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Over 80 architect-activists join Women's March on NYC
Last Saturday, over 80 architects, engineers, and construction professionals gathered to raise awareness on women's contributions to the AEC industry at the Women's March on NYC. Sporting neon pink hard hats and bright orange signs that read, Women BUILD, the group's message was loud and clear. Over a dozen organizations were represented; teams came from Thornton Tomasetti, Perkins Eastman, Marvel Architects, FXCollaborative, Silman Engineering, ArchiteXX, BuroHappold, and CannonDesign, among others. The leadership from FXWomen said seeing everyone march in solidarity, from young engineers to managing principals, men and women alike, was encouraging. "The group that represented our industry at the Women's March showed that gender equity isn't a 'women's issue,'" they told AN in an email. "It affects everyone and is supported by a diverse group that reflects the communities we design for."
@FXCollaborative at the NYC Women's March #womenbuild2019 #FXWomen #diversity pic.twitter.com/gjxJGSn7r4
— Tim Milam (@TimMilam) January 19, 2019
The day's event was organized by Dattner Women's Group. The team began reaching out to design-related companies across New York in November to get the conversation started about last weekend's march. At a community meetup last month, the firms came up with the #WomenBUILD2019 campaign and created matching posters that would boost their presence among the crowd. "Women Architects Here" some signs read, and others encouraged youth to "Join Us, Think Big." Carisima Koenig of the Women's Forum at CannonDesign said throughout the morning her team met other architects not directly affiliated with the Women BUILD cohort who ended up joining alongside them. "We had extra signs, so we distributed them along the march route," she said. "As a group, it made an impact to have a cohesive message and for the city to see we are here." Not only did the city take notice, but children—who marched alongside the Women BUILD group—did too. "At one point during the march, a mother and daughter were pointing to our signs and discussing what kinds of jobs the different icons represented," said Dattner's Rebecca McCarthy. "That was a really special moment. I hope that young people who saw our group will feel they can grow up to be whatever they want to be, and that we demonstrated that's really possible." Employees from other firms at the march issued similar sentiments about the group's influence and what the future of the industry could look like if people continue to take a stand against the problems that have long plagued architecture. They believed their shared presence together, not as competitors but as proponents of an equal society, only amplified some of the recent discussions that have come online as a result of the #MeToo movement. "We want everyone considering a career in architecture, engineering, and construction to know that the industry has a place for them," said FXWomen. "We're waiting for them and transforming this profession into one that is worthy of their talents."
Dattner Architects organizes campaign for Saturday's Women's March on NYC
A throng of local architects, both men and women, will gather wearing pink hard hats and caution tape sashes at this Saturday's Women's March on NYC in an effort to raise awareness on the various roles women lead in the architecture, engineering, and construction industries. Organized by Dattner Architects' Women's Group, firms across the city are slated to show up in support for what's dubbed as the "Women BUILD" campaign. Emily Kotsaftis, an associate architect at Dattner, is helping spearhead the event alongside her colleagues Heather McKinstry, a studio resource leader, and Rebecca McCarthy, an architectural designer. When Kotsaftis started the in-house, grassroots group at the end of 2017, she felt a pressing need to begin a conversation on the different ways women were represented within her own office in light of the then-budding media coverage surrounding gender bias and women in the workplace. "We've mostly been a discussion group up until now with our first meeting held in February," she said. "As a large firm, we have a strong representation of women at every level. We've been focused on establishing our group within the office, but we're now looking to mobilize a larger community. The effort around the Women's March has been really eye-opening because we're connecting the community of women citywide." The Dattner Women's Group, led by Kotsaftis and Mary Beth Lardaro, the studio's human resources director, also includes men within the firm. Theirs is just one of several similar organizations found at AEC companies in New York. Kostaftis said other more-established groups at FXCollaborative, Thornton Tomasetti, and Arup, for example, have helped provide inspiration to her and her colleagues. Last year, Dattner organized a coalition of architects for the Women's March NYC 2018, which attracted over 70 people from studios such as Handel Architects and BuroHappold Engineering, as well as representatives from the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation. "Since late 2017, we've been thinking about Dattner and how our women's group operates here," said Kotsaftis. "Of course, I wanted to communicate with other women's groups in order to learn about what they were doing, but now we want to become even more far-reaching to include men and women who share this interest across the city. I'm trying not to limit my thinking to my office alone." This year's "Women BUILD" theme was birthed through a December meeting of women's group's leaders from CannonDesign, SOM, Howard L. Zimmerman Architects, Marvel Architects, and Perkins Eastman, among others. According to McKinstry, issues such as pay equity, sexual harassment, respect on job sites, and work/life balance led the group to choose a message that communicated the types of responsibilities women take on with their jobs, family, and daily lives as citizens of the world. "Women BUILD is a unifying theme both in that it can stand as a sentence on its own," she said, "or be the start of something else like 'Women Build Communities,' or 'Women Build Skyscrapers." Designers across various firms have created "Women BUILD" signs to be printed for Saturday's march and used to extoll their mission. For McCarthy and the women at Dattner, that mission goes beyond the march. She foresees Dattner helping enact real change across New York firms by developing initiatives in tandem with other women's groups that will address the issues women face at work every day. "The last few years we've seen a large focus on awareness," she said. "We've focused on reminding the world and those in the design, engineering, and construction fields that we care about these issues and are here to voice those issues. Now we're ready and want to do more." The Women's March on NYC 2019 is organized by the Women's March Alliance. To learn more details about Saturday's meetup with Dattner Architects, visit the Women BUILD Facebook Group.
Here are the winners of the 2018 AIA Honor Awards in architecture
This is the first article in a three part series documenting the 2018 AIA Institute Honor Awards. This lists the winners of the architecture category, while additional segments contain the winners in the interior architecture and regional & urban design categories. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the 2018 winners of the AIA Institute Honor Awards. The list contains projects from all around the world, and of varying programs and uses, and honors firms both large and small. From a girls' school in Afghanistan to a municipal salt shed, this year's widely diverse group of winning projects will be recognized at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018 in New York City, in late June. This year's eight member jury panel included:
Lee Becker, FAIA (Chair), Hartman-Cox Architects
Anne Marie Decker, FAIA, Duvall Decker Architects
Susan Johnson, AIA, Strata; Anna Jones, Assoc. AIA, MOD Design
Caitlin Kessler, AIAS Student Representative, University of Arizona
Merilee Meacock, AIA, KSS Architects
Robert Miller, FAIA, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Sharon Prince, Grace Farms Foundation
Rob Rogers, FAIA, Rogers Partners.
Project: Audain Art Museum Architect: Patkau Architects Inc. Location: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada From the AIA Jury: A beautiful, dynamic project that literally wraps users around nature, blurring the boundaries between man-made and natural. It creates a cultural magnet to help educate not only art, but eco-friendly design. The elegant structure hovers over a floodplain topography in an area that receives a large amount of snowfall, battling the elements through an architectural form that embraces the setting. Opportunity for people to live with art. The typology of the building is a stepping stone for Canada, a new icon, and a monument for British Columbia. It has helped elevate all of us. Project: The Broad Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Associate Firm: Gensler Location: Los Angeles From the AIA Jury: Simultaneously sedate and spectacular. It fits the context of the visually exuberant arts buildings in this neighborhood. More than holding its own as a figure, it also engages and takes the user in. The dark body-like, shapely vault is a beautiful counterpoint to the bright, thick, patterned light veil. The design intention is clear and carried through at every scale. The types of space created are unusual but engaging and composed. Project: Chicago Riverwalk Architect: Ross Barney Architects and Sasaki Associates Location: Chicago From the AIA Jury: A gift to city, it embraces Chicago's layered, diverse history by providing a range of amenities that provide forward looking opportunities. Transforms the once neglected downtown riverfront into a vast public space. Design that touches everyone. Subtle moments of education and insight into the ecology of the river, educating visitors and residents. It is the reinvention of urban life that brings attention back to the waterfront. Project: Gohar Khatoon Girls' School Architect: Robert Hull, FAIA, and the University of Washington, Department of Architecture Location: Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan From the AIA Jury: A beautiful and restrained aesthetic with limited means. Architecture is a modern take on Afghan history and masonry construction. This elevates respect for women and girls overall when state resources are used to this extent and design, adding an intent to create an urban oasis and promote community engagement. This space and the process communicates a new era for girls and women very powerfully. It is remarkably resourceful by integrating natural sustainability measures while operating within a weak infrastructure in the country. Project: Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 & Spring Street Salt Shed Architect: Dattner Architects in association with WXY architecture + urban design Location: New York City From the AIA Jury: The Salt storage building took what is usually an industrial construction built as economically as possible into urban art. It raises the bar significantly for civic infrastructure. Unapologetic platonic shape with beautiful skin with commitment to civic expression, environmental responsibility, and sensitivity to the urban context design solution that successfully integrates critical services into the neighborhood. The pursuit of a visual oxymoron to sanitation, and investment therein, is laudable and uplifting to an entire neighborhood and heavily used city corridor. Highly innovative. Project: Mercer Island Fire Station 92 Architect: Miller Hull Partnership Location: Mercer Island, Washington From the AIA Jury: Operations drives design and the execution is flawless. A necessary renovation turned modern reinterpretation of a traditional civic building into a simple box with layers of transparency that visually and physically connect the functions to the street. Great balance of functionality and warmth of materials make this a beautiful facility. Balanced work and relaxation are desired combo for firefighting facilities and certainly that balance is achieved here. As a public project, it is clearly a labor of love. Super judicious use of materials; great scale, sense of public awareness. Best of all this honors the incredibly hard working firefighters deserving of such a light space. Project: New United States Courthouse Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Location: Los Angeles From the AIA Jury: The design's fascination with natural light and white spaces is nicely contrasted by the golden wood interior figures and floors. The building's form is a representation of site and topography, functionality, environmental performance, civic presence, and public spaces. Traditional materials and architectural elements enliven its civic presence, while modern elements introduced through the glass assembly façade create an iconic image for a 21st Century courthouse building while also providing positive environmental performance. This powerful composition and the generosity of its public spaces gives the project a clear civic presence, separating it from its commercial neighbors. Project: Vol Walker Hall & the Steven L. Anderson Design Center Architect: Marlon Blackwell Architects Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas From the AIA Jury: A complimentary and progressive pairing of modern and traditional forms. Consistent orchestration of natural light and a sparse but powerful use of red to make landmark moments in the building is invigorating. Sets the opportunity for an interesting contrast between the old and new wings. The expanded facility unites all three departments – architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design – under one roof for the first time, reinforcing the School's identity and creating a cross-disciplinary, collaborative learning environment. The overall design is a didactic model, establishing a tangible discourse between the past and present while providing state-of-the-art-facilities for 21st century architectural and design education. Every space seems equally well resolved, simple, elegant Project: Washington Fruit & Produce Company Headquarters Architect: Graham Baba Architects Location: Yakima, Washington From the AIA Jury: This sits on the landscape beautifully and creates space for meaningful community. The oasis among the warehouses is functional, sustainable, spatial and formal. The design idea is integral and cohesive. An idea with depth. Occupied spaces are oriented towards the heart of the place - the courtyard, avoiding views towards the surrounding freeway and industrial warehouses; earth berms surrounding the building focalize views out to the landscape and blurring the boundary of architecture and site. The owners' commitment to creating a respite from the industrial environment for their employees led to an exploration of curating views and outdoor spaces. The result is a workspace that encourages quiet contemplation, community and productivity.
Senior housing to rise around fire-ravaged Lower East Side synagogue
Developer Gotham Organization and local nonprofit Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) have teamed up to build almost 500 units of new housing across two buildings on the site of a burned-down Lower East Side synagogue. The group presented its plans to Manhattan Community Board 3 this week, eight months after a fire destroyed Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, a landmarked 167-year-old house of worship on Norfolk Street between Grand and Broome streets. In the proposal, the first building, a ten-story structure on the southeast corner of Norfolk Street, would host 88 affordable senior apartments, spread over 73,000 square feet and cantilevered over the synagogue ruins. A second, 30-story building at Suffolk Street, the next block east, will sport 400 apartments, of which one-quarter will be permanently affordable. New York's Dattner Architects is the architect, although the firm has not yet filed its tower plans with the Department of Buildings (DOB). Although Gotham will manage the development via a 99-year lease, the CPC, which serves the Chinese community in New York City, will retain ownership of the parcel behind the ruined shul. As part of the deal, Bowery Boogie reported the nonprofit will own a 40,000-square-foot commercial condo that will serve as its headquarters. Meanwhile, documents submitted to CB3 show Beth Hamedrash Hagadol's congregation will have access to a 5,000-square-foot–plus commercial condo in the 30-story building. Plans also call for almost 22,000 square feet of new retail on Broome Street and in the taller building's basement, while a new outdoor space will be open to senior residents, the congregation, and the CPC. In July of last year, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved the partial demolition of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, citing the structure's instability post-fire. Although the owner had originally sought to demolish the structure entirely, two engineering teams declared the south and east facades repairable, and the LPC approved a resolution that requires the owner to salvage significant architectural features where possible. The Architect's Newspaper (AN) reached out to CPC and Dattner for more details on the design. Via CPC, a spokesperson for Gotham told AN that the designs at the community board meeting were just ideas, and that the cantilever proposal may change. The design must undergo a lengthy approvals and community engagement process ahead of a groundbreaking that's slated for late 2019.
Here's the first big affordable housing complex slated for East New York
Today the City Planning Commission (CPC) heard development updates from East New York, the first city neighborhood to be completely rezoned under comprehensive affordable housing rules passed in 2015. To achieve the goals of the rezoning, the East New York Neighborhood Plan was approved in April 2016, and now, a year and a half later, there are 1,000 affordable units in the pipeline, plus an 1,000-seat school, and safety-in-mind streetscape improvements along major thoroughfares like Atlantic Avenue to link new developments together. The rezoned area spans 190 square blocks and is the first to apply Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH), a suite of rules that require a certain percentage of housing be designated as permanently affordable. In addition to building affordable housing, the East New York plan aims to preserve existing affordable units, while offering legal services to tenants, providing support to homeowners at risk of displacement, and transitioning families in the shelter system into local permanent housing. As far as new construction goes, the city estimates that 6,000 units of affordable housing will be built over the next 15 years. The latest—and largest—of these developments is Chestnut Commons, a 274-unit complex by Dattner Architects on a vacant city-owned site on Atlantic Avenue, near busy Conduit Boulevard. In the affordable housing world, Dattner is best known for Via Verde, an ecological housing complex in the South Bronx it completed with Grimshaw in 2012. Here, the New York City firm is kitting out a 300,000-square-foot complex, called Chestnut Commons, with solar panels, specially-glazed windows, natural lighting, and other design features from the passive house movement that improve building performance by minimizing solar heat gain and thermal bridging. In addition to shared roof terraces for tenants, amenities will include a black box theater operated by a local arts nonprofit, a kitchen incubator for jobs training, and a CUNY Kingsborough satellite campus. The ground floor of the 14-story building will sport retail spaces, and new streetscaping will connect the complex to a cleaned-up Atlantic Avenue corridor (map). The apartments will be geared towards families, though there's no word yet on the units' sizes. At the CPC meeting today, though, a representative from the Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD) confirmed the development will be 100 percent affordable. Half of the units at Chestnut Commons will be available to households making 60 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI), or $51,540 for a family of three. After that, 15 percent of the units will be open to families making 30 percent of the AMI, 20 percent of the units will go to households at 40 AMI, and 15 percent will be available to those at 50 AMI. HPD is working with MHANY Management, the Urban Builders Collaborative, and the Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) to develop the project. The levels of affordability were a major point of contention when the neighborhood plan was passed last year. According to a 2015 report from Comptroller Scott M. Stringer's office, more than half of the affordable units to be developed under the neighborhood plan are too pricey for current residents. (The mayor's office disputed the findings.) Last year, the city confirmed that any HPD-sponsored project in East New York will be 100 percent affordable to families earning between 30 and 90 percent of the AMI.
$1.5 billion Hallets Point project in Astoria given green light for a second time as Cuomo secures affordable housing plan
The Hallets Point project in Astoria, Queens, is back on track after Governor Cuomo secured approval of the Affordable New York program earlier this month. The scheme is essentially a replacement for the "421-a" initiative which had been in place for 50 years and encouraged city developers to build more affordable homes incentivized through tax breaks.
Backed by the Durst Organization, the project began construction at the start of 2016, though this stopped just a day later as the 421-a program came to a close, meaning that the developers could not afford to continue the project. It was due to cost $1.5 billion and cover 2.4 million square feet.
Subsequently, it had been reported that Durst had drastically curtailed their plans for the site: A project that once promised seven buildings housing 1,917 market-rate dwellings and a further 483 affordable units along with a supermarket, school, and waterfront esplanade had been reduced to one building boasting a measly 163 units—all of which had been paid for before 421-a ended.
However, Durst spokesperson Jordan Barowitz told The Architect's Newspaper that the plan was "never scaled back." "We just said that if 421-a wasn't in place we couldn't move forward, it's the same plan," he said. Barowitz also added that if Cuomo's Affordable New York act hadn't gone through, Durst would have been forced to scuttle affordable housing on the other projects such as 1800 Park Avenue (which is still in the design phase) and the Queens Plaza Park scheme in Long Island City.
However, Hallets Point—designed by two New York firms Dattner Architects and Studio V—is good to go again. "We're very pleased we'll be able to move forward with the project and help revitalize the Hallets community and create a bunch of jobs and hundreds of units of affordable housing," Barowitz, told DNAinfo.
In a press release, Durst said:
Hallets Point will transform the now isolated stretch of the Queens waterfront into a thriving residential community with a supermarket, a vibrant mix of retail, an extended and enhanced esplanade, parklands and renovated playgrounds. The project also includes community use facilities, a site for the construction of a new K-8 public school and an additional development lot for the New York City Housing Authority.
The first building to be constructed on the site will provide 405 residential units and a supermarket. It is scheduled to open in Spring next year.
Building of the Day: Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage and Salt Shed
This is the tenth in a series of guests posts that feature Archtober Building of the Day tours! For today's Building of the Day tour, we visited the 2016 AIANY Design Award Winner, Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage and Salt Shed. The Garage and Salt Shed are two separate buildings with specific purposes for the Department of Sanitation. The 425,000 square-foot LEED Gold Certified garage opened in 2015 and houses sanitation trucks from three Manhattan sanitation districts, serving 300,000 residents. Dattner Architects and WXY architecture + urban design worked very closely with the Department of Sanitation, the Public Design Commission, the Department of City Planning, and the Department of Design and Construction to design a building that was functional yet would fit in well with the cityscape. The facade of the building is double skinned, with the interior facade made of glass to allow natural light into the building while the outer façade is composed of 2,600 "fins" made of perforated aluminum. These fins move throughout the day, following the sun to reduce glare inside and keep the temperature pleasant. They also serve the purpose of blocking the headlights and view of the trucks in the garage, which was very important to the neighbors of the garage. Self-sufficiency was a major theme of the construction of the building according to Gia Mainiero, AIA of Dattner Architects. To that effect, the garage has a green roof, the largest in New York City, which helps with energy conservation in the entire building. The plants that comprise the green roof are desert succulents, which require little care and no additional watering. The roof also plays a role in the water conservation of the building. Rainwater from the roof and water created from the Con Ed steam system is collected in a 20,000 gallon tank used to both wash the trucks and supply the building's sewer system. While the placement of the building was at first controversial, residents are reportedly very pleased with the design of the structure and happy with the fact that it helps keep garbage trucks off the crowded streets. Across the street from the garage is the Salt Shed, which holds 5,000 tons of salt used to keep New York's streets clear in the winter. It is one of 36 facilities throughout New York City meant to hold de-icing salt. The building is designed to resemble a lump of crystallized salt, with a 32-degree angle on the roof—salt's natural angle of repose. Salt in the Salt Shed reaches a height of roughly 45 feet and is refilled by trucks as needed in the winter. The structure is currently a grayish-white color, but slag mixed into the concrete means that it will change colors as the building ages. At night, architectural lighting lights the building in a magnificent way and it has become akin to a sculpture of the neighborhood. In fact, as we were on the tour, there was a photoshoot in front—not the first according to our guides. Quite a creative use for a building filled with tons and tons of salt. Tomorrow, we head to Horizon Media. About the author: Julia Christie is the Office Manager at AIANY / Center for Architecture.
Take a look inside New York's only public film school, designed by Dattner Architects
Except for two giant antennae, New York's newest film school occupies an unassuming perch atop Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Brooklyn College Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, a 450-student graduate program, is the first film school at a public college in New York City. The building is owned by Steiner Studios, a major Navy Yard business with over 18,000 employees. The 300-foot-long-by-100-foot-wide building, which sits on the National Register of Historic Places, used to be a U.S. Navy building. New York–based Dattner Architects renovated the core and shell prior to constructing the film school, design principal Daniel Heuberger explained. The build-out of the film school, which occupies the fifth and sixth floors, took advantage of the structure's open spaces created by the industrial-sized spans of its column bays. Brooklyn College wanted the space to feel like a "genuine vertical campus," said Heuberger, with blended academic and social facilities to facilitate interaction among students and industry professionals. The nucleus of the program is a sixth-floor forum with a study space and cafeteria anchored by a wide-set stairway that can be used for lounging and reading. A screening room off of the forum dialogues with production spaces on that floor, while classrooms and offices occupy the floor below. Designing a film school was a big learning curve, and the architects consulted industry experts to insure that a bountiful number of programs could be accommodated. "There's absolutely no film left in film, it's all digital. It gives gigantic creative leverage to all students, who before would have had a hard—and costly—time putting together incredibly sophisticated films," said Heuberger. Making a film is a labor-intensive, almost industrial process that requires many people and specialized equipment. Consequently, the building's design discourages the auteur model of filmmaking in favor of heavy student-to-student collaboration: A column-free, 120-foot-by-60-foot hybrid production and sound stage facilitates the making process, as does the motion capture studio, equipment room, a construction shop, and foley room. Digital production produces a substantial amount of data, so the school is outfitted with two internal networks—one for email, one for film—to keep projects flowing smoothly.
Design worth its salt: Dattner and WXY team up for municipal infrastructure on Manhattan's West Side
The New York City Department of Sanitation's (DSNY) Soho facilities prove that design for trash need not be rubbish. On a grey December day, five architects gave a tour of two buildings—the Spring Street Salt Shed and Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage—that comprise DSNY's new facilities on Spring Street at the West Side Highway. The five architects leading the tour included WXY principal Claire Weisz, Dattner Architects principals Kirsten A. Sibilia and Paul Bauer, Dattner associate Gia Mainiero and Rick Bell, executive director of the Office of the Chief Architect at the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC). The first stop on the tour was the Spring Street Salt Shed. The structure is a textbook take on "form follows function." Designed to resemble a salt crystal, the cast-in-place concrete shed can hold up to 5,000 tons of road salt. When salt is piled up, Mainiero explained, it assumes an "angle of repose." The roof is slanted to match that angle, with walls ranging from two to six feet thick. While the structure's form embraces salt, the materials were chosen to prevent its corrosive effects: the concrete admixture is self waterproofing and architects applied a hardener to the concrete floor. Trucks drive into the salt shed to pick up their loads, so the lower portion of the walls are plated with steel to prevent errant shovel dings. In New York City, each Community Board (the neighborhood-level governing body) is responsible for its own sanitation. The Spring Street facilities are shared by Community Board 1, 2, and 5, as well as UPS, and a Con Ed substation. The garage can hold 150 sanitation trucks, and contains fueling, washing, and repair stations for vehicles, as well as administrative offices. Though the building is four stories, it feels more like eight, with interior ceilings up to 30 feet high. Citing community concerns about a potentially loud, unsightly sanitation facility in the neighborhood, the DDC and the design team worked closely with area stakeholders to create a facility with curb appeal. Walking from the salt shed to the garage, the architects pointed out the double-skin facade that wraps the 425,000 square foot building. Each floor has a different, but equally cheery, color-code. 2,600, 30 inch wide fins made of perforated, coated aluminum line the exterior. The panels are timed to move with changing position of the sun, though workers can manually override the settings to control light flow. "The color is interesting and subtle from the outside," explains Weisz. "The louvers create a composition and a scrim, yet the facade is very calm." In a nod to surrounding tall luxury developments, the design team treated the roofs of both buildings as facades. A 1.5-acre green roof, planted with 25 different species of succulents and perennials, helps control runoff, cool the building, counts towards the building's (eventual) LEED Gold certification, and could be used as an events space. Party planners take note: there are sweeping views of the Hudson on three sides. Design decisions were made to reduce the overall mass of the garage. At the rear of the building, the roof slants, mirroring the angle of the three lane driveway, one story below.
Pictorial> Take a look inside Dattner's 34th St-Hudson Yards subway station, now open to the public
On Sunday, September 13th, New York City got its first new subway station in 25 years. Located at 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue, the 34th St-Hudson Yards station extended the 7 train one and a half miles to serve Manhattan's Far West Side. Dattner Architects designed the 364,000 square foot, $2.4 billion station. The new station is ten stories underground, and features the subway system's first inclined elevator. Below the canopied main entrance, designed by Toshiko Mori Architect, a multicolored mosiac mural by artist Xenobia Bailey greets passengers. MVVA designed the park surrounding the main entrance. See the gallery below for images of the new station.
Can the latest plan to salvage LaGuardia take flight? New York Governor Cuomo unveils ambitious $4 billion airport redesign scheme
For New Yorkers and visitors alike, LaGuardia Airport is a confusing maze of disconnected terminals. Beset with delays, chaotic transfers, poorly designed wayfinding, and congestion for both passengers and planes, the airport was recently, not undeservingly, characterized by Vice President Biden as feeling like a "third-world country." Now the facility is slated to get a much-needed, and long overdue redesign. Governor Cuomo presented a far-reaching plan to overhaul the tired facility, which would cost roughly $4 billion, and be completed over a 5-year period. Once the Board of Directors of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey green light the plans, construction will commence, with the goal of opening the first half of the project to passengers by early 2019, and then finishing up the second half 1.5 years later. The proposal was guided by the Governor's Advisory Panel with recommendations from Dattner Architects, PRESENT Architecture, and SHoP Architects. It would bulldoze the airport's Terminal B building and essentially replace an existing series of small terminals with a single unified structure situated closer to Grand Central Parkway. According to the Governor's website, the redesign would include new terminal space, a new arrival and departures hall, and a connection to Delta's Terminals C and D. In addition, the Governor detailed plans to add transit with a new AirTrain and ferry service, as well as address potential flooding by elevating infrastructure. "New York had an aggressive, can-do approach to big infrastructure in the past—and today, we're moving forward with that attitude once again," said Governor Cuomo in a statement. "We are transforming LaGuardia into a globally-renowned, 21st century airport that is worthy of the city and state of New York." Few can argue that LaGuardia, the smallest of New York's three airports, needs to be re-imagined, but the question is whether this proposal is a band aid solution to a much more complicated problem that requires a greater comprehensive strategy. "The Governor's intentions are good, but the proposal is disappointing because it does not attempt to deal with the main problems plaguing LGA. Its runways are too short, which causes safety issues, delays, and limitations on destinations. It's in a flood zone and its level needs to be raised to deal with future storms. Furthermore, the proposed rail connection is terribly convoluted," explained Jim Venturi, the principal designer of ReThinkNYC. "With people finally speaking seriously about closing Riker's Island, and with the airport's proximity to the Northeast Corridor, it is disappointing that the Governor did not take the advice of Vice President Biden and choose a more 'holistic' approach to solving the region's transposition problems. There are many opportunities that this plan does not take advantage of and we would urge them to rethink their approach." Venturi recently detailed his own proposal for doing just that in a recent edition of The Architect's Newspaper. LaGuardia isn't the only airport in line to be revamped. The governor stated that he will soon issue an RFP for a redesign of JFK International Airport. In the meantime, the iconic Eero Saarinen–designed TWA Flight Center will be transformed into a LEED certified hotel, consisting of 505 guestrooms, 40,000 square feet of conference, event and meeting space, and an observation deck. This will be JFK's first airport hotel.
Bernheimer and Dattner start work on BAM building as construction in Brooklyn's art district kicks up a notch
As Downtown Brooklyn's skyline grows taller, denser, and a bit more interesting, construction is whirring along in the BAM Cultural District just across Flatbush Avenue. The latest project to break ground within the area is bringing the borough new cultural institutions, affordable housing, and well, architecture. It's the Brooklyn Cultural District Apartments. The 115,000-square-foot structure was designed by Bernheimer Architecture and Dattner Architects with some landscaping accoutrement by SCAPE. The mixed-use building includes a restaurant along with the Center for Fiction and space for the Mark Morris Dance Group. Above the building's cultural podium are 109 apartments, 40 percent of which are below market-rate. "Extensive glazing at the lower floors highlights the cultural components and activates the pedestrian experience," Dattner explained on its website. "In-set balconies and double-height terraces articulate the upper base and tower." The Brooklyn Cultural District Apartments is intended to flow into the collection of high-design buildings and public spaces that are appearing one after the other on numerous sites around it. The building's restaurant, for instance, flows into Ken Smith's Arts Plaza which itself flows into the slightly cantilevering Theatre For a New Audience by Hugh Hardy of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture. Between the new apartment building and the existing theater and plaza is yet another planned building—a 200-room hotel with a jagged facade by Leeser Architecture. There's one more big project to mention on the block: FXFOWLE's 52-story mixed-income residential tower that is quickly ascending into Brooklyn's skyline. On the other side of Fulton Street from the tower is the BRIC Arts Media House, another Leeser project. Adjacent to all of this is the site of Francis Cauffman's very artsy and wavy medical center that is currently under-construction. And across Lafayette Avenue is TEN Arquitectos' 32-story, mixed-use residential tower that is beginning to make its ascent.


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In July of 1998, the SEA began working with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the City of Pittsburgh, and Allegheny County to implement the Regional Destination Financing Plan (RDFP). The goal of the RDFP was to make Pittsburgh a premier destination for people across the country and around the world.
The RDFP supported the construction of PNC Park, Acrisure Stadium, and the expansion of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, as well as the infrastructure improvements associated with these projects. The RDFP's combined cost exceeds $1 billion with monies coming from hotel tax and sales tax revenues, Steelers ticket surcharges, parking revenues, State appropriations, federal transportation funds, corporate funds, foundation money, and team contributions. No City or County funds were used to pay for these projects.
Funding sources and uses include the following:
RAD (Sales Tax) Bonds
$173,028,89
Hotel Tax Bonds
Parking Revenue Bonds
$27,607,99
State Funds
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The announcement that the Pirates are for sale becomes public. Major League Baseball makes a new ballpark a requirement for the sale to occur.
Baseball strike occurs and halts the season. Revenue sharing and salary-cap issues are unresolved when the season begins in 1995.
Kevin McClatchy negotiates a preliminary deal to buy the Pirates.
Steelers president Dan Rooney makes a public statement that Three Rivers Stadium needs to be upgraded or a new football stadium is needed for the team to remain competitive. A $75 million estimate is disclosed for the upgrading of Three Rivers Stadium.
National League President states that the McClatchy bid for the Pirates will not be accepted without a new ballpark.
National League Baseball gives preliminary approval for the McClatchy bid, but the demand for the new ballpark still remains.
The McClatchy bid is approved and the stipulations are set, including that a new ballpark will be constructed and opened by 2001.
The Forbes Field II Task Force proposes a ballpark site on North Shore, several yards to the east of Three Rivers Stadium.
Mayor Murphy and NFL officials meet to discuss the possibility of a new football stadium.
A panel appointed by Governor Ridge recommends that the state fund one-third of the costs of the new stadium through state loans.
Southwestern Pennsylvania Convention Center Design Commission is established to oversee Convention Center design process.
Financing framework is introduced and local sources include: the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD), which manages money from a 1% county sales tax beyond the 6% base sales tax; revenues from a 7% tax for each hotel/motel rented in Allegheny County; parking revenue; and a payroll tax on non-resident athletes.
Regional Destination Financing Plan (RDFP) is announced. It encompasses $1 billion in development projects that include tripling the size of the Convention Center, building two new stadiums, and pay-off and demolition of Three Rivers Stadium.
Pirates make public the plans for a 38,000 seat ballpark that will be one of the most intimate parks in the country and will be in the downtown district.
Governor Ridge announces a state contribution for the Convention Center expansion of $150 million.
Negotiations between the City and the teams end with an agreement that the Pirates will pay $40 million toward the cost of a new ballpark and the Steelers will pay $76.5 million for a new stadium plus each team will guarantee payment of any cost overruns.
RAD board votes to allocate $13.4 million over 30 years toward the plan. This replaces the $10 million a year RAD had been allocating since 1994 for operations and debt at Three Rivers Stadium.
PNC Bank Corp. agrees to pay $30 million over 20 years for naming rights of the new baseball park. The Sixth Street Bridge is renamed Roberto Clemente Bridge.
Demolition begins as a Westinghouse warehouse is cleared for the site of the new baseball stadium.
A site adjacent to the existing Three Rivers Stadium is selected for the new football stadium.
Sale of football seat licenses begin. 47,000 seat licenses are sold in a little over a month, faster than seat licenses had sold in any other city. The proceeds are held in a Stadium Building Fund.
State share of $325 million for stadiums for the Pirates, Steelers, Phillies, and Eagles is approved by a 136-62 vote in the House and 34-15 vote in the Senate. The Pittsburgh stadiums receive $150 million and the Philadelphia stadiums receive $175 million.
Construction begins on PNC Park.
Construction begins on Acrisure Stadium.
Construction of the expansion of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center begins.
Construction on the North Shore Garage begins.
Three Rivers Stadium is imploded.
First game at PNC Park and the opening of North Shore Garage.
H.J. Heinz Company agrees to pay $57 million over 20 years for naming rights of the new football stadium.
First game at Heinz Field, now Acrisure Stadium.
Phase I of the Convention Center opens for the RV Show.
Bruce Springsteen was the first concert at PNC Park.
Convention Center opens officially with a gala weekend called "Pittsburgh Powers Up," celebrated by thousands of guests.
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Poll: Is it irresponsible to let under-18s drink at home?
Junior Minister Roisin Shortall thinks parents who do so might mean well – but could be doing harm. What do you think?
JUNIOR MINISTER ROISIN Shortall is not in favour of letting underage teenagers drink at home. In an interview with Conor Pope of the Irish Times today, the minister of state at the Department of Health says that while some parents might think they were encouraging responsible drinking practices by allowing their teens to drink under their supervision, she believed that it could be unhelpful, if not harmful.
In 2009, the British Government's chief medical officer Liam Donaldson – also looking at setting a minimum-price on alcohol – said that parents who allowed their children to have alcohol at home in the hope that it would promote sensible drinking were only giving them "a taste for it".
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Q: Recursive Types in Scala with a List Similarly to mutually recursive types in scala I am trying to create a mutually recursive type in Scala.
I am trying to make a graph defined with this type (which does compile) :
 case class Node(val id : Int, val edges : Set[Node])

But I don't understand how I can actually create something with this type, because in order to initialize Node A with edges B and C, I need to at least have  a lazy reference to B and C, but I can't simultaneously create their edgesets.
Is it possible to implement this recursive type?
EDIT:
Here is the solution I am currently using to convert an explicit adjacency list to a self-referential one.
def mapToGraph(edgeMap : Map[Int, mutable.Set[Int]]) : List[Node] = {
  lazy val nodeMap = edgeMap map  (kv => (kv._1, new Node(kv._1, futures.get(kv._1).get)))
  lazy val futures : Map[Int, Set[Node]] = edgeMap map (kv => {
    val edges = (kv._2 map (e => nodeMap.get(e).get)).toSet
    (kv._1, edges)
  })
  val eval = nodeMap.values.toList
  eval //to force from lazy to real - don't really like doing this
}

or alternatively, fromm an edgelist
//reads an edgeList into a graph
def readEdgelist(filename : String) : List[Node] = {
  lazy val nodes = new mutable.HashMap[Int, Node]()
  lazy val edges = new mutable.HashMap[Int, mutable.Buffer[Node]]()
  Source.fromFile(filename).getLines() filter (x => x != None) foreach {edgeStr =>
    val edge = edgeStr.split('\t')
    if (edge.size != 2) goodbye("Not a well-formed edge : " + edgeStr + " size: " + edge.size.toString)
    val src = edge(0).toInt
    val des = edge(1).toInt
    if (!(nodes.contains(src))) nodes.put(src, new Node(src, futures.get(src).get))
    if (!(nodes.contains(des))) nodes.put(des, new Node(des, futures.get(des).get))
    edges.put(src, edges.getOrElse(src, mutable.Buffer[Node]()) += nodes.get(des).get)
  }
  lazy val futures : Map[Int, Set[Node]] = nodes map {node => (node._1, edges.getOrElse(node._1, mutable.Buffer[Node]()).toSet)} toMap
  val eval = nodes.values.toList
  eval
}

Thanks everyone for the advice!

A: Sounds like you need to work from the bottom up
val b = Node(1, Set.empty)
val c = Node(2, Set.empty)
val a = Node(3, Set(b, c))

Hope that helps

A: Chicken & egg... you have three options:

*

*Restrict your graphs to Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) and use RKumsher's suggestion.

*To retain immutability, you'll need to separate your node instances from your edge sets (two different classes: create nodes, then create edge sets/graph).

*If you prefer the tight correlation, consider using a setter for the edge sets so that you can come back and set them later, after all the nodes are created.

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Last Sunday, I dedicated the day to taking a proverbial scythe to my wardrobe. I 'cut out' a whopping 50 items, leaving behind an edit of 'transitional piece's that were what I was feeling were 'now', darling. Lets not dwell on the fact that there are now the same amount of items left, hmm. Oh and that those removed may have been taken and hung in my brothers wardrobe on the day that he left for uni… I'm not a bad sister, honest.
Though my wardrobe practically floats now that I've relieved it of so much weight, it also looks more monochrome than in its previous summery guise. This ASOS midi skirt just made the cut so now I've tasked myself with styling it into my autumn outfits until the #NoTightsClub gets banished by sub-zero temperatures for good.
Here's how I wore it on the last day of summer and below is how I've been re-appropriating it for October. For a girl who lives in mini skirts and leggings, the midi was a rather daring move, but don't be afraid – try it instead of a skater and you'll thank me when the wind blows! Choose from my favourite handful of ASOS Midis in the sale so that you can keep the summer in your wardrobe that bit longer too!
So, are you ready to don a midi skirt and swoosh about in the autumn leaves pretending you're in a Disney film too?
What a beautiful skirt, need a bit of colour for autumn!
Oh wow, I love both outfits, I can't actually decide which I like best! Maybe the second by a hair, and speaking of, yours is looking very lovely – I really love your fringe on you!
Love your style m'dear!! Those first snaps really made me miss the sunshine!! I'm really not looking forward to the long, cold winter months. This midi skirt is wonderful though and I love how you've made it Autumn-ified!
You're still braving the bare legs… good girl!
That skirt is amazing on you Lucy – love the transitional outfits!
Oh my goodness, those shoes! I am in love. So so pretty!


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Last Wednesday, we were back "On the Beat" with the WNBA Chicago Sky, as they defeated the Dallas Wings 90-84 to raise their record to 5-12. Their second consecutive win was an impressive one.
Trailing by 6 at halftime, the Sky came roaring out in the 3rd quarter to take a 78-63 lead. The Sky held off a 21-12 4th quarter run by the Wings, to secure their victory. Today, we focus on Forward Keisha Hampton, who also played a big part in the win.
Hampton scored 12 points, on 4-7 shooting from the field and 4-6 from 3 point land. She also added one assist, one rebound and one blocked shot.
Like teammate Allie Quigley, Hampton starred at DePaul University, was selected in the second round of the WNBA Draft (22nd overall, too) by the Seattle Storm and was waived prior to the season. That's a lot of coincidences. Hampton started her WNBA career with the Minnesota Lynx last season. She joined the Sky for this season.
This season, Hampton has played in 12 games, averaging about 2.8 points and 7 minutes played per game. She has made the most of her opportunities, including coming up big in Wednesday's win. Her performance was especially vital with the absence of Cappie Pondexter due to the Concussion Protocol.
In the post-game media session, Hampton discussed her perseverance in her career, along with a bit on her relationship with fellow DePaul alum Quigley. Hampton seemed to enjoy the session or maybe it was just the aftereffect of her excellent performance.
Thank you to the Chicago Sky for their hospitality. Thanks, too, to Keisha Hampton for her time and consideration in the media session. I am already looking forward to my next time "On the Beat" with the Sky. For more info on the Sky, including their schedule, head to Sky.WNBA.com.


While the IT environment is segmented into an endless array of physical components, software assets and everything in between, big-picture infrastructure management often reveals connections between seemingly disparate parts of the network. The links between cybersecurity and business continuity, for example, may not be apparent to the average IT onlooker, but someone familiar with the tools and techniques used to promote these strategies could see the two as closely connected, if not inseparable.
That's why executive leaders should attempt to look deeper into the IT ecosystems they have created for their organizations, especially in an era when second chances with business partners and consumers are becoming increasingly hard to come by. Here are three ways that cybersecurity and business continuity shine light on some unexpected – but critical – management connections.
1. A never-ending responsibility: As 2014 comes to a close, the importance of network protection is more glaringly obvious than ever before. According to Dark Reading, one Radware study described the past year as the most pivotal ever in this area of IT strategy, calling it "a tipping point in terms of quantity, length, complexity and targets." Nearly one-fifth of respondents in the survey revealed that they have experienced attacks lasting as long as one month, while the recent Sony Pictures intrusion proved that cybercriminals are more organized and well-funded than ever.
"Stakeholders within and external to the organization will be looking for leadership in a worst-case scenario."
The non-stop pressures of today's security landscape tie back clearly to the core tenets of continuity, as decision-makers must view both facets of IT as a constant work in progress. President Obama even recently codified the Federal Information Security Modernization Act, which requires government agencies to continuously monitor their networks, according to GovInfo Security. Whether scanning the horizon for threats, backing up new stores of data for recovery or fine-tuning restoration tools for a test scenario, the pressure is always on to improve and refine these strategies.
2. The crux of crisis management: Whether a company is sustaining a flurry of cyberattacks or gets caught up in a literal snowstorm, stakeholders within and external to the organization will be looking for leadership in a worst-case scenario. Employees in every department will need clear, concise directions to navigate a chaotic environment, while customers and business partners expect to be fully informed as to the events taking place – and procedures moving forward. Painstakingly precise action plans are key to both cybersecurity and continuity situations.
Unfortunately, research has shown that a substantial number of organizations don't have a data breach response plan, or an emergency preparedness blueprint. Radware pointed out that more that one quarter of companies aren't ready to bounce back from a breach, while Solar Winds found that 20 percent don't believe they could recover from a disaster. These findings suggest that preparation is not just a luxury – it's a necessity.
3. Awareness = preparedness: Knowledge is power when it comes to overcoming business interruptions of any kind, and business leaders must educate themselves thoroughly with respect to the threats that face their organizations. Only decision-makers who know exactly what dangers lurk in the shadows will know how to properly respond when the moment arises. This, of course, goes for security as well as disaster preparedness.
"Only decision-makers who know exactly what dangers lurk in the shadows will know how to properly respond when the moment arises."
"A lack of quality and reliable information complicates a decision-maker's ability to respond to events in an appropriate and timely manner," said Michel Herzog, security researcher at ETH Zurich's Center for Security Studies, according to TechRepublic.
Education doesn't just pertain to top-tier leaders, either. CSO Online recently noted that insufficient end user training and a lack of security awareness may actually be the big culprit in the current cyberdefense crisis. Businesses must bolster these programs to ensure safe, continuous operations moving into the new year.


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I Gave Dr. Oz a Kitty Litter Facial on Television
By Stephanie Harwin
Editor's Note: Stephanie Harwin, our style columnist, has her own cat-centric site, Catsparella (check it out for all kinds of awesomeness!). She had a great adventure she wrote about earlier this week for Catsparella, and we're running it on Catster with her permission.
If you were watching the "America's Funniest Health Videos" episode of The Dr. Oz Show earlier this week, then chances are you saw me, the crazy cat lady named Stephanie, talking about kitty litter facials in a segment about funny home remedies that actually work.
Here's how I got there: In December, I was contacted by producers to appear on the show after they found a post I wrote about the unusual practice on my blog, Catsparella.
The show was taped a month ago at NBC Studios in New York City, and one of the most exciting parts was that they sent a car to my apartment to pick me up! I was told to bring two wardrobe options in "bright, jewel tones" and to do my hair and make-up as I normally would, and that it would be touched up once I got there.
In the green room, we were treated to "Dr. Oz approved snacks" like mysteriously delicious brown mini-muffins and fruit on a stick. Stacy London (What Not to Wear), who was on the show doing a segment about beauty blunders, paid us a visit and was extremely nice and down to earth. She even chatted with me about the Opening Ceremony cat sweater she gave to Anderson Cooper on his show the day before!
They don't bring you into the studio until your segment is about to film. Just my luck, mine was at the very end, so it was a nervous wait in the green room watching the episode on TV as it taped right down the hall.
Once I got in front of the audience, Dr. Oz came over to say hello and thanked me for being there, right before the cameras started to roll. I thought it was really funny that they wanted me to rub the concoction on his face, and was excited to learn that he has five cats! The only thing that would have made the experience better is if they hadn't edited out me saying Catsparella!
Click here to watch the clip — I'm giving Dr. Oz a kitty litter facial!
For those interested in the kitty litter facial recipe, it's approximately one tablespoon of plain, unscented litter (the only ingredient should be clay) mixed with two tablespoons of water. I will also warn you that it's very drying, so if you already have dry skin, I wouldn't recommend trying it.
Check out a video of it:
So far, everyone has been very supportive of my appearance on the show, and one friend even commented that I didn't come off as a crazy cat lady at all! If you missed the episode, you can watch a clip of my segment here.
Tags: Cats On TV, Celebrities, Pix We Love
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In the world of casino gaming, larcenous souls tip the scales of fortune in their favor. Casinos don't stop players from cashing in if the win is honest. But if the rules in the game are bent, casinos counter the results. James Jimmie Quick Silver knows life on both sides of the fence. He was a dealer, a player, a winner, a loser and a fugitive run to earth. Now he's a high-tech-gadget toting servant for the house. He finds folks who scam the casino. They cheat or steal; they skip town on a bloated marker. But they leave clues for Jimmie and Dolly to find. When she isn't helping track down scum, Dolly dances in a North Las Vegas dive. Jimmie tracks the casino's current trio of bent blackjack players from Las Vegas to Palm Springs. When the suspects are traced to Puerto Rico, Jimmie and Dolly catch a plane to the Caribbean for a quick trip through the islands, ending up in Santo Domingo for the breathtaking finale.


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What About "Arab Apartheid Week"?
by Arsen Ostrovsky
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/1937/arab-apartheid-week
Today, March 7, begins an annual part of the global campaign to delegitimize Israel, as student groups and academics -- on campuses around the world -- hold events marking "Israel Apartheid Week" [IAW].
None of these groups is holding similar events protesting human rights abuses in any number of Arab and Muslim countries -- Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Yemen, Pakistan, Nigeria, Iraq, the Sudan or Jordan -- where people are being jailed, tortured and often killed fighting for their human rights.
The IAW features a series of events, including lectures, films, demonstrations and other activities, which, according to organisers (http://apartheidweek.org/en/about), is aimed at "raising awareness about Israel's apartheid policies toward Palestinians and gathering support for the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign."
If Israel were an apartheid State, people like Arab Israeli Salim Jurban would not have been elected to Israel's Supreme Court and Ishmael Khaldi, a Bedouin Muslim, would not have been appointed an advisor to Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, and then to the position of deputy Consul General of Israel in San Francisco. If Israel were an apartheid state, there would not be 5 different Arab parties and 14 Arab Israeli members of Knesset, some of whom are the most outspoken and harshest critics of Israel, including Haneen Zoabi who participated in the terrorist flotilla in June 2010, and Ahmed Tibi, currently one of the Deputy Speakers of the Knesset.
There are Arab parties in the Israeli Parliament; full Arab voting rights. Arabs are welcome as both physicians and patients in Israeli hospitals, and as both teachers and students in Israeli schools. The only national institution from which they are exempted is the military, so that, if necessary, they should not be required to fight against their own brothers. Israel is clearly not an apartheid state.
Attempts, therefore, to compare Israel, to white South Africa are at best uninformed; at worst, maliciously dishonest and anti-Semitic.
The irony is that in Israel, despite problems in Israel as in any other country, Arabs enjoy more rights, freedoms and liberties than do their neighbours in any number of Middle East countries currently fighting for these very same privileges. As the Muslim Arab Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh repeatedly says (http://www.frumforum.com/abu-toameh-what-the-western-media-misses):
"Israel is not an apartheid state...Israel is a free and open democratic country. I enjoy living here and I would rather live as a second class citizen in Israel, even though I'm not, than a first class citizen in any Arab country."
The real apartheid today is in places such as Saudi Arabia, where the government totally forbids the public practice of non-Muslim religions, the presence of a Bible there, officially labels both Christians and Jews "unbelievers," and cautions in the Qu'ran Muslims not to befriend Christians or Jews:
"O you who believe! do not take the Jews and Christians for friends: they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people." {Qu'ran 5:51)
"You will see many of them befriending those who disbelieve; certainly evil is that which their souls have sent before for , that Allah became displeased with them and in chastisement shall they abide [ie: Muslim who befriend unbelievers will abide in hell.] " {Qu'ran 5:80}
Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah," {Qu'ran 3:28)
"O you who believe! do not take for intimate friends from among other than your own people… they love what distresses you…." {Qu'ran 3:18)
"O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your bretheren for friends if they take take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith." [ie: Even family members should not be friend if they do not submit to Islam.} (Qu'ran 9:23) *
Also in the Qu'ran, Muhammed curses the Jews and turns them into pigs and monkeys. (Suras 2:62-65, 5:59-60, and 7:166)
Iran routinely executes, tortures and persecutes Baha'is, Sunnis and Kurdish minorities.
Turkey continues to harass and persecute its Alevis, Kurds, Zoroastrians and other minorities. How many Christians or Jews, for example, are in its government?
In both Saudi Arabia and Iran, women and homosexuals are stripped of their rights as the United Nations grants Saudi Arabia a seat on the UN Human Rights Council and Iran with a seat on the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
In Lebanon, Palestinians are banned from working in many professions.
Egypt continues to persecute its Coptic Christians and torch their churches.
Jordan last year revoked the citizenship of thousands of Jordanian Palestinians, and still denies citizenship to Jews.
Iraq continues to persecute and murder members of its Christian Assyrian population.
Yet Israel is the only country constantly to be singled out for opprobrium by groups such as the IAW. If its organizers were truly interested in human rights, going from worst to best, wouldn't a better starting point be to hold an Arab Apartheid Week?
The main weapon in the campaign to brand Israel an apartheid state is the Boycott Divestment Sanctions [BDS] Campaign, which seeks to ostracize the Jewish state by severing all ties with it -- economic, diplomatic, cultural, academic among others.
Marwan Barghouti for example, who is the founder and one of the leaders of the BDS Campaign (and incidentally, also a PhD student of ethics at Tel Aviv University), has said (http://vimeo.com/9605827) that the Palestinian refugees right of return to Israel is the "litmus test of morality for anyone suggesting a just and enduring solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict." First, the Palestinians' claim to a right of return is hotly disputed - where in history has one been able to defect to countries that have initiated four wars in sixty years against Israel; then, when these countries lose those wars that they have initiated, say that one would like to return and expect such a choice to be automatically accepted? The relocation of some 4 million plus Palestinians to Israel would clearly entail a demographic death of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state – rather than have two states, a Jewish Israel and a Palestinian State, you would have a Palestinian state displacing Israel, a point that is not lost on Barghouti, who says (http://vimeo.com/9605827):
"I clearly do not buy into the two-state solution...[I]f the refugees were to return, you would not have a two-state solution, you would have a Palestine next to Palestine, rather than a Palestine next to Israel."
Other BDS leaders are equally forthright about the aims of their movement. Ronnie Kasrils for example says (http://vimeo.com/9617367): "BDS will help bring about the defeat of Zionist Israel and victory for Palestine." And Ahmed Koor, another leader, proudly proclaims (http://mondoweiss.net/2010/04/bds-is-a-long-term-project-with-radically-transformative-potential.html): "Ending the occupation doesn't mean anything if it doesn't mean upending the Jewish state itself… BDS does mean the end of the Jewish state."
Koor goes even further, clarifying that: "BDS is not another step on the way to the final showdown; BDS is The Final Showdown."
It difficult to overlook the similarities between this "The Final Showdown" and Hitler's "Final Solution." Whereas Hitler's Final Solution sought to bring about the end of the Jewish people, the BDS Campaign's Final Showdown, by endorsing a one-state solution and return of Palestinian refugees, seeks to bring about the end of the State of Israel as the Jewish state.
The leaders of the apartheid and BDS movements may talk "peace," "justice" and "ending the occupation," however, their real goal seems to be the vilification, delegitimization, and obliteration of Israel as a Jewish state by branding it the pariah of the international community. From their statements, their goal is not to advance Palestinian rights, but to deny and strip Israel of its rights.
The IAW and BDS supporters do nothing to advance the cause of peace or the well-being of the Palestinians. But then again, has that ever really been the goal of the IAW and BDS movements?
See also Qu'ran 53:29; 3:85; 3:10; 7:44; and 1:5-7 , as wells as from the Hadith 1:417; 41:4815; 41:4832; 59:572; and Ishaq 262 and 252.
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Hello all of you TampaMomRuns blog readers! My name is Yvonne a fellow wife, mom and runner. I only recently found my way to the wonderful world of running and I am still making mistakes and finding out new things every day!
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2A. For my fellow ladies. Get fitted for and invest in a really good sports bra. Trust me on this.
3. Hydration and good nutrition everyday are key. Believe me, no one was more bummed than I was to learn that sweets and beer do not count as "carb loading". Your runs will be easier when you take care of your body and what fuels it. Also, hydration is so important, especially if you are running in the summer. At least 10 glasses of water every day, and I would argue that at least one of those glasses should have an electrolyte replenishing drink if you are going for a long run the next day or just came from one.
4. EAT SOON AFTER A RUN. This seems logical, but let me explain. I would get debilitating, pounding headaches after long runs. I would drink water like crazy, but I was never really hungry so I would wait a few hours after my run to eat something. Big mistake. If you are going for a long run, have something to eat very soon after. Go for something with a nice mix of carbs and protein. Once I started having a protein drink 10 minutes after my long run, my headaches completely vanished.
5. Find a running buddy. Usually I run alone, happily listening to music, a podcast or just the thoughts in my head. However this can get lonely! The best runs I've had are the ones with other runners. The time goes by faster because you are chatting and, if you run with someone just a bit faster than you, your pace will ultimately improve. Plus you can ask all sorts of running questions because if there is one thing other runners love to talk about, it is running.


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The os trigonum is an extra (accessory) bone that sometimes develops behind the ankle bone (talus). It is connected to the talus by a fibrous band. The presence of an os trigonum in one or both feet is congenital (present at birth). It becomes evident during adolescence when one area of the talus does not fuse with the rest of the bone, creating a small extra bone. Only a small number of people have this extra bone.
What is Os Trigonum Syndrome?
Often, people don't know they have an os trigonum if it hasn't caused any problems. However, some people with this extra bone develop a painful condition known as os trigonum syndrome.
Os trigonum syndrome is usually triggered by an injury, such as an ankle sprain. The syndrome is also frequently caused by repeated downward pointing of the toes, which is common among ballet dancers, soccer players and other athletes.
For the person who has an os trigonum, pointing the toes downward can result in a "nutcracker injury." Like an almond in a nutcracker, the os trigonum is crunched between the ankle and heel bones. As the os trigonum pulls loose, the tissue connecting it to the talus is stretched or torn and the area becomes inflamed.
Signs and Symptoms of Os Trigonum Syndrome
The signs and symptoms of os trigonum syndrome may include:
Deep, aching pain in the back of the ankle, occurring mostly when pushing off on the big toe (as in walking) or when pointing the toes downward
Tenderness in the area when touched
Swelling in the back of the ankle
Os trigonum syndrome can mimic other conditions such as an Achilles tendon injury, ankle sprain, or talus fracture. Diagnosis of os trigonum syndrome begins with questions from the doctor about the development of the symptoms. After the foot and ankle are examined, x-rays or other imaging tests are often ordered to assist in making the diagnosis.
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Rest. It is important to stay off the injured foot to let the inflammation subside.
Immobilization. Often a walking boot is used to restrict ankle motion and allow the injured tissue to heal.
Ice. Swelling is decreased by applying a bag of ice covered with a thin towel to the affected area. Do not put ice directly against the skin.
Oral medication. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, may be helpful in reducing the pain and inflammation.
Injections. Sometimes cortisone is injected into the area to reduce the inflammation and pain.
Most patients' symptoms improve with non-surgical treatment. However, in some patients, surgery may be required to relieve the symptoms. Surgery typically involves removal of the os trigonum, as this extra bone is not necessary for normal foot function.
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Restaurant News Bites: Rob Floyd Brings 'Cocktail Theatre' to TRIO; Workshop to Open in L.A.; and a Whole Lot More!
Celebrity Bartender Rob Floyd's 'Cocktail Theatre' Coming to TRIO Restaurant
Rob Floyd is one of the world's most renowned cocktail creators. He's a regular on the Bar Rescue TV show; he's designed cocktail programs for some of the biggest cruise lines; he's performed at some of Las Vegas' most impressive hotel-casinos; and he travels the world as a consultant for bars and restaurants.
So why is he taking time out of his crazy-busy schedule to bring his Cocktail Theatre live show to TRIO Restaurant, in the middle of scorching-hot July? It's because, he says, he loves Palm Springs.
"I can't wait to get here," he said during a recent lunch at TRIO. "Any excuse."
Cocktail Theatre will arrive at TRIO, 707 N. Palm Canyon Drive, for two shows on Saturday, July 6—one at 6 p.m., and another at 9 p.m.
Floyd said his interactive show takes a historical and theatrical approach to cocktails. He'll tell the stories behind various drinks, from the 1600s up through the molecular-gastronomy era. Audience-goers will get to try five different drinks during the show, which runs just a little longer than an hour.
I asked Floyd what makes a cocktail great. His response: He treats creating a cocktail like a good artist creates a painting—except instead of colors, he uses ingredients.
"I use just a couple of primary colors, that are just gorgeous, and one or two accent colors that are just beautiful," he said.
Of course, a lot of people can't or don't drink alcohol, for all sorts of excellent reasons—and many bartenders completely disregard this demographic. Fortunately, Floyd does not—and that's why his show includes "zero-proof cocktails" for those who don't imbibe. In fact, he estimates that up to 20 percent of his show attendees don't drink.
Tickets to Cocktail Theatre are $62.50; a VIP meet-and-greet package along with the 6 p.m. show is $80, and includes a special cocktail created by Floyd. For tickets or more information, visit triopalmsprings.com.
Workshop Kitchen + Bar, located at 800 N. Palm Canyon Drive, in Palm Springs, will soon have a sister restaurant in Los Angeles. According to Eater Los Angeles, chef/owner Michael Beckman has bought the space currently housing Odys + Penelope, at 127 S. La Brea Ave., with plans of turning it into Workshop; expect it to open sometime next year. … One of the west valley's best sandwich joints is moving to a larger space—although customers will still get to park in the same place: The Sandwich Spot is moving from its tiny home at 240 N. Palm Canyon Ave., in Palm Springs, into the old Tipper's Gourmet Marketplace space, in the Henry Frank Arcade, at 276 N. Palm Canyon Drive. The move should be effective on July 1; call 760-778-7900 with questions. … Coming soon to the old Elephant Bar space at 73833 Highway 111, in Palm Desert: The BaBaLoo Lounge. It'll be the second location of the Peruvian- and Cuban-fare joint; the original spot is in Lake Havasu, Ariz. Watch www.facebook.com/BabalooLounge for updates. … The new managing partner at the retooled Persimmon Bistro at the Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 N. Museum Drive, in Palm Springs, has a familiar name: It's Arthur Vasquez, who used to run Babe's Bar-B-Que and Brewhouse in Rancho Mirage. Congrats, art! Visit www.facebook.com/persimmonbistro to learn more. … Congratulations to the bar at Melvyn's, located at the Ingleside Inn, at 200 W. Ramon Road, in downtown Palm Springs! Esquire magazine just named it one of the 27 Best Bars in America for 2019. … Coming soon to the space that used to house Maxcy's Grill in the Ralph's shopping center at 425 S. Sunrise Way, in Palm Springs: Asadero Los Corrales. It appears this will be the third location for this Sinaloa-style Mexican eatery, joining restaurants in La Quinta and Coachella. We learned this news because we happened to drive by and see the new sign; we will keep you posted as we learn more. … Congrats to the folks at La Quinta Brewing Co., who have announced the construction of a new, larger brewing location near Interstate 10 and Cook Street. The brewery—which opened its doors in 2013 at 77917 Wildcat Drive, in Palm Desert—also operates successful taprooms in Palm Springs and La Quinta. The new location is slated to include food and an outside beer garden; keep your fingers crossed for an opening late next year. Watch www.facebook.com/LaQuintaBrewingCo for updates.
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The Indy Endorsement: The Hot Mess at the Sandwich Spot
What: The Hot Mess
Where: The Sandwich Spot, 240 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs
How much: $8.99
Contact: 778-7900; thesandwichspotps.com
Why: The wheat bread puts it over the top.
"So, what's the best sandwich here?" I asked the friendly gentleman behind the counter.
He started pointing out different menu items. Then he added: "Well, there's also our secret menu …"
Alrightie then. Tell me more about that.
He mentioned a sandwich called "the Hot Mess." His description to me hewed pretty closely to the description in a post on the Sandwich Spot's Facebook page, which reads: "A former employee was the inspiration for the latest Sandwich Spot Palm Springs spectacular, the Hot Mess. Layers of warm roast beef, turkey, pastrami and savory ham are skillfully stacked into a huge steaming pile onto which cheddar and provolone cheeses are lovingly melted. The soft bakery fresh roll of your choice (is) then anointed with mayonnaise, mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickles and … a viscous squirt of (thousand island) dressing. The sandwich then is complete. $8.99 for this experience, folks."
Yes. Yes, I want that. (To be fair to the gentleman behind the counter, he had the sense not use the phrase "viscous squirt.")
A few minutes later, the sandwich, viscous squirt and all, arrived at the table. And it was yuuuummmy.
What made this sandwich truly great—the aspect which put it over the figurative top—was the bread. The "soft bakery fresh roll" of my choice was a wheat roll, and it was the perfect vessel for the meats, cheeses, veggies and condiments contained inside. It was hearty and firm enough that it stayed together, yet was soft enough to be non-damaging—even pleasing—to my mouth. (Raise your hand if hard sandwich bread has done a number on the roof of your mouth. Yep, thought so.)
This shop—a part of an expanding California chain—has been earning raves on the various review sites, and the Hot Mess is one reason why. This secret-menu item may not be all that "secret" (How can it be secret if it's mentioned prominently on the restaurant's freakin' Facebook page?), but that's a good thing—because this sandwich is worth knowing about.
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The growing Facebook 'likes', 'loves' and 'wows' and open debates are welcome, but we now need to transition from those social media gestures of acknowledgement of the need for a political change into tangible action that will shake the political ground we are standing on.
Positive Facebook 'emojis' will not of their own transform our political space. We now have the knowledge and understanding that bringing together funding, technical expertise, and tested knowledge is vital to political progress. All those who believe that the Mthwakazi perspective matters, and it is their perspective too, are called upon to help fund this noble cause.
Our commitment to transform the politics of our land to meet our specific needs is unrivalled. We want our politics to be the outcome of our thinking and not that of the MDC or ZANU PF who have proven to be not only guided by Mashonaland norms and values, but also unwilling to be inclusive in their political conduct. Accordingly, we must shift the paradigm to boast our investment to a kind of politics that reflects priorities and values of people of Matabeleland.
Our focus must be funding only a Mthwakazi agenda and the organisations openly showing a commitment to that agenda. We are committed to ensuring that the Mthwakazi socioeconomic and political agenda as we perceive it has the information and funding needed to protect it and the Mthwakazi people from both internal and external threats.
It is time-consuming and it takes a lot in human and financial resources to research and promote such a perspective as the Mthwakazi empowerment. While we appreciate and laud the work already being done by our volunteers, we need to appreciate that our volunteers may not always be able to cover the whole range of technical expertise and experience required to effectively run a revolution of our size.
Some roles will need skilled and experienced personnel to help us build accountable systems, institutions and policies. We have skilled people inside and outside of the region who may be willing to offer free consultation, but the need for paid services is inevitable. We will need to be prepared to pay for the premium services.
We must fight hard to protect our valuable voluntary service sector. Men and women who selflessly give hours of their personal and family time to help us achieve our goals deserve recognition. Our volunteers must not be taken advantage of, we need to show them respect and support them carry out the roles that make our organisations what they are today. The presence of volunteers does not mean an end to the need for money.
Funding is key to helping our voluntary sector maintain high standards of work practice. However, care will have to be taken in how our voluntary sector is funded. To reduce infiltration or corruption that risks damaging the reputation of our voluntary service sector and with it the Mthwakazi cause, the sector must be properly instituted. Clear local legislation is required to ensure transparency of funding sources and that donations are accepted only from permissible sources as defined by the law.
We are ultimately responsible for the culture pertaining within our political space, and we want to be in control of activities of all those working on our behalf, paid or unpaid. High standards need to be set and expected of this valuable sector and accountability is vital; we do not want vulnerable people to be exploited in the name of voluntary service.
Volunteers will need top class training to gain appropriate skills for them to effectively and confidently carry out their duties in a professional manner that builds confidence among the supporting public. The work our volunteers already do is hard enough and the least they need to worry about is where they are going to sleep or how they will get to where they need to perform their duties or what they are going to eat the next day.
Let us face up to the reality facing our organisations. That reality is that most of our socio-political organisations are self-funded, and poorly funded for that matter; even worse, they are inadequately marketed to exert real and sustained pressure on ZANU PF's and the MDC's tyrannical agenda. If we do not act, the pro-Mthwakazi groups will die a natural death, and with them the Mthwakazi freedom agenda; that will be catastrophic!
It is not unreasonable to ask the Mthwakazi public to support a fund to support the pro-Mthwakazi voluntary service sector to effectively carry out its work in a safe environment and to arm volunteers with the tools they need to do their work.
Without coordinated funding, technical expertise and appropriate experience we cannot match and counter the MDC's and ZANU PF's massively funded campaign that only saves to mislead the Mthwakazi public about the socioeconomic and political harm that their systems and institutions have inflicted to our liberties. The stark choice is either we fund our organisations and local institutions that help unravel State lies or we voluntarily submit to the ZANU PF/ MDC tyranny of numbers and remain captive.