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"ONLY IN QUEENS" SUMMER FESTIVAL TO FEATURE FREE SummerStage CONCERT AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES
Sunday, June 26 in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
QUEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz, in partnership with NYC Parks, NYC & Company Foundation and Delta Air Lines, today announced details of the upcoming "Only in Queens" Summer Festival to take place on Sunday, June 26 from 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Admission is free and open to the public.
The "Only in Queens" Summer Festival will feature a SummerStage outdoor concert in partnership with the City Parks Foundation beginning at 4:30 PM at the Festival Site in the park, headlined by R&B singer GINUWINE with performances by hip hop group KID 'N PLAY, singer/actor TRISTAN "MACK" WILDS of the HBO drama "The Wire" and the CW series "90210", and music by Queens native DJ CAMILO of Hot 97.
The "Only in Queens" Summer Festival will also offer a wide range of activities for people of all ages, including:
• Guided tours of the New York State Pavilion's Tent of Tomorrow, the Queens Library Mobile Unit, the Queens Theatre and the Queens Museum;
• Family-friendly fun including cultural performances, face painting, inflatable bounce houses, a Delta Air Lines Scavenger Hunt, activities run by the United States Tennis Association, and an appearance by Mr. Met;
• Food and craft vendors offering a variety of international cuisine and merchandise for sale;
• Exhibits of memorabilia from the original 1939-40 and 1964-65 World's Fairs, classic cars and a boat from the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival;
• Virtual reality demonstrations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the group People for the Pavilion and Queens-based RPGA Studio as part of the international ideas competition currently underway to solicit imaginative and creative public input for how the New York State Pavilion can best be adapted for public reuse.
"Music, food and fun in the park are what New York summers are made of, and we're proud to bring it all together this June at the 'Only in Queens' Summer Festival," said Borough President KATZ. "Bring your entire family and friends to explore some of the very best of 'The World's Borough' right at your fingertips."
"Flushing Meadows Corona Park is always one of Queens' most active destinations. This summer we are proud to host a showcase of the best the borough has to offer— from monuments and historic World's Fair structures, to arts and sports programming," said NYC Parks Commissioner MITCHELL J. SILVER, FAICP. "I'd like to thank Borough President Katz for her ongoing support of Queens' parks as spaces to celebrate in, and to be celebrated."
"At City Parks Foundation, we believe culture should be convenient and affordable for everyone. Our SummerStage festival removes the barriers to culture, bringing world-class artists, topical and popular, to neighborhood parks like Flushing Meadows Corona Park, free of charge," said HEATHER LUBOV, Executive Director of City Parks Foundation. "We're thrilled to partner with Borough President Katz and NYC Parks to celebrate the rich history of the Park and the thriving community of the borough."
"Only in Queens celebrates the borough's energy, sense of community, and diversity – qualities that make Queens a great place to live and visit," said FRED DIXON, President of the NYC & Company Foundation. "NYC & Company Foundation is proud to support Borough President Katz's commitment to sharing the best of Queens with the rest of the City, and the rest of the world."
"We're excited to partner with Borough President Katz, NYC & Company, and NYC Parks to bring neighbors together for what we know will be a fun and enriching community event," said HENRY KUYKENDALL, Vice President New York for Delta Air Lines. "With hubs at JFK and LaGuardia, Delta is committed to the borough of Queens and proud to support great events like this one."
Funding for the SummerStage concert comes from the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Improvement Fund, administered by City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Borough President Katz and NYC Parks.
Additional co-sponsors for the "Only in Queens" Summer Festival include TD Bank, the New York Daily News, Vio/K Marketing Group and Resorts World Casino, New York City.
For more information, go to http://www.queensbp.org/onlyinqueens.
This year's "Only in Queens" Summer Festival follows two successful World's Fair Anniversary Festivals, held in 2014 and 2015 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the 1939-40 World's Fair and the 50th anniversary of the 1964-1965 World's Fair, and organized by the World's Fair Anniversary Committee (co-chaired by Borough President Katz and State Assemblymember Margaret Markey) in collaboration with NYC Parks.


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The central government's top policy think tank, Niti Aayog, has identified five areas -- healthcare, agriculture, education, infrastructure and transport -- where artificial intelligence (AI) could produce huge benefits.
The think tank has released a discussion paper that showed AI could make healthcare more pocket-friendly for several million citizens in the country. It also suggested the use of AI in agriculture to increase farmers' income and cut down on wastage.
"In the area of education, AI can improve access and quality. When put to infrastructure and transportation sectors, AI can improve connectivity and create safer modes of transport," the paper said.
The paper also identifies barriers to using AI such as lack of expertise, absence of data-enablement systems, high resource costs, lack of collaborative approach and privacy concerns.
In order to overcome these, the think tank suggests that the Union government should come up with a Centre of Research Excellence.
Also, Niti suggests establishing International Centres of Transformational AI that would see private participation as well.
According to a report in The Economic Times, the Indian government initially plans to bankroll AI implementation from the Rs 200 crore allocated to the Atal Innovation Mission.
In partnership with private players, the government may boost the sum once the strategy paper gets finalised, said the report, adding that the amount of Rs 200 crore ($30 million) talked above was small compared to China's allotment of $150 billion.
Niti Aayog's AI paper is one among a series of digital steps the think tank is taking to solve socio-economic problems faced by the country.
In April, Niti Aayog said it had tapped IIT-Delhi's artificial-intelligence tool that reveals and predicts socio-economic conditions of areas right down to the district level using satellite images, said a report. The project is expected to help policymakers take better decisions across healthcare, education, agriculture, sanitation, employment and others.
Earlier, Press Trust of India reported Niti Aayog chief executive Amitabh Kant as saying that Indian firms can use state-of-the-art technologies and emerging tech such as AI to reimagine production and bump up the economy.
In January, Niti Aayog had said it was testing the waters to deploy blockchain in education, health and agriculture. The think tank is developing a prototype to take advantage of the new technology in key sectors, a senior government official had said.


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Spring 21 & Mumuki Plants, Planting and Piazzolla Music
June 5, 2021 /in Documentary, Uncategorized /by RickMegh
My short documentary "Spring 2021 & Mumuki" is about plants and planting;
it is about growth, renewal, decay, and death;
it is about being in touch with the land;
it is about Astor Piazzolla's "Mumuki;"
In the early afternoon of June 3, Ruth asked me to accompany her to the site of a yet-to-be-built permaculture master plan she designed. I said OK. I had no agenda, but I took the Go Pro 6 and the Lumix with me, just in case.
We crossed the recently completed Gateway Bridge over the Long Beach-Los Angeles harbor and reached the site in San Pedro. The contrast with the bridge's high-tech and 10,000-year-old agriculture was striking. While Ruth helped Peter Rothe, a designer, with his planting, I wandered around.
Growing on a wall
During the weeks since the completion of "Piazzolla Con Brio," I have been reading Maria Susana Azzi and Simon Collier's excellent biography of Piazzolla. In it, the composition "Mumuki" is mentioned, which I didn't know. It sounded Japanese. I went to listen to it. It touched me deeply, differently than other of Piazzolla's works.
Mumuki was a term of endearment that Piazzolla applied both to his wife, Laura and to one of his dogs, Flora. It is relatively unusual for a work composed for quintet in that the bandoneón is silent during the first three and a half minutes as the beautiful melodic lines are passed between guitar, violin, piano, and bass. When I started to edit the film, I thought of bringing Mumuki into it.
I don't know what Piazzola may have been thinking or feeling when he composed it. I am sure that it was nothing remotely close to my images, but I felt a link, a kinship. I included it entirely. Mea Culpa.
Piazzolla and Pablo Ziegler, 1984
The Pablo Ziegler Ensamble, 2012
You may watch two videos of Mumuki's performances:
By Piazzolla's Quinteto Nuevo Tango, recorded in 1984:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXjmKmxeuiY
By Pablo Ziegler's Ensamble, with Karen Gomyo at the violin, recorded in 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK18SiLa24I
Works by Astor Piazzolla:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Piazzolla#Work
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As We Saw It – Part 3: Paris Green Urbanity Green Open Spaces as Urban Design
Vision and political will are a good combination. This is the case of Paris 2018, looking into the future with pragmatic imagination.
Anne Hidalgo, Paris' first female mayor
Stephane Malka Architecture, Paris
Parisians have a high consciousness level of sustainability and climate change. They are now led by their Mayor, Anne Hidalgo, who has decided to turn their city into a green capital of the world. Besides seven major projects under construction to transform famous squares into pedestrian and bike-friendly areas, urban farming has now new legislation that promotes growing vegetables on roofs and public spaces.
in the accompanying documentary, we have chosen three examples of green urbanity: the Parc de Bercy, the Parc de la Villette, and the Promenade Plantee. They show how building green, when integrated with urban design, architecture and public art, can be transformative.
Place d'Italie
Place Gabetta
Place de la Nation
Place du Pantheon
Place des Fetes
Eglise de la Madeleine
Apartment building by Jean Nouvel
Urban Farming in Paris
Vincent Callebaut Architectures
PARC DE BERCY
Designed by architects Bernard Huet, Madeleine Ferrand, Jean-Pierre Feugas, Bernard Leroy, and by landscapers Ian Le Caisne and Philippe Raguin, the park is made of three gardens connected by footbridges: The "Romantic Garden", which includes fishponds and dunes; The "Flowerbeds", dedicated to plant life; and "The Meadows", an area of open lawns shaded by tall trees.
In the north-east of the park stands the Cinémathèque Française (the former American Center) designed by Frank Gehry, and on the raised terraces are the 21 sculptures of Rachid Khimoune's "Children of the World" installation, created in 2001 to honor children's rights.
The park has also a covered skatepark and is adjacent to a major sports arena, the Palais Omnisports, with a sitting capacity of 20,000.
Parc de Berci – Plan
Viaduc des Arts
Parc de Bercy – Vegetable Garden
Parc de Bercy – Vineyard
Parc de Bercy – House of Wind
The Parc de la Villette is a 37-acre / 55 hectares area that houses one of the largest concentration of cultural venues in Paris. These include the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (City of Science and Industry, Europe's largest science museum), three major concert venues, and the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris.
The park was designed by Bernard Tschumi, a French architect of Swiss origin, who built it from 1984 to 1987 in partnership with Colin Fournier, on the site of the huge Parisian abattoirs (slaughterhouses) and the national wholesale meat market, as part of an urban redevelopment project. He conceived thirty-five architectural "follies" to give a sense of orientation to the visitors.
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily as an ornament but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose. One can only imagine what a system of follies could do for a city like Los Angeles, to provide orientation within its vast urban grid. Since the creation of the park, museums, concert halls, and theatres have been designed by several noted contemporary architects, including Christian de Portzamparc, Jean Nouvel, Adrien Fainsilber, Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, and Gérard Chamayou. These include City of Science and Industry, ]La Géode, an IMAX theatre inside of a 36-meter (118 ft) diameter geodesic dome; The City of Music, designed by Christian de Portzamparc which opened in 1995 and it includes also a museum of historical musical instruments with a concert hall, also home of the Conservatoire de Paris; the Philharmonie de Paris which opened in January 2015 designed by Jean Nouvel.
Parc de la Villette – Plan
Parc de la Villette – Philarmonie and Follie
Parc de la Villette – Follies Grid
Follie
Parc de la Villette – Follie
Museum of Science and Industry
Geodesic Dome / IMAX Theater
City of Music
At the Philarmonie de Paris
PROMENADE PLANTÉE
The Promenade plantée (also called Coulée Verte – "Green Stream") is an extensive green belt that follows the old Vincennes railway line. Beginning just east of the Opéra Bastille with the elevated Viaduc des Arts, it follows a 4.7 km (2.9 mi) (2.9 mi) path to the Bois de Vincennes.
At its west end, near the Bastille, the parkway rises above the surrounding area and forms the Viaduc des Arts, over a line of shops featuring high quality and expensive arts and crafts. The shops are located in the arches of the formerly elevated railway viaduct.
The design was created by landscape architect Jacques Vergely and architect Philippe Mathieux. The Viaduc des Arts was designed by architect Patrik Berger, who also designed the recently completed Canopy of Les Halles.
The project is an ultimate example of "walking urbanity," with multiple experiences along its path. It includes different types of gardens, it traverses existing buildings, it crosses boulevards. Twenty years later, Promenade Plantee inspired the now successful High Line in New York.
Promenade Plantee, paris.
Promenade Plantee
Promenade Plantee – Parc de Neuilly
The creation of a humane urban quality does not depend only on the quality of a city's buildings. The design quality of open public spaces, way beyond landscape architecture, is critical. It the demands imaginative long-term thinking accompanied by political vision and will.
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Sustainability, Vanguard Art and Pop Music Two Trailers and a Music Video Share Time and Space
May 24, 2018 /in Blog, Promo Trailer /by RickMegh
One: My Green Journey Trailer (2:30)
Two: Jasper Johns and Vanguard Art Today Trailer (2:30)
Three: My Believer Music Video (3:21)
The connection of three short videos on sustainability, vanguard art an pop music is time and space. They were all three produced during May 2018; all three share space here. Why?
The trailers and posters for My Green Journey (17:48) and for Jasper Johns and Vanguard Art Today (35:34) were done in connection with my submission to several film festivals, as part of the required press kit (both films on Vimeo Private for now). My Believer, a music video, was produced in connection with an advanced video editing class that I took at Golden West College.
My Green Journey
This documentary is a brief "autobiography of a vision." It tells of Ruth Meghiddo's path from architecture to urban farming and shows how sustainability can be improved by using the principles of permaculture design. Combining earthy pragmatism with futuristic visions, she shows how her concepts of permaculture and eatable gardens within our habitat may help to transform the world we live in.
Bill Mollison and Permaculture
School in China
Roof edible garden
Roof planting
Vertical industrial farming
Luigi Pellegrin Architect
2. Jasper Johns and Vanguard Art Today
What was supposed to be a short video reporting on Jasper John's exhibition at The Broad evolved into a short documentary that illustrates Johns' path from being an unknown artist in New York during the 1950's to becoming one of the leading artists during the 1960s and 1970s. My research lead to the questions "what is vanguard art today? Who are today's Jasper Johns working within the present reality? Is there an equivalent in architecture?" The documentary tries to establish a link between one of the most important artists of the 1960s avant-garde, and some of today's avant-garde artists in multiple disciplines and media: painting, sculpture, film, video-art, choreography, architecture. It provides a stimulant example for the young generation of artists.
Jasper Johns – Map
Jasper Johns, Painting with Two Balls, 1960.
Jasper Johns, Summer, 1985.
Jasper Johns with composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham.
Jasper Johns with Leo Castelli.
At the Broad, 2018.
Scene fro film by Nataša Prosenc Stearns.
Photograph by Ralph Gibson
USA_Mexico border picnic. Artist: JR.
Sculpture by Janet Echelman.
Tamara Kostianivsky
Photo: Shirin Neshat.
Hotel in Spain. Architect: rank Gehry.
Art Gallery in Alberta. Architect: Frank Gehry.
Theater in Melbourne.
Rick Meghiddo by JR.
3. My Believer
My Believer is an experimental music video, my first and so far only one covering this genre. It is the result of my explorations during an advanced video-editing class that I recently took at Golden West College, taught by Thien A. Pham, a professional editor.
A long story short. In taking care of my "continuous education" in filmmaking, I enrolled in the class during the Winter semester of 2018. There were about students, out of which I was one of the few older than twenty years old and the only one above the teacher's age. During the classes, we reviewed films' techniques and special effects, and edited trailers, commercials, and segments of feature movies. Thien A. Pham, originally from Viet Nam, also gave us some insight on Chinese and South Korean filmmaking, which rarely reaches the American Public.
One of the assignments was to edit a music video. We were given the original music of "Believer," created by Imagine Dragons, and also some clips produced by Adam Henderson, winner of the Adobe Creative Cloud's Grand Prize. We were asked to re-edit the visuals freely while covering the entire original recording. Although neither the music nor many of the clips on violence were "my cup of tea," I took the opportunity to experiment.
Advanced Video Editing Class "selfie" by Thien A. Pham. May 22, 2018.
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The Wright Way Hint A Teaser of a Future Documentary
October 2, 2017 /in Documentary, Teaser /by RickMegh
h4>How can Wright's ideas and principles help a young generation to create better livable cities and human settlements? This is the central question that motivated me to start the production of a feature documentary, The Wright Way, as a transformational film that may benefit people of all cultures around the world. I know that when young people begin to study Frank Lloyd Wright, a better future will be invented based on the laws of nature, which includes human nature.
Wright's iconic works should not be turned into objects of worship, nor should his writings become a dogma. After studying Wright in depth, his ideas should be challenged to generate new ideas. By learning from history and from Wright, a new generation of designers willing to transform the world can get inspired to create original organic architecture from the city to the private dwelling.
Having visited many of his works, including less famous Usonian houses, and having met with some of his best followers, The Wright Way Hint "hints" at the production of a feature documentary that may contribute to a needed global transformation.
Hanna House, "Honeycomb," Stanford, CA, 1937-1962.
Hanna House, "Honeycomb" Plan, Stanford, CA, 1937-1962.
Rayward–Shepherd House, "Tirranna," New Canaan, CT, 1955. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
Melvin Maxwell and Sara Stein Smith House, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1950. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
Sol Friedman House, "Toyhill,", Pleasentville, New York, 1948. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
Turkel House, Detroit, MI, 1955. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
TRANSFORMING THE WORLD
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, 2016,
In 2016 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution of 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. They included:
1. End poverty; 2 . End hunger; 3. Ensure healthy lives; 4. Ensure inclusive quality education; 5. Achieve gender equality; 6. Ensure water and sanitation; 7. Ensure sustainable energy; 8. Promote sustainable decent work for all; 9. Build resilient infrastructure, sustainable industrialization and foster innovation; 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries, 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable; 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change; 14. Keep oceans, seas and marine resources sustainable; 15. Protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems; 16. Promote peace and justice for all; 17. Strengthen the means of implementation.
It is an ambitious wish-list out of which architecture can play a vital role (Goal #11.) If adopting Wright's organic architecture principles, the result could extend a sustainable life on Earth well beyond 2030.
Frank Lloyd Wright, c. 1957.
WRIGHT IDEAS IN A NUTSHELL
Like Galileo, Newton, Darwin and Einstein, who discovered laws of nature, Frank Lloyd Wright formulated principles which have affected design throughout the ages, from the Nuraghe of Sardinia (1900-730 BCE,) to the Katsura Imperial Villa (1624,) to Fallingwater (1939.) Although he was as prolific a writer as he was an architect, the reading and studying his ideas has remained confined to few scholars. His language is not easily accessible, his books are rarely put in the schools of architecture's "must read" list. How can one overcome these obstacles while young people's span of attention is getting shorter and shorter?
What are Wright's essential ideas?
Nature is the architect's principal school. The creative possibilities of form, color, pattern, texture, proportion, rhythm and growth are all well expressed in nature.
The building grows out of the landscape as naturally as any plant. Its relationship to the site is so unique that it would be out of place elsewhere.
Materials are to be used based on their intrinsic nature: strength, color, texture. One material is not to be disguised as another.
A building should convey a sense of shelter, refuge, or protection against the elements. Its inhabitants should never lack privacy or feel exposed and unprotected.
Space: "The reality of the building does not consist of the roof and the walls but the space within to be lived in", said Wright, quoting Lao Tzu. The interior space determines the exterior form. Interior space is not packed in boxes called rooms; rather, space should flow freely from interior area to interior area. An area is never fully comprehended when viewed from a single point, but it must be slowly experienced as one moves through space.
The human body should be the only scale of a building and its furnishings.
Each building has its own grammar, its distinct vocabulary of pattern and form. All parts of the building, from the smallest detail to the overall form, speak the same language. The grammar may be completely different for two buildings of similar functions.
Ornament, when used, it is to be developed as an integral part of the material, not applied.
Simplicity in art is a synthetic positive quality in which we may see evidence of mind, breadth of scheme, wealth of detail and with the sense of completeness found in a tree or a flower."
Furniture should be built-in as much as possible.
Sculpture and painting are to become elements of the total design.
Unity Temple, Skylight Detail, Oak Park, IL, 1904. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
Kaufmann Residence, "Fallingwater," Bear Run, PA, 1939. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
Johnson Wax Headquarters, Detail, Racine, WI, 1939. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
Herbert F. Johnson House, "Wingspread," Skylight, Windspread, WI, 1939. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wauwatosa, WI, 1961. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Skylight, NYC, 1959. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
Beth Sholom Congregation, Philadelphia, PA, 1959. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
First Unitarian Society Meeting House, Shorewood Hills, WI, 1951. Photo: R&R Meghiddo.
MODERN, CONTEMPORARY AND ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE
What became labeled as "Modern Architecture" or "Modernism," originated in Europe of the 1920s. Walter Gropius' Bauhaus, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe's ideas, based on constructive social programs, provided with a machine –like with no decoration and easy to learn slogans, such as "less is more," ribbon glass windows, all-white rectangle walls, and building on piloti. They influenced the design of thousands of architects around the world, some with positive results, many with catastrophic effects of massive housing and urban sprawl lacking identity.
Wright's work, although classified by historians under the umbrella name of "Modernism," refused to be categorized in any one architectural movement. His master-teacher, Louis Sullivan, who pioneered the use of steel for office building, had coined the concept of "form follows function", later on modified be Wright as "form and function are one." Simplicity for Wright was an end-result of chiseling out the unnecessary, not a point of departure.
For most young architects eager to start building their own projects, it was impossible to learn Wright's principles and ethic code without studying in depth his writings, analyzing his drawings and visiting his buildings. Most chose the shortcut.
In the 1960s the term "modern" was substituted by the more inclusive term "contemporary." It included hundreds of art and architecture languages and grammars. Some were authentic, some were progressive, like "High-Tech," some were regressive, like "Post-Modernism," many were trendy, and some "stararchitects" indulged in building acrobatics having little to do with people's needs. "Contemporary" implied a freedom of expression that many interpreted as "anything goes."
The Italian Website ADAO (Friends of Organic Archirecture) (http://www.architetturaorganica.org/architetturaorganica/HOME.htm ) shows links to many organic architects, such as John Lautner, Carlo Scarpa, Bruce Goff, Bart Prince, Kendrick Bangs Kellog, Robert Harvey Oshatz, to name a few, their numbers remain a small fraction in comparison to all what is being built.
Luigi Pellegrin's Casa Bifamiliare sull'Aurelia, Rome, Italy, 1964.
Bruce Goff's Joe D. Price House and Studio, Bartlesville, OK, 1956.
Carlo Scarpa's Brion Cemetery, San Vito D'Altivole, Treviso, Italy, 1978.
Robert Harvey Oshatz's Elk Rock Residence, Oswago, OR, 1959.
John Lautner's Silvertop, Los Angeles, CA, 1956-1976.
Kendrick Bangs Kellogg's Bev Doolittle House, Joshua Tree, CA,1993.Photo: Lance Gerber.
A ONE-HUNDRED YEAR AGENDA
At a philosophical level, the quests of Dario Salas Sommer's Moral Physics, Yuval Noah Harari's New Human Agenda, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Organic Architecture, interact as "a cosmic vision beyond ever-changing creeds or viewpoints that have until now divided human beings according to their geography, their culture or their ideas." God / Nature / Truth / Unity / Existence / Being / Whole become interchangeable words implying the working and interacting together as a whole. The time is now. As the world's population grows to a likely ten billion by mid-century, twelve billion by 2100 and possibly 30 billion by 2200, planetary management that crosses borderlines and governments become indispensable.
In addition to all said, mixed-use and multi-functionality are integral components of a sustainability agenda. While mixed-use juxtapose multiple functions (housing, commerce, education, ) multi-functionality makes possible the multiple uses of the same space, and the multiple-use of a same component: a stairway as structure, a column or beam as a container of ducts, a wall as container of storage, a roof as an edible garden.
Proximity between living space and working space are part of the sustainability agenda. Working space can be: a. within the dwelling unit; b. adjacent to the dwelling unit ( see Price Tower); c. Within walking or bike distance from the dwelling.
Mobility is integral to both human needs and to sustainability, yet it demands a total revision of how it works. It consists of three categories. A. Emergency access (firemen, ambulances, police, rescue from disasters.) b. Public use: air mobility and public transportation of multiple kinds: trains, tramways, air tram cable cars, moving conveyors, buses, taxis (with drivers or driverless,) hot air balloons. c. Private: bikes, skateboards, cars, trucks (owned or rented.)
Organic architecture needs to awaken from its long sleep. It requires reinterpretation without falling into nostalgia or an imitative expression of Nature. Although nature remains the most important source of inspiration, it is to be interpreted, not copied.
The United Earth Wheel of Synergy. Copyright United Earth, 2016.
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January 16, 2017 /in Promotion /by RickMegh
Farm Urbana, as presented in "Food for Thought," proposes practical solutions to help the rapidly growing urban population's access to fresh food close to home. Ruth Meghiddo challenges developers, architects, and property owners to include urban farming as an integral part of the built environment. She sees bridging between urban farming and design a critical response to the planet's sustainability problems.
Ruth founded Farm Urbana in 2013, with a vision for cities to be prosperous. Her clients, forward-thinking developers and owners, value innovation and anticipate rewards for advancing a lifestyle amenity for their residents. She helps them offer a desirable eco-friendly solution that is aesthetic and stimulates creating local communities.
The system consumes 90% less water, little labor, and a fraction of space and weight of traditional vegetable gardens. For more, visit: http://farmurbana.com/
Farm Urbana Website
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From Architecture to Urban Farming
December 28, 2016 /in Documentary /by RickMegh
A Brief Story of a Vision
"While doing research on solutions for sustainable mixed-use urban corridors, I came to foresee the advantage of incorporating a food-growth area integrated to the common spaces of the habitat at arm length of people's home."
In a brief story of her vision, Ruth brings us the case of urban farming as a growing movement to tackle problems that the world faces in the 21st century. Her story is personal. She tells us how her vision evolved from childhood experiences in the Romanian countryside, to her life in Rome, to the mentorships of Zevi and Pellegrin, to her fascination with Wright's thinking and works, to her practice as an architect, to her discovery of Permaculture, to her new passion for urban farming and local edible gardens.
She posed to herself some critical questions:
How can urban farming contribute to make the world a better place?
What is the connection between architecture, planning and urban farming?
What can each of us do to become self-reliable on the food we put on our table?
How can edible gardens become a design component integrated to urban development?
How can urban farming provide a stage for social interaction?
Some facts may help to put a global problem into perspective:
The First Agriculture Revolution started about 10,000 years ago. As nomads settled, cities were born. Until about a century ago, they were surrounded by farms, which supplied its population with fresh food.
San Gimigniano surrounded by farms – Photo: Pablo Charin / Minube
As the world's population grew from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 7.5 billion today, the way we feed ourselves was transformed radically. Industrialized farming brought us ecological degradation, aggravated by the massive use of toxic chemicals. In addition, the path of food from the farm to the city became dependent on carbon-based fuel for transportation.
As the temperatures will continue to raise, climate change is likely to expand the areas of drought hurricanes and floods, diminishing the existing cultivable areas.
Nwesweek 10/30/2015
Milano EXPO 2015: Feeding the World
Today's global growth is about 75 million a year. We are likely to reach ten billion around by 2050. Too far away? Not really! That is just "around the corner." By 2050, children born today will be in their thirties.
World Population-1800-2050
One acre of land is needed to feed one person for one year. By 2050 we will need additional not-yet-existing cultivable land of about 10 million km2, equal to the size of the United States.
How shall we continue to feed the planet? How shall we invent the future while we free cultivable land from the voracious appetite of urban sprawl? If we want to create a decent living environment, action is needed NOW. Here are some possibilities:
Increase mixed-use urban density along urban corridors.
Create cultivable areas within residential multi-family buildings, office buildings, schools, factories, hotels, etc.
Design common edible gardens as places for social interaction.
Design workspaces that provide edible gardens to its tenants.
Plan neighborhoods that include collective cultivable areas.
Build multi-story farms.
Vertical Farming – Rendering: Blake Kurasek
No single solution can fit all needs. The use of eco-friendly lightweight hydroponic systems that consume 90% less water than traditional farming can be incorporated into the built environment.
On the other hand, permaculture, first developed by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, brings a holistic approach that combines agricultural and social design principles. By increasing our awareness of "thinking globally and acting locally," each of us can contribute to make the world a better place to inhabit.
Jean Phillipe Pargade Technical and Scientific School, Paris. Photo: Sergio Grazia
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One of my dearest and closest friends recently blogged about doing something of "significance" with her life. It resonated with me. While I know that my girls are significant (and teaching them to be awesome, God-fearing women is a true calling), I know there's more.
I was reminded of that again when we found out that Brian's Aunt Joan had passed away. She was truly a special lady. She was an ordained minister with a passion for Christ like most never see. She had an incredible prayer life! She is the reason that so many folks know of Christ's love and sacrifice. She loved her family just as passionately. She had a significant influence in Brian's life and I'm grateful for it! I only got to know her for ten years, but her legacy will live on in me and many others. She made sure that there were folks behind her that would carry the torch.
She was a woman of prayer and although I pray, I know there's a need for someone to step into her shoes and pray even more. They are big shoes. By God's grace, I will make sure her life's mission will continue for generations to come.
When I finally reach the gates of heaven, I want those left behind to carry my legacy too. I want them to see my shoes as "big."
What kind of legacy are you leaving? One of pessimism? One of anger or doubt or fear? One of being miserly? Unapproachable? Or are you leaving a legacy of love? Christ's love. Are you leaving a legacy of selflessness and prayer?
Lyrics to Nichole Nordemann's "Legacy"
What a wonderful tribute to Brian's Aunt Joan. So true about leaving a lasting legacy- thanks for giving me some food for though today!


I have mixed feelings about this city. Amsterdam is complicated and pushes one to choose, love or hate. It is surprising, but none of my friends stayed indifferent to this city. Moreover, nobody could clearly explain the reasons for loving it or hating it.
One of the most famous cities in the world, it has a great history, ambitious cultural life, and its own "peculiar" attractions. On the surface, Amsterdam seems tidy, clean, and cozy, but it is only an illusion. It has incurred all kinds of sins, which, nevertheless, get along harmoniously with the decency of its citizens.


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Bond welcomes contributions from the community.

## Process

1. Make a proposal.
1. Implement the proposal and its tests.
1. Squash commits and write a good commit message.
1. Start a pull request & address comments.
1. Merge.

### Proposal

For things like fixing typos and small bug fixes, you can skip this step.

If your change is more than a simple fix, please don't just create a big
pull request. Instead, start by opening an issue describing the problem you
want to solve and how you plan to approach the problem. This will let us
have a brief discussion about the problem and, hopefully, identify some
potential pitfalls before too much time is spent.

### Implementation

* Fork the repository on GitHub.
* Start on a new topic branch off of master.
* Instructions for getting Bond building and running the tests are in the
  [README](https://github.com/Microsoft/bond/blob/master/README.md).
* Aim for each pull request to have one commit. If the commit starts to get
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    * Some changes are more naturally authored in multiple commits. This is
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      are harder to review and interate on with GitHub's tooling.
* Make sure that all the tests continue to pass.
    * The CMake `check` target will run the C++ tests for you.
    * The C# unit tests can be run from
      [the command line](https://github.com/Microsoft/bond/blob/56b5914a5bb41178521e01f6ce078d429e3e6b71/appveyor.yml#L214)
      or from within Visual Studio.
* Update the [changelog](https://github.com/Microsoft/bond/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).

### Squash commits

Before submitting your pull request, you'll probably want to squash any
intermediate commits you have into one commit. No "fix syntax error"
commits, please. :-)

Each commit should build and pass all of the tests. If you want to add new
tests for functionality that's not yet written, ensure the tests are added
disabled.

* For Haskell tests, add the tests functions, but don't add a test case for
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* For CTest tests, add the executable to the CMakeLists.txt file to ensure
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* For C# NUnit tests, use the
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Don't forget to run `git diff --check` to catch those annoying whitespace
changes.

In your commit message, explain the reasoning behind the commit. The code
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the question "Why did it need to change?".

Please follow the established Git
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The first line is a summary in the imperative, about 50 characters or less,
and should *not* end with a period. An optional, longer description must be
preceded by an empty line and should be wrapped at around 72 characters.
This helps with various outputs from Git or other tools.

You can update messages of local commits you haven't pushed yet using `git
commit --amend` or `git rebase --interactive` with *reword* command.

### Pull request

Start a GitHub pull request to merge your topic branch into the
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(If you are a Microsoft employee and are not a member of the
[Microsoft organization on GitHub](https://github.com/Microsoft) yet, please
contact the Bond Development team via e-mail for instructions before
starting your pull request. There's some process stuff you'll need to do
ahead of time.)

If you haven't contributed to a Microsoft project before, you may be asked
to sign a [contribution license agreement](https://cla.microsoft.com/). A
comment in the PR will let you know if you do.

When you submit a pull request, a suite of builds and tests will be run
automatically, and the results will show up in the "Checks" section of the
PR. If any of these fail, you'll need to figure out why and make the
appropriate fixes. If you think the failures are due to infrastructure
issues, please mention this in a comment, and one of the maintainers will
help.

The project maintainers will review your changes. We aim to review all
changes within three business days.

Address any review comments by adding commits that address the comments.
Don't worry about having fixup/tiny commits at this stage. They'll get
squashed together when the change is finally merged. Push these new commits
to your topic branch, and we'll review the edits.

### Merge

Once the comments in the pull request have been addressed, a project
maintainer will merge your changes. Thank you for helping improve Bond!

By default we'll perform a squash merge unless requested otherwise in the
PR.

# Reporting Security Issues

Security issues and bugs should be reported privately, via email, to the
Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) at
[secure@microsoft.com](mailto:secure@microsoft.com). You should receive a
response within 24 hours. If for some reason you do not, please follow up
via email to ensure we received your original message. Further information,
including the [MSRC
PGP](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/dn606155) key, can be
found in the [Security
TechCenter](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/default).

# Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the
[Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
For more information see the
[Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/)
or contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any
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Q: my.bat is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file I created a .bat file that opens up a specific webpage I use for work in app mode on Chrome (so it removes the tabs and address bar to save space).  I wanted to convert this .bat file to .exe (for a number of reasons that may seem pedantic).  I used iexpress to convert the .bat to .exe.  When I try to run the .exe the DOS window very briefly flashes and then crashes.  I was able to grab a screenshot of the message as it was closing.  The message is in the Title.
The script in my .bat is as follows:
@echo off
set "SystemPath=%windir%\System32"
if not "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"=="" set "SystemPath=%windir%\Sysnative"
start Chrome.exe --app=http:XXXXXXXXX

I added cmd /c to the "install program to launch" because I'm on Win 7.  I opened the file in Notepad++ and it's encoded without BOM.  I haven't been able to find another reason why my .bat file isn't being recognized.

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The city of Bischwiller is located near Strasbourg and Haguenau and is only a few minutes away from Germany. This city with its strong and deep-rooted identity is home to nearly 13 000 inhabitants.
Strasbourg is a city in eastern France on the left bank of the Rhine. It is the capital of the Alsace region and of the département of Bas-Rhin. The city has been the seat of the Council of Europe since 1949, the European Parliament since 1992 and the European Court of Human Rights in the Human Rights Building since 1998, earning it the titles of "European Capital" and "Capital of Europe". In terms of the number of people living within the city itself, Strasbourg is the largest municipality in the Grand Est region of France and the seventh largest in France. It is one of the main economic centres in the north east of the country.
Creuzier-le-Vieux is a French municipality located in the Allier département. Its population currently numbers around 3,400 inhabitants. Situated next to the city of Vichy, it was considered as Vichy's "orchard" during the Vichy era. The northern part of Creuzier-le-Vieux is very rural, despite the ongoing process of urban development. In March 2017, the municipality decided to acquire the services of a territorial development expert in order to devise an enhancement strategy for the local heritage. This project was founded on a participatory decision.


Grammy®-winning mixer Andrew Scheps (Adele, Metallica) shares 6 key songs by his favorite artists and from his own career and talks about genius, inspiration and dreams come true in a red convertible.
As producer, mixer and recording engineer, Scheps is a leading force in the studio. He has lent his talents to artists as diverse as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beyoncé, Black Sabbath, Jay Z, Lady Gaga, Weezer and Lana Del Rey. A long-time Waves artist, Andrew has recently launched his own Waves plugin, Scheps Parallel Particles. Here is his personal playlist.
I'm not sure how old I was when I first heard Revolver, but I couldn't have been older than 5 or 6. At first I loved "Yellow Submarine" and "Taxman" and all of the more obvious songs, but at some point I became mesmerized by "Tomorrow Never Knows." To this day I absolutely love the way the song sounds, from the trashy drums, to the vocals, to the tape loops. The reason I've chosen this song, though, is that it made me realize there was such a thing as "making records." This is the first song for me that obviously wasn't about capturing a performance, but about constructing a soundscape. I probably only understood it abstractly for years, until I started messing with sound, recording with two cassette decks and reading Mix magazine – but it must have planted a seed pretty deep.
This song is one of my favorites of all time. I love the simplicity of the arrangement, the use of crowd vocal samples, the hard-panned kick and snare, the doubled lead vocal – the list goes on. The real magic of this recording to me, though, is the arrangement. There is such an amazing build in emotion through the song using only subtle changes. The 12-string coming and going, the 8th-note pickups on the electric guitar, the addition of piano later in the song in almost a honky-tonk way so it can stick around and really add a ton of weight to the following section. Just genius, on top of what is already a great band and a great song.
This is probably my favorite song by my favorite band. The entire album Demon Box that this track is from is fantastic, but I absolutely love this song. The arrangement is amazing, the guitar and bass sounds are crushing, and the screaming chorus vocal is great. This is one of the first songs I heard from this band and I've been hooked ever since. We actually took a family vacation last year to Tønsberg, Norway to see them play the entire album live at Slottsfjell, and they did not disappoint.
I didn't realize how popular this track was for years after I worked on it, and I still like the way it sounds. It's one of the first times I used parallel compression to help grow a track. I bounced a lot of the elements through the only stereo compressor we had in the studio, and then brought the parallel stuff in and out to make things get bigger and smaller without adding new elements to the track. Other than that, the mix is ridiculously simple. We used 24 inputs on a Neve 8068, one 1176, and no automation.
RHCP have always been one of my favorite bands, long before I worked with them. I'd seen them live for the first time in 1986 and owned everything they put out. Getting to work with them on By The Way was a real dream come true. By the time I was mixing half of Stadium Arcadium it was really kind of surreal. I think "Dani California" is a good mix; the choruses certainly pop. But the real reason this song is on the list is because a couple weeks after it came out I was driving in Los Angeles and stopped at a traffic light next to a girl in a red convertible who had it blasting from her car and was singing along at the top of her lungs. Pretty amazing to be a part of that song and get to actually see the results!
Low Roar is an artist on my label, but it's really much more than that. I've been working with Ryan Karazija, the amazing singer and songwriter of Low Roar (and Audrye Sessions before that) for more than 10 years now, and we've gotten to the point where I'm very involved in these records in a way I don't often get to be. Aside from my more usual co-production and mixing role, I play instruments, program, help arrange tracks, destroy things with my modular synth, etc., etc. It's as close as I can get to being a part of the band, and I really love to be this involved and invested in the music. This particular song is on the list because I think it's pretty cool from a mix perspective. The low end is kind of ridiculous and it really takes off in a few spots. I'm very proud of this song – the whole album, 0, really. We spent a ton of time working not only on the songs themselves, but also on the track order and spacing. We really tried to make a RECORD, not just a batch of songs.


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Q: Why does an unblocked TCP/IP port appear to be listening from one server but not from another? I have Oracle VirtualBox on my Windows 10 machine (we'll call "hoster"). I have two linux VMs which are getting the same IP address (despite my efforts to give them different IP addresses). I tried changing the /etc/network/interface file. But they get the same IP address.
I have configured port forwarding in the settings of these VMs in the Oracle VirtualBox "Network Adapter" settings. This way I can connect to them with unique IP addresses with Putty from my Windows 10 machine.
When I do this from each Linux machine, I get different results:
nmap -p 8140 1.2.3.4

Instead of 1.2.3.4, I am using the IP address that was configured for one server in the port forwarding/network adapter settings. This is the IP address I use to connect to the server with Putty.
From the Linux VM guest server that has the IP addresss 1.2.3.4, I see port 8140 is "Open" (and thus listening). From the other Linux VM guest server, I see port 8140 is "Closed" and thus not filtered/blocked.
I tried to use this telnet 1.2.3.4 8140, but I got connection refused from the other server. (This telnet command worked from the 1.2.3.4 server itself.)
What should I do to get consistent nmap results? I did not even realize this scenario was possible.
Update on 3/4/19:  I tried many different network adapter settings.  The problem remained reproducible.  I cannot even document the number of different settings that I tried.
Update on 3/5/19:  My problem is consistent with IP addresses on the Linux guest VMs "resolving" (despite me using actual IP addresses and not FQDNs) to 127.0.0.1.  The results of nmap, SSH, and ssh-keyscan commands are all the same no matter what remote IP address I use as a respective argument.  The result of my nmap, SSH, and ssh-keyscan commands is the same as if I used 127.0.0.1.  I have heard of DNS resolving incorrectly.  I do not know why Linux guest VMs would have IP addresses resolve to 127.0.0.1.


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Star Wars Expanded Universe Thread
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CycloneErik said:
I wondered if that would be the case. It's almost a guarantee I'll give it another shot.
I thought the first couple episodes were slow too, but at the same time, they were well worth it when looking back to see what they were building
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Triggermv said:
Interesting to hear the thoughts so far on the recent episode of Andor. I personally thought it was yet again another FANTASTIC episode. Was it action packed and exciting? No, but not much of Andor is and it just isn't meant to be. This series is clearly something different. With that said, until this episode, I can't say I've ever grasped the hopelessness caused by living under the Empire more than I have now. In fact, its to the point where it feels debilitating just watching it. The amazing part about this is how differently it now frames all of Star Wars moving forward. It is like all of Star Wars suddenly just got a little bit better, which is an impressive feat. The two surprise characters to show up throughout the episode was really great and organic too. The first surprise character put on one heck of a performance throughout, like usual for him. As for the second surprise character, his monologue near the end was one of the best acted and best written monologues in all of Star Wars. I can't help but be amazed how this series continues to be on point in every single category which make a series great, whether it be acting, directing, writing, cinematography or whatever.
Yeah this series really gives the entire Star Wars saga a different feel. It's kind of the "ugly" under belly of what really happened during the rebellion. What we see in the rest of the series is almost like the history book version written to highlight all the good parts and gloss over the rest. This definitely feels more real to what it would be like to be in a rebellion against the empire. I wish more of Star Wars had some of this going on. It would make it better (from my adult perspective but I understand why they don't).
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khardbored
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I need clarification on who you mean by "surprise characters?"
Spoiler: Spoiler below
I know one was Saw Gurera (sp?) -- who was the other?
NorthCyd
khardbored said:
I'm going to guess he's talking about Andy Serkis having a role in the show."
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NorthCyd said:
Surprise actor, not so much surprise role. Like if Han Solo showed up.
There's a dude in the prison that was in Rogue One. I can't remember his name though. Nice tie in. Also, Mothma….. hubba hubba.
Edit: this guy. Ruescott Melshi
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ISUChippewa
Watching Tales right now. I'm enjoying it. Plenty of Dooku's backstory going on.
As kind of a heretic on this regard, I haven't seen Rogue One yet, so Andor didn't really register with me. I lasted only a couple episodes. I might try it again, but it wasn't my thing this time.
Best Star Wars movie in the whole series, IMO. Even better then "The Empire Strikes Back."
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Clonehomer
OK. I'm going to say it. Andor is the best series made since Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul. Not just the best Star Wars series, but the best overall. Disney has finally hit the mark after some good but not great series in Star Wars and Marvel universes
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ISUChippewa said:
While I'm not sure it tops Empire for me, its def number 2 and the drop off it pretty far to number 3. Excellent movie. I would be curious to see the first cut of the movie.
BryceC
One of the reasons I'm so pleased with Andor is that I honestly do not get the hype around Rogue One at all. I think I've seen it maybe twice and outside of rewatching the "Vader in a hallway" scene many times I can't even really tell you a lot of what is done or said in the movie.
Rogue One is like Solo to me. Enjoyable movie, had a good time, not really something I need to revisit. Honestly if I had to pick between Solo and Rogue One I'd probably pick Solo if I was just going to watch a movie tonight.
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Rogue One was the movie where it felt like the Rebels were actually doing rebely stuff. ESB and RotJ had a fair amount, but the focus still was more on waving around laser swords. Solo didn't have lasers swords, but the feeling was still there.
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BryceC said:
Two words; Hammerhead. Corvette.
But seriously, IMO the action set pieces (particularly the Battle of Scarif, which I think takes up basically the last 45 minutes of the movie or so) are the best for any Star Wars movie.
And it's not just mindless action that's fun for the eyes either. There's meaning behind it; all of those deaths for the ensemble mean something. The motivations and character development that get blended in with the action are what put it on top for me.
Ohhh yes. My inner fanboy went pretty nuts there when I saw that during the battle.
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I think I didn't connect with the group that well. Sounds bad but their deaths weren't particularly meaningful for me.
Actually come to think of it can't think of their names. Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, etc.
If you watched Rebels the Hammerhead Corvette was in several episodes before Rogue One hit theaters, so that wasn't surprising.
Fair enough and to each their own.
K-2SO's death was actually the toughest for me; I remember people in the theater audibly moaned in anguish when he took too many laser blasts.
I haven't gotten into the Star Wars Animated series, so that was my first time seeing the Hammerhead Corvette.
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Cyclonscin
"Climb!" has quickly become one of the most heart breaking lines in Star Wars thanks to Rogue One and Andor.
Cyclonscin said:
Ya, that was really the moment in Rogue One that began the "oh crap, nobody's going to make it out of this".
If anyone hasn't seen Tales of the Jedi yet, you are missing out. While not every episode is spectacular, episode 4 is about as good as anything we've seen in Star Wars, and the overall arc of the series is pretty good too.
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To paraphrase Han Solo, I have a bad feeling that the cute little robot (B?) in Andor is going to get killed by the Empire, and that's what will really put Andor over the top and into the waiting arms of the Rebellion.
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Sunday night, don't waste your money, park on the street for free.
No liquids allowed-Purses are checked before entering venue building.
Stage view from ADLseating next to ballroom entrance gets blocked by constant foot traffic.
ADL seating next to balllroom entrance is cold & drafty.
Venue has an elevator for balcony seating.
Bring a cushion to enjoy entertainment at this venue without getting a sore bottom.
Hard, uncomfortable, cushioned ,individual chairs for seating.
Handicapped floor seating on side of ballroom has good visibility.


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This was a Pool Table Recover for a pub that was to re-open for the summer season. We recovered the table with a Hainsworth Club Green cloth. They were over the moon with their new cloth, as the old cloth was completely faded and stained.


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In the framework of his visit to the United States, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan met with US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at Pentagon on October 18, 2007.
Pointing out to the current high level of relationship between Armenia and the USA, the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction at the pace of development of the bilateral military-political cooperation and thanked the American side for sustained assistance provided to the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia.
In turn, Robert Gates said to be highly appreciative of Armenia's participation in the counter-terrorist coalition and the service ensured by Armenian peacekeepers in Iraq.
The parties have discussed ways for Armenia's further involvement in rehabilitation activities in Iraq, as well as the eventual engagement of the Armenian side in Afghanistan in support of the Coalition's efforts.
Speaking about the military assistance provided by the USA to the South Caucasian countries, Serzh Sargsyan emphasized the need of proportioning the aid extended to Armenia and Azerbaijan.
At the request of Robert Gates, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan briefed him on the activities of the government of Armenia. As twin basic challenges outlined by his government, the RA Prime Minister mentioned the imperative of ensuring the continuity and efficiency of the ongoing political and economic reforms, as well as the need of finding speedy solutions to the welfare bottlenecks faced by the population and added that the Government had sufficient determination and resources to achieve these targets.
With reference to the Karabakh conflict, Serzh Sargsyan reaffirmed that Armenia kept on advocating an expedited and negotiated settlement of the conflict based on compromise. He said to be hopeful that the discussions and dialog underway within the frameworks of the OSCE Minsk Group would yield a positive result. Robert Gates reiterated that the USA backed the efforts aimed at resolving the conflict in the frameworks of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Following the meeting with the US Secretary of Defense, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan went to the Millenium Challenge Corporation headquarters where he met with MCC Chief Executive Director John Danilovich.
Speaking about the USA-Armenia economic cooperation, the head of the Armenian government expressed high appreciation of Armenia's inclusion in the US Government-administered Millenium Challenge Program, which has a primary goal of boosting economic growth and curbing poverty in rural areas.
Ambassador John Danilovich evoked the upcoming MCC Managing Board meeting, scheduled for this November, which is due to examine the participating countries' annual performance and noted that a preliminary report indicated that the headquarters was of favorable opinion about Armenia's performance in 2007. The Prime Minister of Armenia noticed that according to the country development standings drawn up by the MCC for the year 2007, Armenia was promoted from "low-income"countries to "medium-income countries," which was a strong incentive for our country to be more consistent in its efforts under the program and added that, in view of the above, the Government of Armenia had formulated sufficiently ambitious targets in the 2008 draft budget law and that the efforts made to this end were supposed to affect favorably the MCA's performance indicators.
John Danilovich noted that at this stage the MCC was seeking to concentrate upon those countries already selected rather than to get new recruits. From this point of view, he prioritized the work over the possibility of having a second MCC program in parallel to the one in process. Ambassador Danilovich noticed that US Congress had a general disposition to make a legislative amendment enabling the participants to avail themselves of a second facility. The Prime Minister of Armenia expressed readiness to back this process.
In the second half of the day, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan had a meeting with US Vice-President Richard Cheney with an extensive agenda regarding US-Armenian relationship.
In noting that currently the relations between Armenia and the USA were at a rising tide, the Prime Minister stressed our country's willingness to continue and deepen them. He thanked the government of the United States for the political and economic support provided to Armenia since independence. Speaking about the pace of democratic reforms underway in our country, the Prime Minister said that authorities in Armenia were firm in their drive to build a modern-type democratic State. Vice-President Richard Cheney reiterated the readiness of the USA to henceforth back Armenia with the implementation of these reforms.
During the meeting, which lasted longer than planned, the parties have also referred to the political developments of the Middle East, as well as to the Karabakh peace settlement process and the Armenia-Turkish relationship. In presenting Armenia's attitude towards these issues, the Prime Minister mentioned that while the acknowledgement of the Genocide was high on Armenia's foreign policy agenda, nevertheless, our country was prepared to take practical steps to regularize its relationship with neighboring Turkey without any pre-conditions. With reference to the Karabakh issue, the head of the Armenian government said that Armenia continued abiding by its approach of a compromise-based prompt and peaceful settlement of the conflict. He said to be hopeful that the talks underway within the frameworks of the OSCE Minsk Group would yield a positive result. Vice-President Cheney reaffirmed the interest of the United States in the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
Richard Cheney expressed high opinion of the Armenian community of the United States and appreciated that the Prime Minister had fixed several appointments with the representatives of this community.
On the evening of October 18, 2007, RA Prime Minister's delegation left Washington for Los Angeles where the head of the Armenian government is scheduled to meet with the editorial board of "The Los Angeles Times," the executives of Lincy Foundation, as well as the leaders of the Armenian community.


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Criminal Justice Careers that are High in Demand
As you forge your criminal justice career path, ideally you want to select a field that matches your skills, qualities and passions. But naturally you also want to ensure that you have a job once you complete your studies.
We're going to look at some of the criminal justice careers that are high in demand in the United States. Note that these are generally based on cross-country averages; each region in the U.S. varies in terms of demand for a particular employment category.
Private Detectives and Investigators
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the projected Job Outlook for private detectives and investigators between 2010 and 2020 is an increase of 21% positions (which is "faster than average").
As of May 2012, the median salary for private detectives and investigators was $45,740, states the BLS. (This means half of private detectives made more than, and half made less than, $45,740.)
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/private-detectives-and-investigators.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes339021.htm
Forensic Science Technicians
According to the BLS, the projected Job Outlook for forensic science technicians between 2010 and 2020 is 19%.
As of May 2012, the median salary for forensic science technicians was $52,840 states the BLS.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/forensic-science-technicians.htm
Paralegals & Legal Assistants
According to the BLS, the projected Job Outlook for paralegals and legal assistants between 2010 and 2020 is 18%.
As of May 2012, the median salary for paralegals and legal assistants was $46,990 states the BLS.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Legal/Paralegals-and-legal-assistants.htm
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
According to the BLS, the projected Job Outlook for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists between 2010 and 2020 is 18%.
As of May 2012, the median salary for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists was $48,190 states the BLS.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/community-and-social-service/probation-officers-and-correctional-treatment-specialists.htm
Security Guards and Gaming Surveillance Officers
According to the BLS, the projected Job Outlook for security guards and gaming surveillance officers between 2010 and 2020 is 18%.
As of May 2012, the median salary for security guards and gaming surveillance officers was $23,970 states the BLS.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Protective-Service/Security-guards.htm
Police and Detectives
Although the overall job outlook for police and detectives is "slower than average" (7% between 2010 and 2020), the BLS adds that "Continued demand for public safety will lead to new openings for officers in local departments" (although state and federal law enforcement positions "may be more competitive").
As of May 2010, the median salary for police and detectives was $55,010 states the BLS.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Protective-Service/Police-and-detectives.htm
"From building cloud computing networks to creating security applications, the services provided by computer systems design and related services are constantly evolving and in high demand," reported Lauren Csorny for Beyond the Numbers April 2013, a BLS publication.
Csorny added that within the Computer Systems Design and Related Services Industry, software developers make up the largest proportion of professionals. Within the specific computer systems/related services industry, applications software developer positions are expected to increase by 57% and systems software developers by 72% (2010-2020). "The rapid increase in both types of software developers is attributable to an increased demand for new and updated software," stated Csorny adding that the need for increased cybersecurity is one of the factors driving this demand.
This is an illustration of the increasing job outlook for information security/cyber security professionals.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/careers-in-growing-field-of-information-technology-services.htm
Remember: It's important to research the current and projected demand for criminal justice careers in your particular locale. Check out your state's Department of Labor, talk to professors at your prospective school and find out about the various employers in your area that offer relevant positions.
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Tisa (lat. Taxus), rod od desetak vrsta vazdazelenog grmlja i drveća iz porodice tisovki (Taxaceae), od kojih u Hrvatskoj raste obična, Europska tisa ili šumska tisa (T. baccata). Rod je raširen po sjevernoj polutki, osobito po Europi, Aziji i sjeverozapadnoj Africi i Sjevernoj Americi.

Drvo tise je izuzetno tvrdo i otporno na vlagu, tako da nikad ne bubri. Krošnja joj je piramidalna i nepravilna. Iglice su joj duge do 3 centimetra, a ostaju na drvetu do 8 godina. Najčešće je se može naći u društvu s borovima i bukvama. Dvodomna je, što znači da postoje muško i žensko drvo, a razlikuju se po tome, što ženska biljka ima na sebi crvene ili žute bobice i preko zime.

Biljka je dugovječna i gotovo neuništiva, ne napadaju ga kukci, i u prošlosti su ovo drvo smatrali čuvarom kuće od bolesti i demona. Svi dijelovi biljke su otrovni osim opne na sjemenkama. I iglice i sjemenke su veoma otrovne (taksin) i izazivaju povraćanje, proljeve, oštećenje bubrega i djeluju paralitički na središnji živčani sustav.

Ime roda dolazi od gečkog taxis, red, a odnosi se na pravilno raspoređene iglice na grančicama.

Pogodno je za gradnju.

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Koristi se i u medicini i u istraživanju rada stanica. Taxol (Paclitaxel) je vrsta kemoterapije, jedna od rijetkih kemoterapija koje ja nastala istraživanjem prirodnog lijeka za borbu protiv karcinoma. Radi ugroženosti stabla tise vrste Taxus brevifolia (koje je odumiralo nakon što bi se kora iskoristila) - sastojak koji se koristio u medicini morao se proizvesti kompleksim sintetskim putem.

Vrste
 Taxus baccata
 Taxus brevifolia
 Taxus canadensis
 Taxus chinensis
 Taxus contorta
 Taxus cuspidata
 Taxus floridana
 Taxus globosa
 Taxus mairei
 Taxus wallichiana

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Tisovke

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