
Following an epic week at MIPIM, the 25th MIPIM Award winners were announced last night- 12 March. Leisure architecture once again proved to be a frontrunner, with five leisure buildings being recognised. •Center Parcs Woburn Forest, designed by Holder Mathias
The founding partners of Dutch studio MVRDV have told CLAD that architects and developers must consider including a leisure component when designing new structures in built environments. In an exclusive interview, Winy Maas, Nathalie de Vries and Jacob van Rijs, explained how their own work – including residential and commercial projects such as Rotterdam's Market Hall – include leisure components to bring life to their surrounding locations. "Leisure is an
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BRC selected to design new World Food Center – will explore sustainability and global food supply
by Tom Walker | 19 Jan 2021
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Design specialist BRC Imagination Arts (BRC) has been selected to design and produce the World Food Center Experience in Ede, the Netherlands. The attraction will become an interactive platform exploring the impact of the world's food choices and the importance of sustainable and healthy food production. BRC's concept will take guests on a personalised journey that will "challenge what they know about how food is produced and consumed, worldwide". The
Ritz-Carlton Reserve opens with luxury spa at Japanese alpine ski resort
by Megan Whitby | 13 Jan 2021
The Ritz-Carlton Reserve portfolio has expanded, with the opening of a premium all-season alpine resort at one of Japan's top winter sports destinations in Hokkaido. Owned by YTL Hotels, the 50-room Higashiyama Niseko Village resort is the first Japanese Ritz-Carlton Reserve and YTL's fifth destination in Niseko Village, residing at the base of Mount Niseko Annupuri with panoramic mountain views. Niseko Village has been selected as the venue for some
Scott Brownrigg-designed Museum of Military Medicine in Cardiff given planning approval
The Museum of Military Medicine in the UK has received planning approval for a new building in the city of Cardiff. As a result, the historic attraction will move from its current home in Surrey to a new flagship facility designed by architects Scott Brownrigg. The new building – set to be located in Cardiff Bay – will host the museum's comprehensive collection of archives and exhibitions documenting the legacy
Work starts on US$898m e-sports arena in Shanghai
Construction work has begun on the huge Shanghai International New Cultural and Creative esports Center. The 500,000sq m venue is estimated to cost around 5.8 billion yuan ($898.2m) and forms part of a larger, US$1.5bn project. Built by Chinese property company SuperGen Group – the parent company of Chinese esports organisation Edward Gaming (EDG) – the venue is located in the city's Minhang District. The 6,000-seat arena is expected to
Gyms added to the mix for new super-luxe retail roll-out
Frasers Group will open three new regional flagship Flannels-branded retail stores during 2021 – each of which will feature fitness studios. The Mike Ashley-owned retail group is betting on a recovery for British high streets with the plans, which will see stores opening in Liverpool, Leicester and Sheffield. As well as a seven-floor Flannels megastore on Liverpool's iconic Parker Street, Frasers will convert the existing House of Fraser store at
OMA designs Miami Beach's ReefLine – a seven mile-long underwater sculpture park
Architecture firm OMA has revealed designs for an ambitious underwater sculpture park which will stretch across seven miles off the coast of Miami Beach, Florida, US. Called ReefLine, the park is being developed by BlueLab Preservation Society in partnership with the City of Miami Beach and Coral Morphologic. It will feature art installations located around 20ft under water, which can only be viewed while snorkeling or diving. Conceived by cultural
Ole Scheeren and Shigeru Ban team up to design art and cultural destination in Hangzhou
by Tom Walker | 31 Dec 2020
Büro Ole Scheeren and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban have been appointed to create a masterplan for the Hangzhou Wangjiang New Town project in China. Together, the architects will establish a new art and cultural destination in the historical city on behalf of New World Development Company, a Hong Kong-based group focused on property, infrastructure and hotels – and one of the largest foreign direct investors in mainland China. With
FIFA files criminal complaint over funding of €459m world football museum
Football's world governing body FIFA has filed a criminal complaint over what it describes as "criminal mismanagement" of the World Football Museum project in Zurich. The project was first announced by disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2012 and the attraction opened its doors in February 2017 at a cost of around CHF500m (€459m, £415m). The 3,000sq m (32,300sq ft) museum is part of a larger development which includes
ReardonSmith leads design of Heya – a hotel room concept offering personalisation for each guest
A new hotel room concept which "shapes around the visitors" looks to transform the overnight experience for hotel guests. Called Heya, the concept was created by a team of designers, led by ReardonSmith Architects. Using technology and innovative design, Heya can be dramatically reconfigured by guests to suit their purpose and is built around the idea that guests shouldn't have to settle into their room: it should take shape around
Disney reveals first visuals of ambitious Star Wars attraction – including designs for hotel 'pods'
Disney has released the first visuals of its Star Wars -themed Galactic Starcruiser resort, which is set to open at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida next year. The ambitious new attraction will offer accommodation in hotel 'pods', which are part of a new type of "ultra-deep immersion" experience into the Star Wars universe. Each guest will be able to become the hero of their own adventure during a two-day,
Flaxmill Maltings – the world's first cast-iron framed building – is to be redeveloped as a visitor attraction by Mather & Co
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, one of the most important buildings of the UK's industrial past, is to be restored and redeveloped as a heritage visitor attraction. Built in 1797, the building is known as the "grandparent of the modern-day skyscraper", due to its pioneering cast iron frame, which was the first of its kind in the world and paved the way for the development of skyscrapers. It operated as a flax
LVMH announces Bulgari Hotel for Miami Beach, with design by Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel
by Megan Whitby | 10 Dec 2020
Bulgari Hotels & Resorts will open a new property in Miami Beach, Florida, in 2024. The Bulgari Hotel Miami Beach will be a 100-key beachfront hotel, offering a luxury wellness retreat complete with a large spa and fitness centre and outdoor pool. The hotel will be housed inside a building originally created by Miami architect Albert Anis in the late 1950s, located in the National Register Architectural District. The design
Technogym opens retail store in Los Angeles
Technogym has opened the latest of its consumer-facing retail store concepts in Los Angeles, US. The two-floor store, covering 3,500sq ft, is located in the heart of the West Hollywood Design District and will showcase the full range of Technogym's equipment and services. Specifically targeting the high-end consumer market, the store will allow people to access and discover the company's at-home products and solutions. Staff at the site will include
AZPML and UKST win competition to design Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture
Architects AZPML and UKST have secured the commission to design the Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture (KMUA), a £31.4m project in Sejong, South Korea. The competition was organised by the National Agency for Administrative City Construction (NAACC), which is looking to establish a museum exploring the history and the development of the built environment across the country. With a total floor area of 17,050sq m, the museum will be
Delos partners with TPP Capital to advance access to health and wellbeing solutions in urban communities
Global wellness real estate and technology company Delos is collaborating with TPP Capital Management Group (TPP) – a Black-led social impact private equity fund manager and healthcare real estate development firm – to advance health and wellness through buildings in urban communities. The partnership will first work to transform Tioga District in North Philadelphia, US, with evidence-based healthy building strategies and solutions. The district has an 85.5 per cent Black
The Well creates integrated wellness retreat in New England countryside for Auberge Resorts
The Well has struck its first-ever hospitality partnership and developed a holistic wellbeing retreat for Auberge Resort Collection's Mayflower Inn & Spa resort, in Connecticut. The opening will complete Mayflower Inn's property-wide transformation including a redesign of the 35-room resort, led by interior designer Celerie Kembele. The Well is a modern wellness brand known for its first location in New York which offers integrated holistic health solutions and access to
Architects 10 Design reveal plans for ambitious Edinburgh city centre plans
by Tom Walker | 28 Nov 2020
International architecture practice 10 Design has revealed its design concepts for an ambitious redevelopment of Edinburgh's city centre. The project will transform the former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) site on Dundas Street into a first-rate mixed-use development, which will create a new urban centre, providing a significant addition of public realm, including hotel, retail, residential and office components. The development will replace the existing car park and the ex-RBS
Perth's Boola Bardip museum opens in new AU$400m building designed by Hassell and OMA
Western Australia's new $400m WA Museum Boola Bardip, in the heart of Perth's Cultural Centre, has officially opened after four years of construction. Charting the rich heritage of Western Australia (WA), the museum houses eight permanent exhibition galleries, a 1,000sq m special exhibition gallery, life-long learning studios and retail, café and public spaces. The Museum has been conceived as a 'collection of stories' about WA's diversity, history and contemporary culture.
UK Government's £1bn scheme to decarbonise is 'a huge opportunity' for the leisure industries
The UK government has launched a £1bn Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), providing grant funding for energy efficiency measures across the public sector. The funding has been made available for capital sustainability and heat decarbonisation projects within public sector non-domestic buildings, including central government departments and non-departmental public bodies in England. Public sector bodies can apply for a grant to finance up to 100 per cent of the costs of
Museum devoted to the history of the US Army opens its doors
A museum telling the story of the US Army has opened in close to Newington, close to Washington, D.C. The National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA) is the first to outline the rich heritage of the oldest branch of the United States military had has been designed to serve as a center of education and as the Army's symbolic "front door". Rather than focusing on battles or wars,
Architrave designs Banyan Tree Krabi with rainforest-themed spa
by Megan Whitby | 09 Nov 2020
Banyan Tree Group has begun welcoming guests to a new 72-key beachfront resort and spa in Southern Thailand, named Banyan Tree Krabi. Design studio, Architrave, realised the new resort which is inspired by Buddhism, as well as the surrounding natural landscape, water and a mythical sea creature from local Krabi legends. Owned by Asset World Corporation, the five-star hotel houses a 517sq m rainforest-themed spa offering traditional Thai healing rituals
Anantara to debut in Seychelles following rebrand of luxury Bill Bensley-designed resort
Anantara will expand into the Seychelles in Q4 2020, following a rebrand of the iconic Maia Luxury Resort & Spa by architects Bill Bensley and Lek Bunnag. Located on Mahé, the largest of the Seychelles islands, Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas will consist of a 30-villa resort complemented with a luxury spa, set amongst 30 acres of forest garden. Located in the resort's fragranced gardens, the Anantara Spa will be home
World's first energy-positive hotel and spa to be completed with interiors by Space Copenhagen
Svart, the world's first energy-positive hotel, has appointed award-winning Danish designers Space Copenhagen to lead the property's interior design. Designed by the Norwegian architect firm Snøhetta, Svart will be located in Arctic Norway at the base of the Svartisen glacier and will house an indoor-outdoor spa – designed by spa and wellness consultant Felicity Leahy, as well as four restaurants, an education centre and a design laboratory. The glass-fronted, circular
3XN design Denmark's first climate-positive hotel with rooftop spa
by Megan Whitby | 29 Oct 2020
In 2021, the Hotel Green Solution House (Hotel GSH), on the Danish island of Bornholm will welcome a brand new wing, built, clad and insulated using wooden materials that will be both CO2 neutral and climate positive. Currently under construction, the groundbreaking 24-key wing will feature a rooftop spa and conference room, and is being designed by the same team that originally built Hotel GSH in 2015 – Danish architecture
BRC Imagination Arts completes new Glenkinchie Distillery brand home for Diageo as part of cycle of Scottish whisky attractions
by Liz Terry | 29 Oct 2020
LA-based experience design studio, BRC Imagination Arts, is the creative force behind the new Glenkinchie Distillery attraction, which has opened today (29 October 2020) near Edinburgh, Scotland. The single malt distillery is located in East Lothian, a region known for its produce and has undergone a major transformation of its visitor attraction as part of a wider £185m investment by owner, Diageo. Glenkinchie will be known as the 'Lowland Home
First look: Contreras Earl Architecture creates Living Coral Biobank for the Great Barrier Reef Legacy
by Tom Walker | 28 Oct 2020
Designs have been revealed for the world's first dedicated coral conservation facility, to be located at the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. Designed by Australian architects Contreras Earl Architecture, in partnership with Arup and Werner Sobek for the Great Barrier Reef Legacy, The Living Coral Biobank aims to secure the long-term future and biodiversity of corals worldwide. The 6,830sq m multi-function centre will have exhibition areas,
Heatherwick Studio reveals plans for 'The Cove' on San Francisco waterfront
A new waterfront destination in San Francisco, US, would transform the city's South Beach neighbourhood. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, the project – called The Cove – would be developed on the site of three former piers which were destroyed in 1984. The Cove is based around a dramatic five-acre public park and has been designed to provide a new hub of activity for the city. The horseshoe-shaped building includes modular,
Millimetre Design create new spa for Johnstown Estate in Ireland
Luxury Irish spa resort, The Johnstown Estate, in County Meath, has invested €3.5m (US$4.13m, £3.18m) in creating a new spa nearly twice the size of its previous facility, scheduled to launch early November 2020. The overhaul was conceived by Millimetre Design, the interior design and branding studio which created Johnstown's Fire & Salt Restaurant, Coach House Brasserie, The Atrium and many of the other spaces at the 167-key Johnstown Estate.
B2Ai and SCAU to design new €100m Club Brugge stadium
Belgian football team Club Brugge has appointed architects B2Ai and SCAU to develop designs for a new €100m stadium. The new stadium, to be located at the heart of a new park in Bruges' Sint-Andries district, will seat 40,000 fans and will be designed to provide a more "intimate experience". Design aspects of the venue include an exterior draped in a see-through, perforated textile covering, while inside modern, open-plan councourses
Legorreta + Legorreta reveal cascading hillside design for Four Seasons Tamarindo
by Megan Whitby | 28 Sep 2020
Four Seasons has announced a collaboration with Mexican real estate development company, Paralelo 19 Desarrollos, to realise a new luxury resort located in Mexico. Debuting in 2021 as Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo, México, the project will be located on a private peninsula along the Pacific Ocean and house an organic spa set amongst a tropical backdrop with eight treatment rooms, saunas, steamrooms, and hot and cold plunge pools. The resort
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Monday- Finish watching the theatrical production of Divergent in class.
Tuesday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then read chapters 1-3 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly .
Wednesday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then read chapters 4-6 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly .
Thursday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then read chapters 7-9 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly .
Monday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then read, "Love is a Fallacy," written by Max Shulman, and engage in a class discussion regarding a variety of literary fallacies.
Tuesday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then create a poster explaining and illustrating the different types of fallacies discussed the prior day.
Wednesday- Students will write in their journal. Students will continue creating a poster explaining and illustrating the different types of fallacies discussed the prior day.
Thursday- Students will share their posters and watch a short theatrical depiction of "Love is a Fallacy."


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18. Ditch that Textbook with Matt Miller 0
Matt Miller is a teacher, blogger presenter, and author of the book Ditch That Textbook. After trying to do the traditional "teach by the textbook" for a few years, he launched into a textbook-less path where learning activities were often custom-produced for his students as well as infused with technology.
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Pennsylvania State Teacher of the Year Anthony Grisillo certainly has a very interesting teaching background. He began as a Gifted & Talented Teacher and now teaches Media Science. Anthony talks about how he excites students in the library using termites and the latest technology he's using with his students.
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As the Washington State Teacher of the Year, Nate Bowling was also selected to host China's President Xi during his visit to the United States.
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June Scobee Rogers watched in horror on the morning of January 28, 1986, as her husband and his six crew members faced catastrophic results immediately after lift-off on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Even more disturbing, aboard the shuttle was the first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe, and tens of thousands of children had been watching the launch in schools across the country and around world.
June has faced many hardships as a child, including poverty and homelessness, but today she will tell us the inspiring story of her life and her faith; her marriage to her teenage sweetheart at just 16 years old, and how she has created The Challenger Center, which has benefited over 4 million children. She was a classroom teacher herself and even a college professor.
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This is the way I have been journaling for Project Life going on three years now, and this system works so well for me that I thought I should share it with you!
The KEY is to note your pictures in a different COLOR AND to note an I-Phone vs. Photograph, so I circle an "I" for phone pics, and a "P" for DSLR photographs. Switch the letters to whatever works for you, (like P for phone pics and C for camera pics). This is what helps me see how many of each type I have and helps with printing. I print all my photos at home. I-Phone pics I usually print out at 2.75x 3.75, and DSLR photos out at 4x6. Easy to see at a glance if I can use more space for journaling since typically will print out between 7-11 photos for each week's Project Life spread. My journaling is in pink this year. Photos are in blue.
Since I have other planners, this one is strictly for photos, stories, and ephemera. By using a larger format planner, you can easily add ephemera to your planner to use in your Project Life pages.
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Rants Daily: Cardinals set to face Cubs in Home Opener today
By Chris Carelli
After seven road games in three different cities to start off the season, the St. Louis Cardinals will play their first game of the season in Busch Stadium today. The game will be preceded by pre-game festivities as the Cardinals will celebrate their 2011 World Series victory.
Adam Wainwright is set to take the mound today against the Cubs in the Cardinals Home Opener (Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-US PRESSWIRE)
They couldn't have lined up the pitcher for this game any better as Adam Wainwright is set to make his second start of 2012 after missing all of 2011 due to Tommy John surgery. Wainwright was decent in his first outing. He lasted 5.2 innings (88 pitches) and allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk. He struck out six batters. He hopes to get into the 100 pitch area for this one, but obviously a lot will depend on how he is feeling.
While the Cardinals enjoyed success on the road, the Chicago Cubs had a poor showing at Wrigley Field. They went 1-5 on their homestand and have lost three straight. Jeff Samardzija, the lone member of the rotation with a win, will be on the hill against Wainwright. On Saturday the pitching matchup is Lance Lynn vs. Chris Volstad. Sunday's game features Jake Westbrook vs. Paul Maholm.
The Cubs enter the series hitting a paltry .221 with only three home runs total. They have a team OBP of .298. The pitching staff owns a 4.33 ERA, but have held opponents to a .221 AVG. The starters are faring better than the relievers with a 3.55 ERA vs. 6.19 for the pen. Three of the Cubs loses have been suffered by the bullpen.
BERKMAN DOUBTFUL FOR CUBS SERIES
Lance Berkman has been classified as day-to-day, but it sounds as if he will be doubtful to play in this weekend's series according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It remains to be seen exactly how long he will be out, but it could be several days. Matt Carpenter will likely get the starts at first base in Berkman's absence.
Here is a link to the pre-game festivities for today courtesy of MLB.com reporter Jenifer Langosch.
The Cardinals are running promotions each day during the series. Friday is Magnet Schedule Day, Saturday is Replica Championship Ring Day and Sunday is Replica Championship Pennant Flag Day.
TODAY'S GAME
Note: Samardzija has only made relief appearances vs. Cardinals to this point
For what it's worth, the Cardinals really need to take it to the Cubs in this series. The Cincinnati Reds come into town in the following series and will be looking to return the favor they received from the Redbirds. The Cubs are a rebuilding franchise so the Cardinals should be able to take advantage of that this weekend and throughout the season.
In 2011, the Cardinals went 10-5 against the Cubs. This season they get two more games against them. It is excellent to beat the teams said to the among the class of the division (Milwaukee Brewers and the Reds), but it is important not to take it easy on inferior opponents like the Cubs. Anything less than two wins this weekend will downplay the excellent results from the road trip. Let's see if the Redbirds are up to the task.
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Bio Notes: Frank Matcham was born on 22 November 1854 at Newton Abbot, Devon, the second child of Charles Matcham, brewery manager, and his wife Elizabeth. The family moved shortly afterwards to Mary Bridgeman's Torquay Brewery and Frank was educated at Babbacombe School. Around 1868 he was articled to George Soudon Bridgeman, architect and civil engineer in Torquay, but he moved to London to re-commence his apprenticeship, this time as a quantity surveyor. He then returned to Bridgeman as a senior assistant. Sometime in 1876 or early 1877 he returned to London to work for the theatre architect Jethro Thomas Robinson, theatre consultant to the Lord Chamberlain. On 9 July 1877 he married Robinson's younger daughter Maria, and when Robinson died suddenly a year later Matcham inherited his practice.
Matcham built up the largest theatre practice in Britain but never joined the RIBA. He died at Southend, Essex on 17 May 1920.


Dear friends, we have come to the end of this academic year 2013-2014. The YCS/YSM Montfort Unit has done lots of activities/actions during this academic year. As we had pledged during the XVI National Council to do our best, to do our duty keeping in mind our motto See, Judge, Act and Evaluate in true spirit of human values, respecting each other to work towards building a better world where Truth, Justice and Peace prevails. We the YCS/YSM unit of Montfort School Guwahati tried our best in building up the society by organizing free medical camp. It was one of the actions taken up during this year. The free medical camp was held on 8th February, 2014 in collaboration with Dispur Polyclinic Nursing Home, Guwahati under the leadership of Dr. Nilim Kumar Deka for the people of Mawsmai village at the outskirt of Guwahati. Three doctors, two nurses and three pharmacists were present for the camp. Approximately 150 patients were treated for various ailments. It was successful under the support and guidance of our Principal Bro. S. Maria Soosai.
On 15th November 2014 our unit had visited Ila Snehalaya orphanage Home at Betkuchi, Lokhra .Forty members and Two Animators were there present we started the programme with short prayer service and continue with cultural program. We also share what is YCS/YSM. It was special occasion for them. It was very memorable for us that we can make them feel that they are one among us. After the program we distributed small gifts as well as refreshment for the children. We really appreciate the hard work of the sisters who are taking care of the orphans. We concluded the program with the YCS/YSM Anthem.
We have also done free distribution of study materials for the hearing impaired students in our school.
On 15th January we have visited the victims of Bodo-Adivasi communal violence in the relief camps at Kokrajhar district of Assam and distributed utensils, cloths, foot materials etc.
I thank all the YCS/YSM members of Montfort Unit for this initiative taken to help the poor and the needy. I would appeal to all the young people/stars to take up more and more community oriented actions for the welfare of the poor in the society.


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6 Cult Sci-Fi Dramas Which You Would Never Wish Were Real!
Gargi Sengupta, 2016-12-02
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Dystopia. Apocalypse. Cinema has triggered and challenged our imagination time and again with the concept of an anarchic or autocratic future for about half a decade now.
Orwell's 1984 – made into a movie way back in 1956 – is perhaps one the earliest depictions of a chaotic future. It's a tale of societal breakdown with a totalitarian power at the helm while individual freedom is scoffed at.
More recent films, directed towards a younger and restless generation, focuses on the concept of 'survival of the fittest' in a post-Apocalyptic world. Notable movies series of this genre are The Hunger Game, Divergent, and Maze Runner.
The list I have here is a bit different though. The movies listed below definitely don't fall under 'Big Budget' or even 'independent' labels.
So here goes my list of 6 under-rated sci-fi dystopian dramas which no one – other than megalomaniacs – would want to become real!
Code 46 (2003):
Code 46 gives us a look at a Dystopian future where health-related technological advancements has the ability to control human life. It is essentially a love story which sheds light on how technologies like cloning, advanced knowledge of genetics- which are commonplace occurrences in the movie – can adversely affect our existence.
Code 46 also encapsulates the idea of a common exchange process between countries and a globally cosmopolitan workplace and the growing divide between 'Have Beens' (Insiders) and 'Have Nots' (Outsiders).
Gattaca (1997):
The central technological aspect of Gattaca is eugenics. In a futuristic society, children are conceived through genetic manipulation – i.e. eugenics – to create individuals with the best hereditary traits of their parents. Vincent Freeman, is born out this genetic programing and tries hard to overcome genetic discrimination to fulfill his dream of traveling to space.
Gattaca also has elements of biometrics – an obvious fallout of its premise – the technological know-how of which was still in its nascent stage. To that end, Gattaca was a pioneer of sorts, as far as futuristic sci-fi drama is concerned.
Demolition Man (1993):
Ok, you might ask why is this movie in the list! It's a cheesy science fiction. The answer is pretty simple. This is a 'cult' list.
Jokes apart, just consider the number of tech elements in Demolition Man. Between the years 1996 and 2032, all of the following is happening!
Police runs 'thermal scans' – i.e. measures body heat levels – on a building to figure out if there are any people (hostages) in it.
Criminals are incarcerated in a 'Cryo-Penitentiary' where they are cryogenically frozen.
They are rehabilitated through 'subconscious conditioning' during their 'deep freeze' state.
A villain feigning as a nice guy is controlling human behavior and helping psychopaths break out of their cryo-prison without ever getting near them!
This futuristic action thriller is not a great movie but you've got to give credit to the ideas on which the Dystopian society of 'San Angeles' was hinged!
12 Monkeys (1995):
Okay. 12 Monkeys is part Apocalypse and part Dystopia. Depends on how you would like to see it.
In 1996, a mysterious virus has wiped out almost all of humanity off the face of Earth. The year is 2035 and James Cole is one of the few survivors, living as a prisoner in an underground shelter. He is chosen for a mission which entails him to go back to 1996 and find out all that he can about the virus so scientists can find a cure. Instead, he lands up in wrong time-lines – twice over – where he can't remember anything about his future existence.
The movie juggles themes of time travel, memory and adversities that might be triggered by technological advancements. Though time lines can't be manipulated as easily just yet, it is nonetheless a not so distant possibility.
Idiocracy (2006):
This is funniest movie on the list. Imagine a completely dumbed-down Dystopia where the 'Average Joe' is the smartest man alive because he knows water, and not sports drinks, can grow crops! This one act of 'intelligence' gets him elected as the President of the United States.
The technological high-point of the movie is the botched 'suspended animation experiment' which lands Corporal 'Average Joe' Bauers in the stupid society where people live in plastic huts called 'domistile' and speak on in 'registers of English'. For instance, it's a 'masheen' not machine!
Oh, and in case, you are wondering what's 'suspended experiment', it's the 'slowing or stopping of life processes by exogenous or endogenous means without termination'. Watch this laugh riot to get a clearer picture.
District 9 (2009):
This one is one of those rare alien movies that don't indulge in mindless CGI effects and gimmicks. In 1982, humans 'rescue' a handful of aliens from a stranded space ship in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ship, however, continues to loom over the city's skyline. The aliens are rehabilitated in a Government camp titled 'District 9'. Over the years, the aliens increase in number and live in ghetto-like conditions dealing in all sorts of shady activities.
What follows is a well-told story of man's vanity, civil unrest, illegal scientific experiments (rings a bell?) carried out by seemingly white organizations and an unexpected bond between the main protagonist and an alien trying to go back to his own planet. You have got to see the film to understand and admire the metaphorical and literal after effects of what a dystopian future could be like.
As far as technology goes, there's not much to write home about other than the advanced weaponry developed by the aliens. If ever the Marines take up guns like that, God save the world!
Can you think of any other cult classic which can be added to this list? Let us know in the comments below.
Liked this post? Then you might also like 7 Sci-Fi Movies That Got The Future Right!
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Simona Halep hopes of returning to the top of the rankings were shattered by Karolina Pliskova on what was a gloomy and wet day which produced a greatly disrupted Miami schedule.
Halep just had to win the semi-final of the Miami Open to displace Naomi Osaka, the current incumbent, but fell to the fifth seeded Czech 7-5 6-1, in a match which finished just after 1 am.
Pliskova won nine straight games – and 10 of the last 11, battling back from 5-3 down in the first, hitting 29 winners to Halep's 18.
"It wasn't easy waiting for so long, but I managed to stay aggressive," said Pliskova, who was delighted at making the final where she will meet Australia's Ashleigh Barty.
"Ashleigh is a good player, but I am excited for the final," the lanky Czech added.
The pair played a tight first set which Pliskova eventually clinched with some outstanding court coverage as she used her long reach to chase down a series of shots by Halep that would have been winners against many a player.
She then raced through the second set and was on the brink of victory, up 5-0 when another shower sent the players to the locker room as the clock struck midnight.
Earlier Barty secured her place in the final with a sound 6-3 6-3 win over Estonia's Anett Kontaveit having been forced to wait out an hour-long rain delay before her match. Then after five minutes, they were driven back into the locker room.
Two and a half hours later they returned to play one more game before again rain intervened forcing another two-hour delay!
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USDA Announces Domestic Hemp Production Program
Megan L'Heureux
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, announced the establishment of the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program on October 29, 2019.
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, announced the establishment of the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program on October 29, 2019 (1). According to the announcement this program, as required by the 2018 Farm Bill, creates a consistent regulatory framework around hemp production throughout the United States.
The announcement also explained that later this week, an interim final rule formalizing the program will be published in the Federal Register that will allow hemp to be grown under federally-approved plans and make hemp producers eligible for a number of agricultural programs. The rule reportedly includes provisions for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to approve hemp production plans developed by states and Indian tribes including: requirements for maintaining information on the land where hemp is produced; testing the levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); disposing of plants not meeting necessary requirements; and licensing requirements. It also establishes a federal plan for hemp producers in states or territories of Indian tribes that do not have their own approved hemp production plan.
"At USDA, we are always excited when there are new economic opportunities for our farmers, and we hope the ability to grow hemp will pave the way for new products and markets," said Secretary Perdue. "We have had teams operating with all hands-on-deck to develop a regulatory framework that meets Congressional intent while seeking to provide a fair, consistent, and science-based process for states, tribes, and individual producers who want to participate in this program."
The interim final rule will become effective upon publication in the Federal Register. The USDA invites public comment on the interim rule following the publication. A preview of the rule is also available on the USDA's website (2).
The USDA also developed guidelines for sampling and testing procedures that are being issued concurrently with this rule (3), citing AOAC International standard method performance requirements (SMPR) among other requirements. These documents provide additional information for sampling agents and hemp testing laboratories.
AOAC INTERNATIONAL's Cannabis Analytical Science Program (CASP) recently finalized an official standard for testing cannabinoids in hemp called SMPR 2019.003 for Quantitation of Cannabinoids in Plant Materials of Hemp (Low THC Varieties Cannabis sp.) (4), which was referenced in the USDA announcement as the official standard for laboratories to meet when analyzing THC levels.
AOAC scientists and colleagues have also developed related cannabis testing standards, including determining residual solvents in cannabis derivatives, and for detecting Aspergillis fungus in cannabis and cannabis products.
"The 2018 Farm Bill renewed hemp as an important agricultural commodity and delegated a major mandate to USDA," said David Schmidt, AOAC INTERNATIONAL Executive Director. "AOAC is pleased to support the USDA/AMS guidance for testing of hemp analytes with our Standard Method Performance Requirements, and we will continue to advance public health through our Cannabis Analytical Science Program."
More information about the provisions of the interim final rule is available on the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program web page on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) website (5).
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Another blast in bus rocks Udhampur, 2nd in 9 hrs
Suspected terrorists triggered a blast in a parked bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur early Thursday, nine hours after a similar explosion took place in the city but there was no casualty, the police said.
Additional director general of police Jammu region Mukesh Singh visited both the sites and said high explosives might have been used in carrying out the blasts which were of the same pattern.
"Initial examination points towards use of high explosives," he said, adding probe is on to ascertain whether it was the handiwork of terror modules.
The roof and the backside of the bus were blown away by the blast that occurred around 5.30 am but no one was injured, the police said.
The explosions took place days ahead of the visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah from October 4.
He was supposed to embark on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on September 30 and hold public meetings in Rajouri on October 1 and Baramulla on October 2.
However, the visit was rescheduled.
Speaking to reporters at the site of blast in Udhampur, ADGP Singh said the "first explosion took place on a parked bus around 10:30 pm on Wednesday near a petrol pump.
Two people sustained minor injuries but are now out of danger".
He said the other blast that took place in the old bus stand area.
Singh said the nature of the blasts was being ascertained, adding probe is being done on various angles. -- PTI
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As a part of development or quality assurance activities you must have faced situations that require you to test a field of an application by using strings of a particular length (as a part of Boundary Value Analysis) or you need to generate random data to check if an application behaves gracefully when subjected to it (as a apart of random testing).
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"Om" tool comes handy in such situations!
The objective of this article is to make the audiences aware of "Om", an open source software testing tool that is used for generating text data. It details about all the options the tool provides with relevant examples so that the readers can understand and use the tool easily based on their requirements. The author also suggests its readers to use the tool so that they can reap the benefits provided by it.
Om is an easy to use command line tool developed by Sanket Vaidya that can be used to generate text data for random and field testing. The data generated by the tool gets copied to the clipboard and can be used directly as an input to a text field or can be recorded as test data by pressing Ctrl+V on the keyboard. ('Ctrl+V' is the paste option of windows operating system and is used to paste data that is present on the clipboard.) Along with adding the generated data to the clipboard, the tool displays it on the command prompt for user to have a look. This is helpful as the users can validate if the text data generated is consistent with their requirements before pasting it from the clipboard to the desired location (document or field of an application).
Download Om (Om1.1_Setup.tar), unzip it (using WinRAR or 7-Zip) and run the setup file to start the installation. Acknowledge GPL v3 and fdl v1.2 licenses during install and Om gets installed in 'C:\Program Files\Om' location on your system.
You can start using Om either by browsing to Start->All Programs->Om or by going to C:\Program Files\Om location on the command prompt.
Key in 'om –h' and it displays the help of the tool. 'help' is useful in knowing the modes and options with which the tool works.
-o – other characters except above three.
om -h: Display this help.
om -v: Display version & Copyright information.
Om works with four modes. Let's discuss them in detail.
This mode helps the user in generating data of 'N' characters, where 'N' denotes the length of text data required by the user.
Example: if the user furnishes 'Om R 12' command to the tool, the tool asks the user to enter text which is further used to generate the data. Say, the user enters 'pattern' as input. The tool generates a string of 12 characters by repeating the word 'pattern'. In this case the tool produces 'patternpatte' string and chops the 'rn' characters of the word 'pattern' so that the data is restricted to 12 characters as request by the user.
Same result can be achieved by using the command 'Om 12' (without 'R') as Repeat mode is the default mode with which the tool operates.
As discussed earlier, Ctrl+V is used by the user to copy the generated data.
Before discussing the other modes, let us first understand the 'options' provided by the tool.
–l (lower case): When this option is used, the tool generates the text data by using only the characters in the range [a-z] and space.
–u (upper case): Tool generates the text data using characters in the range [A-Z] and space, when this option is used.
–n (digits): Digits in the range [0-9] would be used to generate the text data when this option is used.
–o (other): When this option is used, the tool generates the text data using all other characters apart from [a-zA-Z0-9] and space.
–a (all characters): In this case, the tool generates the text data by using all characters randomly.
– 'Options' can be used only in Random and Combined modes of the tool.
– -l,-u,-n,-a options can be used in conjunction but not with –o option. For example, -lun suggests data generated with characters a-zA-Z0-9 and space but not with other characters.
This mode is similar to the Repeat mode in the way that it generates data of 'N' characters but unlike Repeat mode, Random mode doesn't ask the user to enter the text for producing the data.
Example: For the following command, 'om r 20 –l' the tool generates text data of 20 characters by using characters a-z and space (as option –l is used). Text data of this nature ('mqshuvymtfxjw mvvvum') would be the output of the tool.
Similarly, 'om r 20 –u' or 'om r 20 –a' generates text data of 20 characters based on the 'option' used by the user.
Command 'om r 20 –lun' produces a string that is generated by combining characters, a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and space as options -l, -u and -n are used in combination. 'h5tHgbewkmaLiSIqT0oa' would be a sample output of the tool for this command.
This mode can be considered as a combination of user input and the data generated by the tool in the Random Mode. Basically, in Combined mode, the random data generated by using option or combination of options is prefixed or suffixed by the text entered by the user.
Let's consider an example to manifest the working of the combined1 mode. Command 'om c1 20 –l' would ask the user to enter a text. Say, user enters 'user+'. Then the output generated by the tool would be of format 'user+djpyhimmawcqxht'. If observed carefully, it could be noted that in c1 mode the random data generated is prefixed with the text entered by the user while maintaining the total length of output to the limit mentioned by the user, in this case 20.
Similar to Combined1 mode, Combined 2 mode is combination of random data and the text entered by the user. The only difference is that, in this case the user text is suffixed to the random data that is generated by using the option or combination of options.
– Generating text data of specified length. This can be used for Boundary Value Analysis of text field of an application.
– Producing random strings made by combination of lowercase, uppercase, special characters. This can be used for ad-hoc testing or field testing.
– For generating random data frequently, if required.
– Om doesn't throw 'Invalid syntax' error if '&' is used as an 'option'. For example, 'om r 20 &' behaves like 'om r 20 –l' instead of treating it as an error.
– In Repeat and Combined modes, user needs to enter a text after the command is issued. Provision for entering this text while the command is given to the tool is not provided. For example, 'om R 30 cat' doesn't generate 'catcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcat'. Making this feature available can help users if they want to use Om for generating text data using automation with Repeat Mode.
– Om doesn't provide its user with facility of choosing if they want the data to be added to clipboard or they want to see it on the command prompt. Currently the tool performs both the operations.
– Generating same combination of text data every time the same or similar text fields of an application need to be tested. This way the tester need not remember the combination of data that s/he used for testing a particular text field, moreover the test data is generated in a jiffy.
Just run the script created for generating the data, use Ctrl+V to paste it in the text field to be tested and start testing!
Create a batch file (say C:\Om.bat).
cmd.exe /k "c:\program files\om\om.exe" r <count> <option>.
count and option to be used according to the users requirement.
Run the script to generate the data.
– Creating text files of a specified size. Say, we want to create a text file of 2000 bytes. Just generate a string of 2000 characters using Om, open Notepad, use Ctrl+V to paste the contents generated by the tool and save the notepad as a text file. Text file of desired size is now created!
Automation for this task can be achieved using an AutoIT Script.
In this article, the audiences understood what Om tool is, the modes with which it operates and the ways with which its options could be used to generate text data useful for random and field testing. The author suggests the readers to refer the article and get their hands dirty on this tool as soon as possible so that they can take advantages of the benefits provided by it.
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Q: Why does `wget` download index.html instead of a direct file? I'm just trying to download this, but it always redirect to the main page and in the end just download the index.html file, not the file I'm trying to download:
http://tweaking.com/files/setups/tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio.zip
Do you guys know how to download it correctly? I used --user-agent="firefox+linux, IE+windows, (anything you can think of)" but it doesn't work.
This is the output, is the same with --user-agent enabled:
jaheaga@jaheaga:~$ wget  http://www.tweaking.com/files/setups /tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio.zip--2012-04-13 19:40:07--  http://www.tweaking.com/files/setups/tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio.zip
Resolviendo www.tweaking.com... 199.119.100.39
Conectando con www.tweaking.com[199.119.100.39]:80... conectado.
Petición HTTP enviada, esperando respuesta... 302 Found
Ubicación: http://tweaking.com [siguiente]
--2012-04-13 19:40:08--  http://tweaking.com/
Resolviendo tweaking.com... 199.119.100.39
Reutilizando la conexión con www.tweaking.com:80.
Petición HTTP enviada, esperando respuesta... 302 Moved Temporarily
Ubicación: http://www.tweaking.com [siguiente]
--2012-04-13 19:40:08--  http://www.tweaking.com/
Reutilizando la conexión con www.tweaking.com:80.
Petición HTTP enviada, esperando respuesta... 200 OK
Longitud: no especificado [text/html]
Grabando a: "tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio.zip.1"

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2012-04-13 19:40:09 (234 KB/s) - "tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio.zip.1" guardado [46913]

A: The user-agent is a good start, but not sufficient in that case. Another HTTP header value that is often checked for is 'Referer' [sic!]. See Wikipedia: HTTP Referer.
wget has a --referer=url option to specify the referring page. Analysing the traffic for a successful download in Wireshark shows that it used following request from a testing system of mine:
GET /files/setups/tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio.zip HTTP/1.1
Host: www.tweaking.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-gb,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html

For this case it even seems you don't need to fake an User-Agent.
wget --referer=http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html  http://www.tweaking.com/files/setups/tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio.zip

Does the trick.

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Concerts, exhibitions, films mark "Year of Jewish Culture"
https://english.radio.cz/concerts-exhibitions-films-mark-year-jewish-culture-8623470#player=on
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Spanish Synagogue
2006 is the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Prague's Jewish Museum, and to mark the event, exhibitions, concerts, films and theatre performances will be held across the country. The festival, dubbed The Year of Jewish Culture, will aim to reflect the huge cultural contribution made by the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia over the centuries.
Leo Pavlat
The Jewish community was of course decimated by the Holocaust. 80,000 Czech Jews were killed in the Nazi death camps; only a few thousand were left alive after the war. But Leo Pavlat, director of the Prague Jewish Museum, says Prague's beautifully restored synagogues are more than just monuments to the past.
"I wouldn't say it's a dead culture because any museum is a dead culture. Of course we present objects which have are no longer in use in synagogues, but at the same time they are very eloquent. They speak about the history of Czech Jews and at the same time they symbolise people who were killed during the war. Knowing that we can say a lot about contemporary life in this world, and of course we can use all these documents and objects in projects and programmes which actually speak about contemporary life."
Tomas Kraus, chairman of the federation of Czech Jewish communities, says the history of the Jews and the history of the Czech Lands are very much interlinked.
Tomas Kraus
"If you ask a man on the street in Prague, or even small children in school, everybody will tell you - oh this is part of our history. It might come from the late 19th century, when there was this Czech rebirth or this nationalistic movement, and it included at a certain stage Jewish culture as a part of the Czech heritage."
How vibrant is that community today?
"The community is very vibrant. It's very small, and as you just mentioned it was decimated by the Holocaust, but unfortunately this was not the end of the story. We had to face another 40 years of Communism which almost completed the work of the Nazis, because there was substantial emigration from the country and of course out of the community as such."
We're standing in the magnificent Spanish Synagogue, a beautifully restored building, and Prague is home to many unique Jewish monuments, but are these buildings simply tourist attractions or are they part of a living, vibrant culture?
"Definitely they are part of a living, vibrant culture. We don't want to portray ourselves as a dead community. You can still come across this notion that everybody who comes not only to Prague but also to Europe, whether they're from Israel, sometimes from the United States, thinks that this is a huge Jewish cemetery. No - it's not. We have a cemetery - we are very proud of the cemetery. We are proud of the synagogues. We are proud of the heritage. But this is not the full story. The full story is that we are also the descendants of those people who survived - miraculously - the Holocaust, and we are actually the proof that the Nazis did not succeed. We are still here."
There is something of a historical irony, because Hitler is rumoured to have wanted to create a Museum of an Extinct Race in Prague. He wanted to collect all the Jewish artefacts and monuments of the community that he had annihilated and build this museum in Prague. And as a result, Prague is so rich in Jewish artefacts.
"And some say this is what we are today - a Museum of an Extinct Race - no, we are not. Because the museum is also willing to give these premises to the Jewish community for whatever purposes they need. In the very small area of the Old Town there are six synagogues which of course are housing the expositions of the museum, but at the same time they are used. They're used for kabbalah shabat, they're used for services. For instance this Spanish Synagogue is used every shabat for a kabbalah shabat service. We have the Pinkas Synagogue - with the names of 80,000 Holocaust victims inscribed on the walls - we had a bar mitzvah there only two weeks ago. There are also other synagogues and premises which are now subject to great discussion whether they should host regular services. During the high holiday services we had seven places in Prague which were packed with people. So as far as this community is concerned, I'm quite optimistic about the future."
Ivan Klima
But not all Jewish artists and writers identify themselves as such. Ivan Klima, one of the Czech Republic's most famous living writers, spent much of the war imprisoned in the notorious Terezin concentration camp, and the Holocaust finds it way into several of his books. But Ivan, also present at the festival's launch at the Spanish Synagogue, told me he didn't consider himself a "Jewish writer".
"Probably not. I was invited to Jerusalem, and they recorded an eight-hour interview with me, and right at the beginning I said - I'm a Czech writer rather than a Jewish writer. And they said - for us you are a Jewish writer! I was not educated in Jewish tradition, but I shared the Jewish fate during the occupation, during the war. And of course I used my strongest life experiences in some of my short stories and short parts of my novels. So that's my connection with the Jewish."
Zuzana Ruzickova
The next twelve months will see dozens of cultural events in synagogues, theatres, concert halls art galleries and cinemas up and down the country. Later this month, for example, the Ceska Trebova town museum is hosting the travelling exhibition Neighbours Who Disappeared, providing young people with an opportunity to search for Jews living in their area who disappeared during the Second World War. In March, cinemas in Prague will show films with a Jewish theme. Zuzana Ruzickova, one of Europe's most respected harpsichordists, says the Jewish contribution to the cultural history of the Czech Lands deserves a year-long celebration.
"This is a question which would need at least an hour's lecture. But to be short, I think Jews have contributed in every sense to Czech culture. The mixture of Jewish, Czech and German culture produced wonderful results, such as Franz Kafka, Gustav Mahler, Rilke and lots of others. I of course, as a survivor of the Holocaust, deeply regret that this period was so violently stopped, and often think about how it would have been, or could have been, if many of those children had survived and contributed to Czech culture."
www.jewishmuseum.cz/en/a100let.htm
Zuzana Růžičková – The Bach lover who introduced the harpsichord to new audiences
Zuzana Růžičková: overcoming the odds to world acclaim
Zuzana Růžičková at 90: Other music was exciting, Bach was almost deja vu
Art collection stolen by the Nazis to return to its rightful owners


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POGO8401
Foundations in Public Policy
A graduate course offered by the Crawford School of Public Policy.
Code POGO8401
Offered by Crawford School of Public Policy
ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Course subject Policy and Governance
Dr Elise Klein
Offered in First Semester 2021
Foundations in Public Policy (POGO8401)
Inherent Requirements
Preliminary Reading
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of contemporary public policy making. Students will explore core debates in policy studies and consider concepts, models and tools for making, implementing and evaluating public policy. To provide a deeper understanding of the policy process, students will be introduced to analytical perspectives on various stages of the policy process with the aim of provoking critical inquiry into policy practices and outcomes. Students will consider the variety of policy actors and networks in the policy process, and reflect on how competing values and interests influence what issues get policy attention, how they shape decisions, outcomes and evaluation procedures. Students will also debate the different approaches to policy decision making (incrementalism or rational approaches),the implications of governance arrangements between state and non-state actors, and the internationalisation and globalisation of public policy.
demonstrate a working knowledge of key terms, concepts and ideas in the study of public policy;
analyze, debate and critically evaluate how public policy issues come onto the agenda, how they are framed, defined and managed;
debate and apply knowledge of policy instruments, including their behavioral assumptions and the necessary institutional and political conditions for effective implementation;
understand and critically engage in core debates in the field of policy studies including on policy decision-making, implementation, evaluation and policy transfer;
demonstrate the ability to think independently, reflectively and persuasively on the politics and practices of implementing and evaluating public policy.
Online Discussion Pieces 30% (Learning outcomes 1,4,5) (30) [LO null]
Policy instrument design exercise (25%): (the assessment task is designed as a professional writing exercise, using analytical concepts from the course) (learning outcomes 1, 3 and 5). (25) [LO null]
Policy Project (45%) (learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). (45) [LO null]
This assessment has two components: (null) [LO null]
1. Problem statement for policy project (5%) (5) [LO null]
2. Policy project report (40%) (40) [LO null]
A standard workload for a 6 unit course is 130 hours including in class time and independent study.
See Wattle.
* Althaus, C. Bridgeman P. and Davis G. (2012) The Australian Policy Handbook. Fifth Edition. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
* Dolowitz, D.P. & Marsh, D. 2000, 'Learning from Abroad: The Role of Policy Transfer in Contemporary Policy-Making', Governance, 13 (1): 5-24.
* Fawcett, P. and D. Marsh (2012), 'Policy transfer and policy success: the case of the Gateway Review process (2001—10)', Government and Opposition, 47(2): 162—185.
* Hill, M. 2005. The Public Policy Process. (4th edn) Harlow, Essex: Pearson Longman.
* Howlett, M., M. Ramesh and A. Perl (2009) Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems. (3rd edition). Toronto: Oxford University Press.
* Meyers, M. K. and S. Vorsanger (2003) 'Street-level bureaucrats and the implementation of public policy', in B.G. Peters and J. Pierre (eds.) Handbook of Public Administration. London: Sage pp. 245—255.
* Peters, G. B. (2015), Advanced Introduction to Public Policy. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.
* Schneider A. and H. Ingram (1990) 'Behavioural Assumptions of Policy Tools'. Journal of Politics. 52(2): 510-530.
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