Welcome to our Meditation Page! I hope you enjoy these stories and videos from your fellow travelers on the Road to Enlightenment to help you find peace and balance.
We start with a fun and inspiring story by Reni & Rick at Eden's Corner on the power of meditation to connect you to your passions, your Higher Power, and your sanity! You can find more inspiration from Reni & Rick on their Pinterest, Google+, & Facebook pages. Then check out the videos below and take yourself on a well-deserved "Meditation Vacation"!
Meditation is the only real vacation we'll ever get. There are no lists to make, no suitcases to pack, no airline flight, no worries. Best of all, you don't have to leave home and you don't need a vacation from your vacation.
Thinking of beginning a meditation practice? Perhaps you've heard of all its benefits. Or maybe you know a long time meditator and you're curious about why they seem so different from everyone else you know.
Meditation is a wonderful respite from thoughts that ramble on virtually every waking moment of our lives.
Most of us have around 60,000 thoughts a day and they're pretty much the same ones we had yesterday. It's mentally exhausting. We make to-do lists, set goals, and keep calendars filled with events that are so important we don't dare forget them. Life's ups and downs keep us on a roller-coaster that only stops when we climb upon the merry-go-round. Sleep (or nap if you're lucky!) is never far from your mind, for you know it will end the madness that threatens to drive you crazy!
Physical, mental and emotional exhaustion weighs heavy upon us; affecting our immune system, mood and creativity. I discovered meditation at a time in my life when I was at the point of "losing it." I remember thinking, "I'm dancing as fast as I can!" I needed a break from my brain but I didn't know how get it. Divine intervention brought me to my local college for a yoga/meditation class and it didn't take me long to realize this was the salvation I needed.
Women, having use of both hemispheres of the brain, think A LOT. Our minds are so active we need structure to keep it all together. We can walk a tightrope with perfect balance (most of the time!) or live on the edge, gasping for breath, moving from one shaky step (crisis) to another.
What I absolutely love about meditation, in addition to the peace it brings to daily life, is the fact that it makes the brain smarter. Yea, I said it, it makes you smarter. Scientists have clinically proven that it rewires the brain! Imagine the structure of your brain altering and creating new neural pathways. If that was the only benefit to meditation it would be worth it.
I've always been mentally active, but when I began meditating daily my brain went into hyper-drive! Am I a genius? Probably not, however… I can draft a story or come up with ideas for 6 stories in the time it takes to do a 10 minute shower. Some days it gets a little crazy trying to keep it all in my head before I can write it down. I know what you're thinking, "Get a recorder." I have one; I just have to remember to take it to the shower!!
And while keeping one's sanity is a great reason to meditate, it's not the reason most people do it. If you study the practice of those who meditate you'll find they all do it for the same reason: Connection to the Divine/Higher Power/God. Meditation frees the mind of random thought and creates a pathway that opens your heart to God/Higher Power. Your spiritual "Self," transcends the mind; the intellect. There is no data to analyze and what you need to know is revealed. More accurately, what you have forgotten, you will remember.
Meditation is the ultimate getaway that never ends!
Vanessa Brett at Illuminated Life guides you through this gem that's not only great for those new to meditation – at 5 minutes it's perfect for anyone on a tight schedule. If you're interested in more of her Wellness and Empowerment Tips and Videos, you can follow her on Facebook, YouTube, or contact her at missvanessabrett@gmail.com.
This Albert Soler fantasy piano composition makes for a beautiful bedtime meditation to relax your mind into a peaceful state of slumber. His other soothing and engaging musical masterpieces can be found on his YouTube Channel, or check him out on Facebook for his latest original pieces and covers.
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LONGVIEW, Texas -- It is amazing to see what happens when you put a woman in her 90s in a room with a woman in her 20s. The two have more in common than you can imagine, and it only takes moments to start building a meaningful friendship.
Margie Stancil, 90-year-old Buckner Westminster Place independent living resident, and Amber Boswell, 23-year-old student at Panola College, are learning the importance of an intergenerational friendship thanks to a partnership between the college and Buckner Westminster Place. Boswell will spend at least an hour a week at Buckner Westminster Place as part of her training to become an occupational therapy assistant.
"I am excited about learning how to connect with someone who is older, wiser, and from a different generation," said Boswell. "When I heard I was going to partner with a senior resident, I was so excited! I know this will be a beneficial experience for both of us. I plan to work with seniors in the future, and learning how to communicate with them is crucial for my career path. I am so thankful for this opportunity."
Two students and two residents are teaming up to learn from each other at Buckner Westminster Place. The two month partnership will give the students real world experience, and it will provide the residents with something to look forward to each week.
"I am really thrilled about it. I think this is a beautiful idea, and I am pleased to be a part of it," said Stancil. "This gives me a sense of participating in something worthwhile. We seem psychologically in tune and we have a lot in common despite our age difference. The relationship gives me a feeling of vitality, and I look forward to Amber's next visit."
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The students will get to know the residents, and they will create activities for the residents to enjoy. Administrators at Buckner Westminster Place are happy to be a part of the program.
"I know that Buckner Westminster Place residents and the students will walk away from this with a better understanding of each other and the world around them," said Wes Wells, executive director, Buckner Westminster Place. "It is so important to respect and appreciate all generations, and I believe this partnership will result in strong connections for everyone involved."
Panola College requires fieldwork for students at different stages of their education. This program is for freshman studying to be occupational therapy assistants, and it is the first time in the program that students have the opportunity to be in the field.
"I hope the students will learn how to talk to seniors, and gain a better sense of future patients' needs," said Lin Reynolds, academic fieldwork coordinator, Panola College. "We want our students to establish rapport and provide the residents with a feeling of friendship. We do role playing in the classroom, and the fieldwork gives them a chance to use their skills in the real world. We appreciate the willingness of Buckner Westminster Place to host our students."
The students will meet with their senior mentors every Friday at noon at Buckner Westminster Place in Longview for two months.
About Buckner Retirement Services
Buckner Retirement Services, Inc. is one of the largest not-for-profit senior living organizations in Texas dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for senior adults and their families by promoting an active, healthy Christian lifestyle while maintaining their independence and dignity. Buckner Retirement Services is part of Buckner International, a global faith-based ministry serving more than 450,000 people each year in the United States and 18 countries worldwide.
For more information about Buckner Westminster Place, please visit the community website at www.bucknerwestminster.org or call Blake Lambert at (903) 252-6736.

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1. Download the 64 bit DVD from the Fedora website.
2. Go through the installation process (partitioning, setting up root etc.). When you reach the software area, seect 'Customize software now'... click next.
3. Deselect Gnome and select KDE. Also from Audio/Video deselect brasero and select k3b. I don't need evolution so I deselected it too.
4. Once the installation is complete, reboot, create a user name and password as prompted.
5. I disabled kpackagekit update. Open the application kpackagekit, go to settings and in the window marked "check for updates" select never.
6. Connect to the Internet. Make sure you have a connection and then update Fedora from terminal.
Wait for some time. Can take 20-30 minutes to update and install.
9. Okay now the real fun begins.
Ok done! Now let's start the fine tuning!
Yakuake - is a KDE terminal emulator. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top. I like it.
mc - GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager used in terminal/yakuake.
Pavucontrol - PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is a simple GTK based volume control tool ("mixer") for the PulseAudio sound server. Skype mic refused to work and I had to use this tool.
htop - an interactive process viewer for Linux.
checkgmail - says it all. Alerts you when you have mail in your gmail account.
Then go to the folder where you downloaded Skype and install it.
I would test it using Skype voice test if mic is working. If not use pavucontrol.
Change the default boot screen. The Fedora logo which loads slowly is the so called "charge theme". I changed it and installed the solar theme which is really cool.
Command below will show you the available plymouth themes.
Then reboot and solar is what you will see!
Due to copyright issues, I can only give 2 good links to this.
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Q: How do I count the items on a "grocery list" using a class? I am trying to make a class that includes the ability to display the length of a list. However, I get the message 'List has 0 items' instead of the actual number.
Here is my code:
'''
    grocery_list = []
    class GroceryList:
        grocery_list = []
        def __init__(self):
            print('Grocery List Created')
        def add(self, item):
            self.grocery_list.append(item)
        def show(self):
    print(self.grocery_list)
        def size(self):
             print('List has {} items'.format(len(grocery_list)))

    gro_list = GroceryList()
    gro_list.add('Banana')
    gro_list.add('Cat Food')
    gro_list.show()
    gro_list.size()

'''
Any help is appreciated.

A: In your question the indentation was messed up, however the problem was in method size(self) with grocery_list used instead of self.grocery_list.
Everything else works OK.

class GroceryList:

    # declare grocery_list
    grocery_list = []

    def __init__(self):
        print('Grocery List Created')

    def add(self, item):
        self.grocery_list.append(item)

    def show(self):
        print(self.grocery_list)

    def size(self):
        # self.grocery_list was the error
        print('List has {} items'.format(len(self.grocery_list)))

if __name__ == "__main__":

    gro_list = GroceryList()
    gro_list.add('Banana')
    gro_list.add('Cat Food')
    gro_list.show()
    gro_list.size()

A: *

*You have two grocery_list in your code. One is a global one and the other is a class variable.

*By len(grocery_list) You are finding the length of the grocery_list that is declared before the Class (global).  Since you're not adding to that list (see your add() function), it shows you 0 items.

*It should be len(self.grocery_list) - means find the length of grocery_list (class variable).  See the self before the variable name.

class GroceryList:
    grocery_list = []
    def __init__(self):
        print('Grocery List Created')
    def add(self, item):
        self.grocery_list.append(item)
    def show(self):
        print(self.grocery_list)
    def size(self):
        print('List has {} items'.format(len(self.grocery_list)))

gro_list = GroceryList()
gro_list.add('Banana')
gro_list.add('Cat Food')
gro_list.show()
gro_list.size()

Grocery List Created
['Banana', 'Cat Food']
List has 2 items

A: The reason you get zero in your code is that you are appending to the list (grocery_list) which is an attribute of the class. But in the size() function you are printing the length of the global grocery_list in which no elements were appended (i.e it is an empty list) so you get length as '0'
Try changing your size() function to this -
def size(self):
    print('List has {} items'.format(len(self.grocery_list)))

Also, you can remove the grocery_list variable at the global level (first line), because it is useless in this code.

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Defense Secretary James Mattis is widely seen as the last adult in the Trump White House, so his decision to resign has caused serious worry at home and abroad. His resignation comes as the Trump administration announced it would withdraw troops from Syria and perhaps Afghanistan.
"Fears of a clash between the US and Chinese navies in the South China Sea, an opportunistic Russia, meltdowns in the Middle East or a sudden global crisis with Trump at the helm were eased by thoughts of the scholar-general in the chain of command," Colinson wrote, echoing many others.
Britain's Independent newspaper warned of panic from US politicians, including members of Donald Trump's own party. Quoting extensively from Republican sources, the newspaper showed that the GOP is legitimately worried about how Trump will behave now.
If Trump withdraws troops from Afghanistan, he will have ignored all advice from his own government on the issue. Meanwhile, the government may be heading for a partial shutdown, though Mattis' resignation overshadowed budget negotiations yesterday.


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Anablepsoides deltaphilus es un pez de agua dulce la familia de los rivulines en el orden de los ciprinodontiformes.

Morfología
De cuerpo alargado, los machos pueden alcanzar los 6 cm de longitud máxima.

Distribución geográfica
Se encuentran en ríos de Sudamérica, principalmente en la cuenca del río Orinoco en Venezuela.

Hábitat
Viven en pequeños cursos de agua entre 22 y 28°C, de comportamiento bentopelágico, es una especie no migradora.

Es difícil de mantener en acuario.

Referencias

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Tomáš Luňák, CZ 2011, Czech version, 81 min
In the Silesian mountains there stands a small railway station where trains snake back and forth and where the platforms are sometimes obscured by a fog which conceals all sorts of strange happenings. Nearby is a psychiatric hospital where people snake back and forth along the corridors. Alois Nebel is a man who knows both the station and the hospital very well. Like his father before him, he has spent his whole life on the railways, most recently as a train dispatcher. He collects train timetables, drinks beer, smokes, and from time to time sees things that nobody else can. Somewhere along the way his mind became clouded by the trains passing through the station and crisscrossing their way through the century. It is in this state that Alois meets the Mute, a stranger who appears as if from nowhere, as if out of the past, and gets involved in a murder that happened in Poland but has its roots much closer to the railway station than Alois fathoms.
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That was a rare thing, in her life, and never a good sign. In the army, only the dead were quiet.
There weren't many of those, today. That was also a rare thing. She hoped it was a good sign.
In the distance, the enemy host was moving. She knew they would be leaving; they had already won. Veloth certainly would have no intentions of turning his Exodus around to meddle with the remnants of those he had cast off.
A scream tore its way from her throat, crashing into the empty air like the first stone of an avalanche. Her army – it surely was no longer Trinimac's, but did that make it hers? – followed suit, and the empty plains echoed with howls of rage and loss and shame.
As she knelt in the dust, surrounded by her people in the empty plain, the enormity of their failure; of the loss of the Dwemerethi, the Velothi, and now the Matharani, those who had been sworn to Trinimac. She wondered what her folk would do now. She wondered if she could still call herself one of the Folk.
It was quiet again. Mourning had passed, and morning had come. The sun still turned through the sky, and though her world had ended yesterday, the world had not. She rose, and looked out on her people.
She was surrounded by a horde of monsters. They were hers, and she was theirs. Many looked to her, sunken eyes shadowed with despair. She was proud to see that despite everything, they still stood.
She took a breath, looking out over her soldiers. She knew then what had happened, and of the blessing within the curse. No matter how they looked now, no matter the catastrophe of the mythic that had defeated Trinimac and ruined them, she knew that Boethiah had not won. They had been changed on the outside, true, her people were still soldiers, and that could not be taken away.
Korosha stood with the high priests atop a small outcrop, looking over the rest of her people. Behind them, the altar sat cold and quiet.
Korosha surveyed the army filling the plain before her. We're not an army anymore, she thought. An army is part of a nation, and we have no nation. In their tongue, truth, strength, and beauty were synonyms. The Folk would see none of those qualities in her people, and the Departed would not welcome them solely for being cast off from the Folk. She wondered what they were.
So be it. The priests had discussed this, and had come to a resolution for when Trinimac did not answer.
Korosha doffed her helmet. The burnished silver metal gleamed in the sunlight, shining white and pure beneath the feathered crest of rank. She held it before her in both hands, as if cradling the face of a lover. The empty eyes stared back at her, and the dust on her hands scratched its finish. She gripped it by the crest, and thrust her arm up. The helmet swung below, no longer a lover but a dead enemy.
"We all heard the Liar yesterday!" she roared. The army, her army, her tribe, turned to listen.
She dropped the helmet, and its hollow clangs against the rocky outcrop sang a dirge. She rested one foot on its cheek.
She could feel it, the ugly truth of the world, staining her. It clung to her, permeated her, crushing her.
The helmet crunched beneath her foot. Her gauntlets fell next.
Her priests whispered among themselves. She knew that they knew the truth of things. That their god was truly gone, and that they were alone in the world. She felt Durnathar unfasten her greaves and cuisses as she spoke. She felt the rumbling in the ground of her people shedding their armor as well.
The priests had collected her armor, and Durnathar's. Their chief, Vurnolamathel — Korosha had asked why priests chose such long names, but they never gave satisfactory responses — conjured a forge-fire between her hands and let it settle atop the sacrificial armor. Molten metal dripped, like burning tears; it ran, like mirrored blood. Her people's tears. God's blood.
She turned, and Vurnolamathel stepped forward to speak.
"Boethiah hopes us to be soiled in Mundus, to be fouled and consumed. The Folk we once called brothers will look upon us and see only filth." Vurnolamathel threw her headdress onto the blazing altar.
Vurnolamathel stepped out of her robe. Durnathar took it from her, and added it to the pyre. She knelt, and dug her hands into the dirt.
"We are washed clean of false pride!" she proclaimed, and with her left hand smeared mud over her face.
Below, her priests began to circle among the gathered throng. Discarded armor was collected, and the fires began.
"We are set free of wilfull ignorance!" Vurnolamathel cried, and covered her heart in mud. Her voice grew deeper, rougher.
Vurnolamathel tore off her remaining clothes and burned them. She raised her arms to her face, and tore the skin open against her tusks. Her hands dripped blood to the dirt.
Korosha and Durnathar added their clothes to the burning altar. Her people did the same. Korosha knelt before Vurnolamathel, and Durnathar joined her.
Even though she had discussed this, rehearsed it, argued it with herself and Durnathar and Vurnolamathel, she paused. Trinimac, or her people. Yesterday the two had been one and the same. She knew her duty, but that did not lesson the pain of her betrayal. She and Durnathar spoke at once.
Silence. She almost envied Durnathar. They had each made their choice, and done so willingly. Durnathar could live with his choice. She was not sure how she would.
Korosha kept her eyes on his. She owed him this much. She thought that forsaking her oaths to Trinimac had been pain. She was wrong. Durnathar looked up, then at her. He smiled.
And Vurnolamathel tore out his throat.
Korosha rose. Vurnolamathel marked her, earth and blood on skin. Korosha tore her arms open against her tusks. She and Vurnolamathel embraced, mingling the blood. Below, the priests continued the rites.
Korosha and her tribe loped across the plain. Behind them, the cast-off remnants of their former selves smoldered amongst the muck. She did not look back at those she had left behind. As she led the pack northeast, she thought less and less of what she had lost.
When they reached the great river, she thought only of her pack.
When they came to the mountains, she thought only of the hunt.
I wrote this as a Challenge of the Week entry (for "Beginnings"), and to explore the Orcish moment of creation. The Dunmeri perspective, as recorded in The Anticipations, is that Trinimac's followers rubbed the soil of him on themselves and changed their skins.
I have always been interested in how the Orcs would go from being normal elves, with sapience and civilization, to the mindless monsters we meet in Arena. I wanted to explore what happens when a culture's god dies in front of them, and doesn't come back, as well as the lessons that might be taken from it. I think it's especially fascinating how the Orcs changed so completely, yet also so little, as a result of this event. I hope that came through the way I imagined.
I didn't start out with a plan for making a point about gender roles, and just flipped a coin for the three main characters. Although once Korosha turned out female, I think there's definitely room for exploration in how the extreme sexual dimorphism in Orcs post-Transformation (given we see less of it in Altmer) affected their culture.
I have no comment on whether she and Durnathar were a couple. Read that however you want.
Published to /r/teslore on January 7, 2017.


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MovieChat Forums > Game of Thrones Discussion > The Reason Why GRRM Didn't Finish the Bo...
The Reason Why GRRM Didn't Finish the Books
posted 2 months ago by Keelai (3991)
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GRRM interview:
"..."We did not need anything else than Winds of Winter and the last book," one commenter wrote. "All fucking spinoffs and histories and other moneymaking stuff could have waited!!!!!"
"Martin kept his head responding. "I am not sure HBO would agree that the spinoffs could have waited. With GOT set to end in 2019, they put five of them in the works, so as to have a new show… or more than one… to take up the mantle in 2020," Martin wrote. "The successor shows were going to happen regardless. I prefer that they happen with my participation and guidance, rather than without it.""
My interpretation is that HBO wanted to make money. HBO couldn't do any spinoffs without GRRM's permission so he could've made them wait. It sounds like HBO and GRRM placed making more money ahead of finishing the GOT books which hurt the quality of the series in the last two seasons.
full interview:
https://www.newsweek.com/grrm-will-never-finish-asoiaf-winds-winter-delay-game-thrones-dreams-spring-907706
[–] Coleburg83 (472) 2 months ago
GRRM is lazy fat piece of shit. And he was before HBO started airing the series.
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[–] Keelai (3991) 2 months ago
He's written a bunch of books which makes him productive. He's just not writing what he should be. I started giving him the benefit of the doubt and thought it may be writer's block until I read that interview. Now, I think it's greed.
Maybe if the fans boycotted the spinoff books and TV shows, he would be more motivated to finish the GOT books.
It's not just that he's working on bullshit like that Wild Cards nonsense, he's lied to the fans for years about it. His bullshit deadlines and excuses. It's pathetic.
All through the fall of 2015 he said I'll be finished by New Years! It's going on four years later and still not out. My mistake, he's fat lazy lying piece of shit.
Ian Mcelhinney, a GOT actor said he heard the books were finished but there was an agreement with HBO they wouldn't be published before the GOT series ended. I know GRRM denied this, but he lies. It's all about money. Keep people's appetite wet for the GOT books and in the meantime they'll buy and watch the spinoffs.
True or not, GRRM has no respect for the fans.
[–] maximmm (600) 2 months ago
I think he will soon learn that his fans are losing any respect they might have once had for him.
GRRM will be dotted down in history as an example of a good writer whose writing quality fell off a cliff due to greed and laziness.
[–] eYeDEF (4168) 2 months ago
GRRM was pretty forceful in his denial of Selmy's claim. He was seriously pissed off, it wasn't an act. So no I don't buy Ian's account.
[–] whynotwriteme (987) 2 months ago
I for one would love to read all the books you have written and watch the TV shows you have had a hand in. Can you post some links?
That's cool and everything, but I was not replying to you, rather to the person who calls GRRM "a fat lazy lying piece of s#!t".
A million pardons.
Greed and laziness.
It's generally easier to write for TV - and you make more money.
The problem is, his guidance is shit - hence the 8th season of GOT. Now he is 'guiding' 3 more tv shows all at once and I expect those shows to be just as mediocre as 8th season, unless they hire a legit writer/director for each of those shows and that doesn't seem to be the case.
[–] kuku (1414) 2 months ago
He's just not writing what he should be. I started giving him the benefit of the doubt and thought it may be writer's block until I read that interview. Now, I think it's greed.
He's 70, only has a few years left, no children and more money that he could ever spend. Greed? That's ridiculous.
"Greed? That's ridiculous."
Corporate greed aka profit re: HBO too. They want to continue this money-making machine.
Look at the two Koch brothers who are in their 70s and 80s yet they still want more money even though each has over $50 billion. They wanted a tax cut and are against programs like social security and medicare that help the middle class and poor.
As for GRRM, rich people tend to want more money. It depends what he plans to do with it. For instance, George Lucas wanted $1 billion to create an art museum. GRRM may want to create a philanthropic legacy that continues after he is gone. He also has a wife and other family members who will want some money.
George Lucas has 4 children, not to say their own offspring. RR Martin has zero children, and his wife is as old as him. In 10-15 years, every penny he has will end going to charity or distant family.
I repeat: greed is ridiculous as a motive.
GRRM:
"The successor shows were going to happen regardless. I prefer that they happen with my participation and guidance, rather than without it."
This is a crock because HBO couldn't do any spinofs without GRRM's permission. He could have said no spinoffs until the GOT books are finished.
GRRM himself said he gave much less guidance to D&D in the final seasons than the earlier ones which obviously hurt its quality. HBO wanted to continue making money instead of having a hiatus that could last a few years.
GRRM quote:
"...have a new show… or more than one… to take up the mantle in 2020,"
That's HBO's need. Why did he go along with it?
His original reason may have been for his craft but like Dany, he has changed. I'm just going by his own quotes.
I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt (writer's block, time constraints, perfectionism?), but this interview changed my mind.
GRRM is lazy fat piece of shit
He's 70. Most people at 70 don't work. He keeps working, even though he doesn't need the money and could retire.
Calling him lazy is ludicrous. I'd like to see how hard you'll work when you're 70.
[–] Robo (2) 2 months ago
It's hard to motivate a 70 year old with that much money. He's going to do precisely what he wants to do.
[–] bohemianroxie (1306) 2 months ago
The guy has just lost his mojo on these characters and can't get it back again... and probably never will.
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[–] Otter (6851) 2 months ago
I'm beginning to think that the reason he cant finish the books is that his ideas for the finish suck.
[–] TearofLys (269) 2 months ago
The ending of GoT hurts my chances of watching a spinoff.


I think many of us have been in this situation at some point or another - you decide you're ready for a new relationship, you meet a nice guy, go on a few dates, you're starting to really like him...and then he tells you he's not looking for anything serious right now.
Right. So what should you do?
The best thing to do is be honest with him - he was honest with you. Tell him that you're looking for more serious and that you're not prepared to settle for a casual fling. This way you'll both know where you stand and there won't be any miscommunication.
If you actually get on with this guy and you believe you can get over any feelings you have for him and stay friends, then do it. He obviously liked you to want to date you in the first place so being friends can work - as long as you're fully resigned to the fact that that's all it can be.
If there are already established feelings there then friends with benefits will not work. Simple as that. You'll get attached and you'll want to make the situation into something more, but if he doesn't want that then you're putting yourself at risk of getting your heart broken - chances are it won't end up like the movie.
We can all think it - I'll be the girl to change his mind and make him want a relationship! You're probably fantastic, but if he doesn't want anything serious and he's quite sure of that fact, then unfortunately it's pretty unlikely you're going to be able to change his mind. Don't invest your heart and soul into trying to win him round because you'll be wasting your energy.
There are so many single guys out there so don't despair and think this one guy is the only one for you. There's other guys who'll want the same things as you and you'll be able to make a proper go of it rather than settling for less.


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Team registration for the Winter 2019 Indoor League is now closed. Our Summer League will open March 1, 2019 for play in June & July 2019.
10 & Under: $500 per team up to 12 players max roster.
12U & 15U: $525 per team up to 12 players max roster.
Helpful links to register your team or to register as a individual on the waiting list.
TCSC Indoor league plays at Game time Arena in Harker Heights. The league currently runs for two seasons - Winter & Summer. Each season consist 8-12 pending on the number of teams enrolled each season.
The league is design for teams from the recreational or travel side to continue their play in-between their season. Registration are for teams, however, TCSC will have set up an individual waiting list sign-up for teams to access if they are needing additional players.
Game Time Arena has two fields, a covered roof with non-covered side field & a non-roof field. Teams typically will play on both fields with the younger teams mainly playing on the non-roof field. The non-roof field tends to get hot during the summer heat and TCSC will schedule around the heat of the day.
Games are typically played on Saturdays &/or Sundays with games starting as early as 8am with last game starting at 5pm. Each season TCSC will conclude their season with a Knockout Tournament.
Due to the limited space, TCSC will not schedule any practice for each team.It will be up to each individual team it they want to train for the season.
Each season TCSC will try to form 2 divisions if possible in each age division - DIvision 1 & Division 2 or Boys & Girls. TCSC will form the separate division if 10 or more teams are registered for the season in the age division. If TCSC is unable to create a separate division, all appropriate age teams will be moved to one division.
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Every Major Location Where 'Jurassic Park' Was Shot
Rishabh Borde
There are very few films that have managed to achieve the near ubiquitous level of recognition and cultural significance enjoyed by legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg's 1993 sci-fi adventure film 'Jurassic Park'. Wowing audiences with its brilliant visual effects, innovative and expansive storyline, and heart pounding moments of thrilling action, 'Jurassic Park' romped its way to the top of the Box Office charts, earning over $914 million worldwide to become the highest grossing film at the time.
Not only was the movie incredibly well received, it also spawned an entire franchise including a subsequent sequel titled 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' in 1997 and 'Jurassic Park III' in 2001. The series was also recently rebooted with 2015's smash hit 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in the leading roles, which only serves to further highlight the incredible popularity of the franchise even to this day.
The story line of 'Jurassic Park' follows paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (played by 'Sleeping Dogs' actor Sam Neill), who is invited to a theme park in Isla Nublar by billionaire Industrialist John Hammond. Hammond's bioengineering company has somehow managed to extract the DNA of long lost dinosaurs from a perfectly preserved mosquito from millions of years ago and create clones of them for display at his theme park. However, things take a turn for the worse on the island when a storm and power failure allow many of the dinosaurs to escape their enclosures, forcing Dr. Grant to find a way to keep himself and the rest of the people trapped on the island alive somehow.
If you were wondering where 'Jurassic Park' was filmed, read on.
Jurassic Park Filming Locations
The movie 'Jurassic Park' is largely set in the fictional island of Isla Nublar. In the film, the island is set to be somewhere in Central America off the west coast of Costa Rica. Isla Nublar is leased to John Hammond, the man who brought the dinosaurs back from the dead. In the film, the island features lush sceneries, breathtaking panoramas, and a foreboding jungle atmosphere.
The actual filming for the movie took place at a number of locations both on sound stages as well as on location. The bulk of the filming took place in the islands of Hawaii, whose overgrown landscape and vibrant topography act as the perfect backdrop for a dinosaur renaissance. On set filming largely took place in a number of different studios in California, including Universal Studios and the Warner Brothers Burbank Studios.
Actress Ariana Richards, who plays Lex Murphy in the movie, posted these pictures of the filming of 'Jurassic Park' on Twitter:
Happy 25th Anniversary Jurassic Park!!!!!!! Here's a few of my personal photos from the filming @UniStudios @AmblinEnt #jurassicpark25 #jurassicpark #jurassicworld #jurassicworldfallenkingdom #universalstudios #amblin pic.twitter.com/ZjWvz6uhgQ
— Ariana Richards (@GalleryAriana) June 12, 2018
One of the primary filming locations for 'Jurassic Park' is the island of Oahu in scenic Hawaii. Oahu is the third largest of all Hawaiian islands with a population of approximately one million people. The island is often also referred to as "The Gathering Place".
The famous Kualoa Ranch in Oahu is one of the locations where the movie was filmed, including a scene where Dr. Grant and two kids are being chased by a horde of dinosaurs. Kualoa Ranch has traditionally been a very prominent filming locale for Hollywood, with movies such as 'Kong: Skull Island', 'Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle' and even the recent 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' having filmed there.
Check out this picture of Kualoa Ranch that shows it still looks beautiful today.
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The filming of the original 'Jurassic Park' wasn't just limited to the island of Oahu; the "Garden Isle" of Kauai also serves as the backdrop for several of the scenes in the movie. One particularly prominent filming location here is Manawaiopuna Falls, which are the very same waterfalls depicted early on in the movie in the scene where a helicopter lands at the base. Other filming locations on Kauai include Lawai, Olokele Valley, and the Jurassic Kahili Ranch.
Check out this current day picture of Manawaiopuna Falls:
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Warner Brothers Burbank Studios, Burbank, California
Some of the on set filming for 'Jurassic Park' was done over at the famed Stage 16 of the Warner Brothers Burbank Studios in Burbank, California, USA. The studio is a truly iconic filming location having played host to high profile movies including 'Inception', 'The Goonies', Batman Forever' and many more.
Universal Studios, California
The Warner Brothers Burbank studio is not the only set location where 'Jurassic Park' was filmed, with a considerable number of scenes also being filmed at Stage 12, Stage 24, Stage 27 and Stage 28 at Universal Studios in Universal City, California, USA.
The filming for a few other scenes was done in other locations such as Red Rock Canyon State Park in Cantil, California; Tehachapi Pass, California; the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California; Rio Chavon, La Romana in the Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica's Isla del Coco.


Wanna take a jetpack joyride (for real?). Two Australian companies can sell you a jetpack - and you might even pay for a ride with Skydive Dubai.
It's up there with time machines and hover boards (that actually hover). Yes, the wait is over – after years of nifty videos from folks like Yves Rossy (the Jet man of Rio De Janeiro), you too can join the likes of men and women who fly of their own propulsion. You can, indeed, buy a jetpack as of this year, according to folks in the know.
But it will probably cost more than your condo.
Yes, it's really that simple. I never thought I'd see the day, but if you follow this link you can buy a jetpack and go full-on George Jetson. Seriously, it's that simple. Go to Martin Aircraft Company's website and you pick the colour, decal, and pretty much customize to your liking.
So what's all the fuss about a jetpack and how does it work? You could probably say the interest began in 2011 when Swiss inventor Yves Rossy took the first ever jetpack flight across Rio De Janeiro. That appears to have encouraged several companies to invent the lucrative niche of jetpack flying for jet-setters with the estimated $100,000-$250,000 it'll cost to plop one down in the garage by their favorite weed-wacker.
Presently, Martin Aircraft company, based in Australia, is furthest along the jetpack race, and announced (in 2015) they'd be available this year.
Another company, JetPack Aviation – also Australian (what is it about Australians and their jetpacks?) – says theirs will be the only 'true' jetpack and available in the near future. Company owner David Mayman got some attention in November last year when he took a jetpack joyride around the Statue of Liberty.
Conveniently, the Martin jet pack runs on the same fuel used by your lawn mower, has a top speed of 74km/hr and tops out at 3,000 feet.
If you run out of fuel, hey, no worries guy. A ballistic balloon will come to your rescue.
Of course, the grass is always greener in some other pasture. In this case, it's the Jetman of Dubai – Yves Rossy and his jet-guy partner Vince Reffet, who kind of one-upped everyone with jetpacks Rossy built himself (I think sponsored by Skydive Dubai?) seen in a delightful video released last year, called Young Feathers (see below), in which the partners in crime simply tear it up in the air above Dubai.
They're faster, louder and more manoeuvrable than jet products available to peasants like you and me. And hot dang, wouldn't you know it, Rossy and Reffet filmed a totally spiffy video in November 2015 – the same month Mayman flew around the Statue of Liberty – in which they flew next to an Airbus A380.
The only way you're getting this F-22 Raptor-ish flying death machine is if you pry one directly from the hands of the man who built them. Rumour has it though that Skydive Dubai will offer jetpack flights if the demand is there, which, just as a bear goes poo in the woods, people will line up to get high and go ballistic. I mean just look at that video!


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Bernd Upmeyer spoke with Spanish architect Andrés Jaque. His work explores the role architecture plays in the making of societies. In 2003 he founded the Office for Political Innovation, a trans-disciplinary agency engaged in creating an ordinary urbanism out of the combination of heterogeneous architectural fragments. Currently he is Advanced Design Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation GSAPP Columbia University, and Visiting Professor at Princeton University SoA. The interview took place on February 9, 2016.
Bernd Upmeyer: In 2010 during the Architecture Biennale in Venice, you explained to Hans Ulrich Obrist that you ended up being an architect due to very domestic experiences and interests in things like interior decoration, Christmas trees, dinner-table settings, etc. What fascinated you about these very domestic aspects of cities?
Andrés Jaque: I was interested in the way architecture could make the best of its role in the shaping of politics and how things that happen in domestic interiors are actually completely relevant for our societies. A great number of the processes by which our societies are shaped happen in domestic interiors. The way we decide, for example, how to construct our gender or the way we relate to sexuality, education, or consumption. Within the domestic realm, a lot of things are addressed as practical daily life decisions, and that makes it the place where important aspects of our societies can be reconstructed as mundane ones. But often the particular architectural technologies then constitute the home, such as table-settings, laundry, Christmas trees, boilers, wallpapers, pets, garbage collection… are perceived as banal, decorative, or unimportant realities unrelated to politics. So, that particular concern was my introduction to architecture. I wanted to know how architecture could participate in politics in particular, but through material and object-oriented politics. A very different approach to the one that at that time, the 1990s, was current among most architects. Political collective action was seen as something that happened mainly in the streets, squares, and public spaces, and not in the domestic areas of life. The role-play of architecture was mainly perceived as a very passive one, just hosting or containing protest, but architectural devices in themselves were not perceived as actors contributing to the collective making of politics.
BU: When a lot of political activities and actions are happening within domestic spaces, what is still happening in the streets? Are the streets becoming less important? Is it all about interiors these days?
…the complete interview was published in MONU #24 on the topic of Domestic Urbanism on April 18, 2016.


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Stony Plain RCMP officer charged with assault after excessive force investigation
A Stony Plain RCMP officer has been charged after an investigation into excessive force used during an October arrest.
Mounties were in pursuit of a stolen work vehicle on Oct. 24 when they successfully deployed a spike belt. The driver of the stolen vehicle lost control while attempting to turn and was taken into custody, RCMP said in a news release Wednesday.
As the officers restrained the driver, it is alleged one officer used excessive force.
A statutory investigation was completed by a neighbouring detachment, said RCMP Wednesday.
Const. Dorian Tooze is charged with one count of assault. There is no change to Tooze's duty status. He has been with the RCMP for two years.
He is to appear in Stony Plain provincial court May 1.
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> Europe > France > Île-de-France > Paris > Attractions > Opera de Paris
Paris, Ile De France, France
Another landmark in Paris, a city filled with great landmarks, is the Palais Garnier, also called the Opera Garnier, Opera de Paris or the Grand Opera House. Designed by the renowned Charles Garnier, this splendid structure is of the tradition of the Neo-Baroque style and is a grand masterpiece in architecture.
Completed in 1875, it is a tour de force for rococo, especially when you bear in mind that this was built during the glory days of the French Empire. Napoleon III ordered it built as part of the reconstruction project for Paris. Today, it is making a comeback as the premier place for ballet dances.
Opera Garnier is lavishly decorated with marble. You can see the fabulous sculpture of Carpeaux entitled the Dance. The façade includes rose-colored marble columns, winged figures and friezes as part of its embellishments.
Inside, take in the wonder of rainbow-colored marble pillars, gilded statues and vibrant mosaics. The lavishness is also evident in the gold leaf, velvet plus cherubs and nymphs decorating the auditorium. There is also a grand central chandelier that weighs more than six tons. Look up, and you will see that the ceiling is painted, by no less than Chagall. And wow, the Grand Staircase, which is made of marble, soars at a lofty 30 meters. The staircase leads to the different levels of the auditorium, as well as to the foyers.
The Opera Garnier covers an area of around 11,000 square meters. This makes Opera Garnier one of the largest operas in the world in terms of acreage. However, it only has a seating capacity of 2,200. Meanwhile, the stage is 60 meters high and has enough room for some 450 actors and singers. In fact, live horses have been set running on this rotating stage. Here, grand stage design, costumes and fancy music hold their sway. The combination is as fascinating now, as it was in the past. You can just imagine how the royalty and the who's who of France would sit on the plush chairs as they listen to a round of opera. Also envision how the crinolines of the best and brightest in fashion would brush as the rich and fabulous strolled through the foyers during intervals.
The Grand Foyer also features quite a number of chandeliers, as well as a ceiling adorned with a mosaic. There is also a library-museum that provides you with a breathtaking glimpse of three centuries' worth of opera. There are exhibitions, as well as drawing, photographs, paintings and scale models of sets.
And, so that you know, there actually is a lake underneath the Opera building. But before your imaginations run wild, there is no phantom roaming its waters. However, this lake was the inspiration for what was to become the hiding place of the phantom in Leroux's highly acclaimed play, Phantom of the Opera.
Undoubtedly, Opera Garnier is one of the most beautiful opera houses in history. In 2000, the opera was blessedly restored so that we now are filled with wonder at its original beauty. Indeed, a night at the Opera Garnier is one of the grandest and most elegant nights you will ever have. Some have compared it to the grandeur found in the corridors of Versailles.
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And these internal road types's routing weight is set in navit.xml in the roadprofile tags' route_weight attribute. Maybe Dorotheenstrasse and Grafenberger Allee have much better weight than Neanderstrasse and Ackerstrasse. I experienced a similar problem that is described at http://sourceforge.net/projects/navit/forums/forum/512960/topic/3702652 . You can change the type of the roads in osm or you chan change the assigned route_weight in navit.xml's roadprofile.
thank you for your answer and giving me a better unserstanding for navit's routing using osm-maps! I think you are at least partially right. With your information it is difficult for me to proof my theses.
For a better evaluation I miss the information about the calculated time to go and the calculated distance to go. The OSD presents these values just when I start the journey. But I do click with the mouse on 'set as destination' and 'set as position' and actually never start the jouney. Where do I find the route data?
I found another example to suspend this bug report. It seems to be more abvious. The routing goes from Germany > Hilden > Gerresheimerstraße 51.18817 N, 6.92200 E to Lodenheide 51.18827 N, 6.92522 E. The turn restriction is 'only_straight_on' on the Gerresheimerstraße corner Lodenheide. The routing result is shown in the attached image (turn-restriction-7.png).
Google-maps calculates the route to 600m and 1 minute routing Gerresheimer > Kosenberg > Lodenheide. Forcing Google-maps to choose navit's route, I get 2.9 km and 7 minutes. Can this difference still be explained with 'route_weight' tags? If yes, I really have to examine my navit.xml file.
And last not least. When the target is set few meters further south-east-wards in the Lodenheide, navit chooses the short route via Kosenberg.
what do you mean? What do you call an osm error?
I checked the data with josm its not a bug in the osm-data. From your picture it looked like the bus stop is involved but it is not. I have no clue at the moment mabyee the gtk-gui may help. To understand it. Maybee the higher speedlimit on westring is an issue.
Thanks to Woglinde for the links! They made me understand the 'Route Graph' information. With the help of 'Route Graph' I investigated two additional routing examples at Germany > Hilden > Lodenheide (see image: turn-restriction-21.png and turn-restriction-23.png). These routing examples defers only few meters in the destination. Both routes pass the crossing Gerresheimer - Kosenberg. In examples turn-restriction-21.png there are 97.2 seconds to go to the destination, in examples turn-restriction-23.png there are 99.3 seconds to go. Thus the difference is 2.1 seconds. With this information I am now sure, the strange routing of turn-restriction-21.png is not influenced by route weights. It is a bug in navit.
Bug description: When a turn restriction becomes operative for a node, not only the motion in the restricted directions is disabled. The motion in all directions is disabled and routings is blocked at this node.
Here comes an osm mini-abstraction of the streets Gerresheimer - Kosenberg - Lodenheide for verification of the bug. Navit does not find a route from the northern end of Gerresheimer to the western part of Lodenheide.
We need some informations here!
Is Navit working on turning-restrictions in general?
How about restrictions between mixed street-classes as described?
Probably we should also add tests to our routing qa. But for now I move this to 0.6 because we want to get the 0.5.2 out in a short time, and this one will probably complex.


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Mt. Airy, N.C., Sept. 2, 2008—NCFI Polyurethanes has been selected to insulate the featured "Showhouse" at one of the most exciting and largest green building/living shows in the U.S., West Coast Green 2008.
This year's event, which is being called the "largest conference and expo on green innovation," is taking place at the San Jose Convention Center, Sept. 25-27. The event features a "Showhouse"—a model of what show organizers say exemplifies the best practices of green design, techniques, and products. This
year's Showhouse is a 1,700 sq ft, two-story house made of reused shipping containers, and be built right on the tradeshow floor.
NCFI, a U.S. leader in the manufacturing of the highest quality sustainable spray foam products for use in homes, office buildings, institutions and agricultural facilities, was selected to insulate the show's model Showhouse. "We're excited and honored to be part of the West Coast Green 2008 Showhouse," says Don Schumacher, NCFI's Director of Marketing. "People come from all over the world to find the bestof-the-best in green building at the pinnacle of green building events. The WCG Showhouse is a tangible model—something they can see and feel for themselves—what we can make happen when we put revolutionary green products and building techniques into practice.
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"We're making products that home owners and builders trust to make their homes and buildings more sustainable by saving energy, improving indoor air quality and providing extra durability and strength," says Schumacher.
NCFI is recipient of the EPA's Stratospheric Ozone Award for helping protect the Earth's ozone layer, an EnergyStar partner, and helps provide for LEED certification. "We're really excited to partner with other visionary companies like SG Blocks (shipping container builder), Whirlpool, 1 Earth Forest Products, Premier Power, Sprout Studio and Gardens, and Verve Living Systems in this project. We're also excited
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The Shed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro announces April opening
10/01/2019. Hudson Yards performing arts center [NYC] USA
metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
One of 2019's most anticipated buildings, the Shed, is getting ready for its launch its opening season on April 5th, 2019. The new art center's High Line, The Shed —designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and developed by the Rockwell Group and support of Bloomberg Building, former mayor Michael Bloomberg gived $75 million contribution to the institution—will offer interdisciplinary programming, hosting exhibitions, lectures, and performances premiering works in the performing arts, visual arts.
The Shed visto desde High Line, diciembre de 2018, por Diller Scofidio & Renfro. Fotografía de Timothy Schenck via Hudson Yards NYC
The Shed as seen from the High Line, December 2018, by Diller Scofidio & Renfro. Photograph by Brett Beyer
The Shed under construction as seen from the High Line, February 2018. Photograph by Ed Lederman
Rendering. The Shed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Image coutesy of Rockwell Group.
Overview. The High Line Third and Final Phase. Photography © Iwan Baan
Overview 2nd section, 2011, from West 30th Street, looking South toward the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center site. Photography © Iwan Baan.
"We have built a home where established and emerging artists working in all disciplines can create new work in ways that we cannot even imagine," said Alex Poots, Artistic Director and CEO of The Shed. Blending genres and disciplines, the first year of programming will see lectures by Boots Riley, the filmmaker behind Sorry to Bother You; a Björk concert directed by John Tiffany of the broadway play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"; and a kung fu musical featuring songs by Sia and Arca.
In addition, the Shed will also undergo a name change. Due to a generous donation and his role in helping to transform Manhattan's westside where the building is located, the structure will be named The Bloomberg Building after Michael R. Bloomberg. Further, two major spaces on the building's top level—a 9,500-square-foot skylit event and artist rehearsal space, and a lab for artistic development and experimentation—have been named The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Skylights and The Tisch Lab.
Construction on the Shed, and its structure, which has a retractable outer shell that expands to transform the space, and accommodate different types of performances in its final phase includes the installation of metal cladding and other architectural finishes; placement of polished concrete topping slabs on all base building floors; installation of paving stones that will form Lawrence Weiner's site-specific artwork IN FRONT OF ITSELF in The Shed's Plaza; installation of The McCourt's theatrical shades; and completion of the building's mechanical systems.
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro Studio. Founded in 1981, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) is a design studio whose practice spans the fields of architecture, urban design, installation art, multi-media performance, digital media, and print. With a focus on cultural and civic projects, DS+R's work addresses the changing role of institutions and the future of cities. The studio is based in New York and is comprised of over 100 architects, designers, artists and researchers, led by four partners--Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro and Benjamin Gilmartin.
DS+R completed two of the largest architecture and planning initiatives in New York City's recent history: the adaptive reuse of an obsolete, industrial rail infrastructure into the High Line, a 1.5 mile-long public park, and the transformation of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' half-century-old campus. The studio is currently engaged in two more projects significant to New York, scheduled to open in 2019: The Shed, the first multi-arts center designed to commission, produce, and present all types of performing arts, visual arts, and popular culture, and the renovation and expansion of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Most recently, the studio was also selected to design: Adelaide Contemporary, a new gallery and public sculpture park in South Australia; the Centre for Music, which will be a permanent home for the London Symphony Orchestra; and a new collection and research centre for the V&A in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Recent projects include the 35-acre Zaryadye Park adjacent to the Kremlin in Moscow; the Museum of Image & Sound on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro; The Broad, a contemporary art museum in Los Angeles; the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley; the Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center at Columbia University in New York; and The Juilliard School in Tianjin, China.
DS+R's independent work includes the Blur Building, a pavilion made of fog on Lake Neuchâtel for the Swiss Expo; Exit, an immersive data-driven installation about human migration at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris; Charles James: Beyond Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Arbores Laetae, an animated micro-park for the Liverpool Biennial; Musings on a Glass Box at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris; and Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design at the Jewish Museum in New York. A major retrospective of DS+R's work was mounted at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Most recently, the studio designed two site-specific installations at the 2018 Venice Biennale and the Costume Institute's Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. DS+R also directed and produced The Mile-Long Opera: a biography of 7 o'clock, a free, choral performance featuring 1,000 singers atop the High Line, co-created with David Lang.
DS+R has authored several books: The High Line (Phaidon Press, 2015), Lincoln Center Inside Out: An Architectural Account (Damiani, 2013), Flesh: Architectural Probes (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011), Blur: The Making of Nothing (Harry N. Abrams, 2002), and Back to the Front: Tourisms of War (Princeton Architectural Press, 1996).
DS+R has been distinguished with the first MacArthur Foundation fellowship awarded in the field of architecture, Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential" list, the Smithsonian Institution's 2005 National Design Award, the Medal of Honor and the President's Award from AIA New York, and Wall Street Journal Magazine's 2017 Architecture Innovator of the Year Award. Ricardo Scofidio and Elizabeth Diller are fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and are International Fellows at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
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