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Why Teenagers without Summer Jobs Risk Social Failure
The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the teen labor force participation rate to drop below twenty-seven percent in 2024.
By Mark Judge
One of the most fascinating aspects of the new documentary Becoming Bond is how a summer job led to George Lazenby landing the role of James Bond.
In the early 1950s, Lazenby, an Australian teenager, got a job as a used car salesman. Lazenby would go on to become a model and eventually play James Bond in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. As Becoming Bond shows, the persistence, presentation, self-confidence and determination Lazenby learned while selling cars were crucial attributes that allowed him to land the role of Bond.
This is a great example of the dividends that can accrue from a simple summer job, which was once a historic rite of passage but is now becoming rare. Bloomberg recently reported, "In July of last year, 43 percent of 16-to-19-year-olds were either working or looking for a job. That's 10 points lower than in July 2006. In 1988 and 1989, the July labor force participation rate for teenagers nearly hit 70 percent."
The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the teen labor force participation rate to drop below twenty-seven percent in 2024, or thirty points lower than the peak seasonally adjusted rate in 1989.
Bloomberg cites a study claiming that teenagers' increased emphasis on schooling is eating away at the teenage summer job. Yet teens who avoid work to study are ironically missing the kind of life experience that can make them successful. Growing up in the 1980s, as I did, the decision to get a summer job (starting at the age of fourteen) was an easy one. If you didn't have a summer job you didn't have money. Period. My father was a kind and generous man who would occasionally slip me $20 for "walking around money," but aside from that I was on my own. When I'd excitedly tell him I was spending a weekend at the beach or that the Rolling Stones were coming to town, the response was always the same: "That sounds great. You've got money for that, right?"
But it was also about more than just earning money. A summer job taught me how to interact with many different kinds of people, acquiring social skills that, like George Lazenby, would benefit me throughout life. When I was fifteen I worked as a bag boy at a local grocery store, and every day I had to deal with hundreds of customers. Some of them could be demanding, unreasonable, and annoying, but calmly explaining the store's policies to them or apologizing for a screw-up taught me about patience, conflict resolution, and pride in doing a job correctly and responsibly.
As well, there were people I met on the job who affected my life in ways that never would have happened had I not worked in the summers. When I was a bag boy, a construction worker named George would always come by for his lunch hour and sit outside near were I was loading bags of groceries into cars. He was older than me and knew a lot about women, a subject I knew very little about. George would sit there smoking a cigarette and drinking a Coke and philosophizing and giving tips about the fairer sex. There were the men from the barber shop next door who used to stop by the store to talk about sports and life. Or the girl at the hardware store who years later became my landlord. Or the local TV sportscaster who stopped by for dinner supplies and gave me advice about getting into journalism.
The summer job was part of an entire social and economic ecosystem that helped prepare me for adult life – not just economic adult life but social and spiritual adult life.
A few months ago, there were layoffs at a media group I was working for, and it was telling how different the reactions among the staffers were. Younger workers freaked out, crying and panicking as they scampered to their cars towing a box of their stuff. The older people were much more calm, quietly talking, laughing, and heading out for beers. Walking to our cars, a male colleague and I compared notes on jobs we had had in life – bartender, theater usher, bag boy, pool cleaner, painter, summer factory worker, etc. It wasn't the end of the world. Hell, James Bond had even been a used car salesman once.
This Acculturated article was republished with permission.
[Image Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joanna Kresge]
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Q: DI - how to "do work" and not in constructor Theoretical question: The best practice is not to do any work in constructor, not new, nothing besides setting members.
In the simple example (dependency injection) with the need to load a file from disk to a member in order for the class to work properly, where should I do the "work"? In some initialize function I need to remember to invoke?
For example:
XDocument.Load(someFilePath) ;

A: The best practice is to not do any work in injection constructors as Mark Seemann clearly explains here. So in case you need to load a file from disk, you should either do it during startup (if possible), or postpone the creation and do it after the object graph is built. This is usually not a nasty workaround, and Lazy is a great mechanism to postpone the creation of things. Example:
class ApplicationConfiguration
{
    private readonly Lazy<XDocument> configFile;

    public ApplicationConfiguration(Lazy<XDocument> configFile) {
        this.configFile = configFile;
    }

    public T GetValue<T>(string key) {
        return (T)this.configFile.Value.Root.Find(key).Value;
    }
}

But one warning about Lazy<T>. Although it can (and should) be used to postpone the creation of things, make sure that you don't abuse it as a leaky abstraction. For instance, don't inject the same Lazy<T> dependency in many classes. For instance, say that you have an ILogger abstraction and you get an implementation that is time expensive to create. You might be tempted to start injecting Lazy<ILogger> all over the place, but now you're leaking implementation details, since the fact that this logger is expensive to create is an implementation details, but now all consumers of ILogger know about this, and you just have to accidentally inject ILogger directly once to break this optimization.
So instead, create a proxy class that implements ILogger and depends on Lazy<ILogger> and inject this proxy into all consumers. This way all consumers can keep depending on ILogger, without the need to know that the creation of the logger is delayed.

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In an announcement at the Great Bend Farm and Ranch Expo Friday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) said he was thankful for the endorsement of the Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas Livestock Association, both of which had announced their support of his reelection bid for a second term earlier in the day.
Farming not only feeds and clothes the world, he said, but it also allows children to work along side their parents and grand parents. This is how the positive values and strong work ethic are passed on to future generations.
Moran spoke at a barbecue lunch sponsored by his reelection supporters at the expo. It was the closing day of the annual event and he seemed to be comfortable with his surroundings as he talked to attendees and toured the show grounds.
This is what drives him to continue service and what keeps him coming back every weekend to visit his home state, he said. He wants to make sure he always has the best interests of Kansans in mind.
Moran serves as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee and has been a trusted champion of Kansas farmers and ranchers, organization representatives said as to why they backed the senator.
They cited his leadership fighting U.S. Department of Labor regulations that would have prohibited kids under 16 from working of farms and more stringent water use regulations as examples of his efforts.
Moran said he will continue to for agriculture and to preserve access to health care in rural communities. Both, he said, are vital to their long-term survival.
Kansas Farm Bureau has more than 40,000 farm and ranch family members. The Kansas Livestock Association (KLA), formed in 1894, is a trade association representing nearly 5,200 members on legislative and regulatory issues.
The luncheon was put on by Moran's Farm And Ranch Team. This is one of a number of coalitions formed by Kansas residents supporting Moran's reelection bid for his second term. Others include Veterans for Moran, Faith and Family, Sportsmen and the Constitution Coalition.
Moran is seeking his second term as senator after first being elected in 2010.
Thus far, he is the only declared Republican candidate for the seat. On the Democratic side, candidates include Monique Singh of Kansas City and Patrick Wiesner of Lawrence.
The filing deadline is June 1. A primary would take place Aug. 2 with the general election following on Nov. 8.
Moran previously represented the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2011 and the Kansas State Senate from 1989 to 1997.
Born in Great Bend, Moran was raised in Plainville.


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The work of the school started with a lecture by Professor Klaus Boehnke, devoted to the development of cross-cultural design research (on the example of previously conducted his own cross-cultural research). Professor Fons van de Vijver continued with the report on the influence of the response style to the results of cross-cultural studies. The lecture described ways to control this effect to overcome possible bias in results.
The second day of the school began with a lecture by Professor Andreas Alif Hajar on the application of multilevel analysis in cross-cultural studies.
Further, in the format of small groups and individual consultations, the school participants discussed research projects with teachers, received advice on design, methods and data analysis.
Also on the penultimate day of the school in the evening a boat tour to Kolomna took place. The participants got acquainted with the main sights of this ancient city.
As a result of the summer school, each of the participants received valuable feedback on their research from teachers, which allowed to significantly improve it.
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The Western Cape Social Development Department has stressed the importance of responsible parenting in the fight against crimes against children.
This comes after the murder of five-year-old Minentle Lektha's in Strandover the weekend.
Her body was discovered under a bridge in Nomzamo on Sunday after she was reported missing on Saturday.
The murder of Lekhata has renewed calls for authorities to bolster efforts to keep children safe.
The girl was last seen alive playing outside her home on Saturday.
The child's mutilated body was discovered 24 hours later.
Social Development MEC spokesperson Sihle Ngobese says that the department remains committed to interacting with communities on socio-economic challenges.
Officials have condemned the murder which bears similarities to that of Unathi Booi, whose eyes were also removed before her body was dumped in Langa last week.


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The global economy is undergoing a digital transformation at breakneck speed.
One of the ambitious objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to eliminate hunger by 2030. However, with an estimated 9 billion people living on earth by 2050, this goal will not be possible unless we start re-imagining how food is produced today. In fact, a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says that to feed the entire world population in 2050, food production must increase by 70 percent.
For the agricultural industry—which consists of more than 1 billion workers worldwide—precision farming is a bold step. But now, farmers in even the most remote parts of the world can maximize yields like never before. They can also minimize irrigation, labor, and energy usage while intelligently using fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides that may cause harm to the environment. They can produce better food, more economically and more efficiently.
It's advancements like this that will end world hunger. In fact, the International Food and Policy Research Institute recently reported that agricultural technologies could increase global crop yields by as much as 67 percent percent while cutting food prices nearly in half by 2050.
Gaining new insights: Farmers are using Big Data from the Precision Agriculture Hub, which connects the world's biggest agricultural businesses, farmers, and suppliers to farm smarter. Through technology solutions and the supply chain and network of F4FAgriculture, farmers can gain insights on which crops to plant where and when. They can also learn what pesticides and fertilizers to use; how upcoming weather patterns will affect their crops; and where the best market prices are. With this critical data, they can maximize their yields, optimize sales, and help feed more people.
Learning new ways to farm: The African Cashew Initiative works to help over 300,000 small-scale farmers increase cashew productivity and income in five African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Mozambique). By offering training programs, materials, and access to mobile business applications, these farmers are learning the best way to bring their product to market too. They can more efficiently forecast and plan, connect to the best buyers, and implement advanced marketing strategies.
Increasing sustainability: In northern Ghana, the StarShea Network is helping rural women learn more efficient ways to harvest and process shea nuts and butter. The network, with more than 15,000 members, provides information technology, education, and microfinancing to its members so they can conduct business independently and sustainably. For instance, through mobile technology, these women have access to the current market prices so they can sell their products competitively to global customers. They also have the technology to scan personalized bar code labels on each shea nut sack to track individual production and storage details.
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Campden BRI has begun a research project to assess and evaluate how 3D-printing applications could benefit the food industry.
Ingredient scientist, Gael Delamare, who is leading the team, said:
"There have been major steps forward in 3D-printing in recent years and it has made a huge difference to many industries. However, applying the technology to the food sector isn't straightforward. There are many factors to consider such as shelf-life, microbiological contamination, printing temperature, textures, rheology and ultimately whether different foodstuffs even lend themselves to being printed. All of these issues need to be catered for in order to meet the expectations of the consumer and to do so safely."
3D-printing of food is a rapidly growing technology and new printers are now becoming available that can be used for various types of food materials. These are typically paste-type materials which include chocolate, vegetable and meat purees, pancake batter, cream, cakes, and biscuits. The technology is capable of manufacturing product structures which cannot be achieved, or are difficult to achieve, using conventional technology. The project aims to provide an objective and independent evaluation of the capabilities and limitations of 3D-printing technology through practical trials on a wide range of food materials.
The team is working on a range of products and areas, including the potential of the technology for personalised nutrition based on the dietary requirements of different consumers groups, such as fortification with vitamin D, calcium and protein for the elderly population. Food could potentially be personalised further for specific deficiencies including anaemia, lack of essential fatty acids and dietary fibre. The project will also use an X-ray micro-CT scanner to scan simple and complex designs to explore the scope of the possible structures and shapes that could be replicated by printing food. The modification of rheological properties to improve printing quality will also be examined.
Delamare added:
"3D-printing may also have benefits for reducing process development and NPD times. Food waste could also be reduced as perishable products, which would otherwise decline in quality, could be printed on demand. The project will explore the challenges and potential of its application in the food industry. We'll be reviewing the 3D-printing technologies, conducting practical trials and developing new personalised products in terms of shape, flavour, colour and nutrition."
A seminar is also being hosted in June, as part of the research project. Speakers from industry will cover cellulose as an edible ingredient, personalised food for elderly consumers and the use of insect materials in the production of sustainable 3D-printed food. Campden BRI's specialists will also cover consumer perception, printable ingredients, the importance of rheology in 3D printing, food safety, shelf-life, legal considerations, and ingredient issues and limitations. The seminar takes place on Thursday 20 June at Campden BRI.
For further information on 3D printing contact: gael.delamare@campdenbri.co.uk +44(0)1386 842220.


Netflix (NASDAQ:NLFX) will report first-quarter results after market close on April 21 and host a live video discussion at 2 p.m. Pacific (webcast: YouTube.com/NetflixIR). The discussion will again be moderated by two sell-side analysts.
Q1 results will likely meet or exceed the Street's expectations, driven by House of Cards and cost control. Our estimates are for revenue of $1.273 billion versus consensus of $1.266 billion (no guidance), and earnings per share of 82 cents, in line with consensus, and guidance of 78 cents. We modeled domestic streaming subscriber net adds of 2.25 million, in line with guidance, but our bias is that our estimate may be too low based upon a high sign-up rate for season two of House of Cards, which debuted on February 14, and low Q1 advertising spending.
Q2 domestic streaming subscriber net adds guidance will likely be at or below last year's 0.63 million versus our estimate of 0.5 million. Although management will likely attribute the decline primarily to seasonality, with less compelling exclusive content contributing to a slowdown, as Arrested Development debuted last May. We expect Q2 EPS guidance at or above consensus of $1, assuming that European expansion occurs in the second half of the year.
We believe Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Fire TV announcement is a win for Netflix. Amazon listed Netflix ahead of its own Prime Instant Video (PIV) on the list of streaming apps available for the new box. In addition, Amazon did not introduce a standalone or ad-supported version of its streaming service. Finally, Amazon chose not to bundle PIV with Fire TV. We expect Netflix management to characterize Fire TV as a testament to the tremendous remaining market opportunity.
We expect management to complain about the state of net neutrality in the U.S. while downplaying the financial impact of interconnection agreements. In February, Netflix announced a multiyear interconnection agreement with Comcast, with undisclosed terms, but we believe that the expense is material. Although Netflix will likely infer that interconnections agreements largely reflect the greed of Internet service providers (ISPs) in a deregulated market, we expect Netflix to reach terms with the other ISPs in coming years in order to minimize throttling. Over time, we believe that interconnection agreements will force Netflix to raise prices, limiting the company's growth potential.
Maintaining our UNDERPERFORM rating and 12-month price target of $175. Our price target reflects a sum-of-the-parts that values domestic streaming at $140, international streaming at $17 per share, and domestic DVD at $18 per share.


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Yet, having the New York billionaire developer at the country's helm will only bode well for South Florida's real estate market in the next four years, real estate panelists said on Wednesday.
Pryce joined Cornerstone Realty Advisors Managing Partner Jay Olander, Integra Investments principal Paulo Tavares de Melo and BridgeInvest Managing Partner Alex Horn in a discussion called "Real Estate Investment in the Trump Era" at Brickell City Centre's East, Miami hotel. "If [Trump] is successful, and to what extent he is successful, will be good for all of us," Pryce added.


Correction: This story has been updated to correct the date Michael Hodges will speak at the Northville District Library.
History buffs know that Detroit was the Arsenal of Democracy during World War II, with automotive plants reconfigured to produce jeeps, bombers and tanks for the military.
Detroit architect Albert Kahn designed many of those plants, although he died in 1942, so he never saw what the Arsenal of Democracy helped achieve. But few know that Kahn and his company also built tractor factories in the former Soviet Union, plants, that, converted to war production, helped win the war.
Kahn's life and times are chronicled in Michael Hodges' lavishly illustrated new book, "Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit" (Painted Turtle/Wayne State University Press).
"He actually built the industrial spine of the Soviet Union," said author Hodges, who is the fine arts writer and critic for The Detroit News.
Hodges is one of four authors who will speak and sign books May 21 at the 92nd Metro Detroit Book & Author Luncheon. He will be joined by: Jessica Knoll ("The Favorite Sister"), Tiya Miles ("The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits") and Dani Shapiro ("Hourglass").
Between Kahn's work in Russia and his Detroit plants, it's hard to overstate his importance in the war effort. His Willow Run plant, built without windows so it could stay dark and run a stealth 24-hour-a-day operation, produced 650 B-24 bombers a month by the end of 1944.
Whether you explore Woodward Avenue, venture downtown or go into the upscale auto baron neighborhoods, you can't miss Kahn's work.
His commercial buildings include the Fisher Building, poised serenely at the end of Second Avenue, and the nearby 1920 General Motors Building (not, of course, its current location in the Renaissance Center), as well as the renovated Argonaut (formerly the General Motors Research Lab), now the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education.
His other downtown structures include Temple Beth El, which looms over Woodward; the Detroit Athletic Club; the Kales Building; and the two historic newspaper buildings on Lafayette: The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press (the old Detroit Times was also his, but it is long gone).
Kahn's own home, an expansive brick edifice on Mack, is now occupied by the Detroit Urban League — and the National Theater and Grinnell's building are undergoing renovation.
On Belle Isle, the storied Aquarium and the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, built in 1904, are both Kahn designs.
Born in Germany, Kahn was 12 when he and his family moved to Detroit in 1881 from Luxembourg. He learned architecture as an apprentice, working for Detroit architects such as George Mason until he could strike off on his own.
He was active until his death in 1942. By then, he had revolutionized factory design with his "daylight," many-windowed plants, neo-classical newspaper headquarters, private homes and academic buildings at the University of Michigan.
Hodges knew Kahn had designed many of the Detroit plants that helped win the war, but he was intrigued by the lesser-known Soviet connection.
"The Kahns built those (tractor) factories, and they all go over to war production. Sure, somebody else would have done it — probably. But Albert Kahn is the guy who did it," Hodges said.
Kahn's firm had been approached to do the work in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, and although initially reluctant, he signed the contract and sent his brother and several employees to Russia to oversee construction. The Russians sent personnel over to Detroit as well, to learn the Kahns' methods. Sadly, during Stalin's reign of terror in the 1930s, virtually all the Russians who collaborated with the Kahns were sent to concentration camps as possible traitors, where they perished.
Hodges' goal was to write the Kahn book for a more general reader, as an alternative to the more academic works about Kahn already published. Just as with his previous book, "Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations" (Wayne State University Press), he was thrilled to be able to take photographs.
After two and a half years of research — apart from his day job— Hodges uncovered new information, and he tries to right some wrongs.
One wrong is the persistent view, perpetuated in many books about Diego Rivera, that the Mexican muralist was unfairly treated by Kahn.
Kahn isn't given enough credit for befriending Rivera and touting his work to corporate sponsors, Hodges asserted.
Rivera's "Detroit Industry" murals were commissioned by Edsel Ford for the Detroit Institute of Arts' inner courtyard and depicted workers at the Ford Rouge Plant. While Kahn had some minor reservations about some details of the work, he was the first to publicly defend Rivera in the face of fierce, citywide outrage when the murals were first unveiled — not Edsel Ford, whose defense came shortly after Kahn's.
The murals, now universally acknowledged as the crown jewel of the DIA, were bashed as vulgar and "Communist," as late as the 1950s.
But it is Kahn's reputation as the hatchet man who fired Rivera from a job creating a mural for General Motors' building at the Chicago World's Fair that is most damaging. The incident happened after Rivera, an avowed Communist, enraged the Rockefeller family when he included the face of Vladimir Lenin in the mural he did for Rockefeller Center in New York City. He hadn't told his billionaire sponsors about that in advance.
The ensuing brouhaha convinced General Motors to cancel its Rivera order, and they made Kahn, the building's architect, break the news.
"GM made (Kahn) send the telegram firing Rivera," Hodges said. It led to Kahn being depicted as the hatchet man, but Hodges pointed out in his book that there was a solid friendship between Rivera and his wife, Freda Kahlo, and the Kahns. The book includes a photo of the Mexican artists with Kahn's wife, Ernestine, and son, Edgar Kahn, in the garden of his summer home in what is now West Bloomfield.
Some of the stories Hodges uncovers give a humorous, human dimension to otherwise distant, historical figures. At the lowest point of the Depression, Kahn asked for a break on the rent that Detroit News publisher (and Kahn friend) George Booth was charging him for some buildings. Booth exploded in rage, sending Kahn a testy, high-handed letter asking why the architect didn't offer to pay more rent during the years of prosperity.
What is striking, reading about Kahn and his times, is the feeling of optimism and expansion in Detroit, which was no less than the Silicon Valley of the early 20th century.
Kahn's life and career really does illustrate the building of the modern world, as Hodges' book title reflects.
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Jessica Knoll, 'The Favorite Sister': Knoll has written a thriller about two sisters competing in a reality show competition; only one will survive, but which one? Knoll's novel "Luckiest Girl Alive" was the bestselling debut novel of 2015.
Tiya Miles, 'The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits': Miles, a historian at the University of Michigan, has written a fascinating account of slavery in a multiracial, multi-ethnic Detroit in the earliest years of its settlement. When the French still controlled Detroit in the 18th century, slavery was connected with the fur trade and many of the enslaved were Native Americans, along with blacks. Miles tells the stories of many of the enslaved, and gives a startlingly different view of the origins of Detroit.
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"We try to sit on a bench and it says, 'Please do not sit.' Or, 'Make sure you keep a 1.5-metre distance'. The rule completely destroys the idea that open spaces are the most idealistic way to connect architecture or any building to the public domain. I call it the death of architecture."
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Born in Japan, based in Sydney, architecture Koichi Takada has breen championing nature in the urban form for decades. Now, he says it's essential to the industries survival.
Koichi Takada doesn't have a flair for the dramatic, so he isn't ringing the death knell for the industry lightly. The Japan-born, Sydney-based architect has made a name for himself as someone who embraces the return to nature in an urban form.
He's behind the plant-filled, green exterior that emulates a stacked forest in Crown Group's upcoming Waterloo development, teaming up with Kengo Kuma on the project. He also designed the exquisitely curvaceous timber interiors of the National Museum of Qatar.
But that was before COVID-19. Now we're being encouraged to stay indoors and the concept of big public spaces filled with friends, neighbours and strangers is slightly terrifying. Still, Takada is adamant architects and designers need to seize the moment to wind back the clock and "protect architecture as a sanctuary for human beings".
"I really feel the more I do architecture, I don't like architecture," he says. "Although I believe in the power of architecture, I don't like the direction it's headed – the move towards creating big urban cities that aren't designed with people at the forefront."
While the coronavirus pandemic has made us wary of public spaces and the great outdoors in general, it's also shone a light on overcrowding in cities globally. According to the latest UN data, Australia has a population density of 3.22 people per square kilometre. This puts us at 228th in the world in terms of population density, but our cities are growing. Between 2006 and 2016, Melbourne has added close to one million people. Sydney added 800,000 and Brisbane and Perth both grew by almost half a million.
"People are being crammed into narrower and narrower spaces and you're getting constantly closer to the urban sprawl," says Takada.
"In some way this idea has monopolised the architectural desire that then transformed into the form. Everywhere you go, you feel this force of desire or the economic commercialisation ideal that we need to privatise the whole world. Now with this COVID situation, I think it's a great opportunity to pause and rethink and not just adapt, but shift the paradigm from industrial to natural."
When Takada speaks of the death of architecture and traditional architects, he's referencing both the emphasis of quantity over quality in our cities – poorly designed buildings that seek to squeeze in the maximum number of occupants above all else – and the reluctance of architects to incorporate the natural world in their designs.
He says it's an expression he picked up in his youth, studying under the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.
"He was promoting the idea of landscape for the 21st century. I remember him talking about the [unrealised] Jussieu Library in Paris, which I thought was one of the most amazing pieces of modern architecture, transforming the landscape form into the vertical form and the continuation of street. In other words [it was] the continuation of public domain in a vertical form into the private sector," says Takada. "In some way Koolhaas was ahead of us all."
Takada has been "naturalising cities" since he founded his eponymous practice 12 years ago – designing "pedestrian-friendly, people-friendly, climate-friendly" projects that connect private buildings with public spaces.
It is something at which Australia used to excel, he says.
"I lived in New York, London, Tokyo… so many different cities, and I could not bear them. Now I'm settled here in Sydney because I see that the fine balance between the city and nature is working. Or at least it used to work.
"For years, we've been trying to educate clients on the ways of creating a relationship with nature inside and out. We were slowly seeing a shift. Now with everything that has happened, we feel our time has come. And not just my practice, but everyone is now more interested in creating a new relationship with nature in architecture."
"We should be creating more natural settings like Central Park, but in a vertical form," he says. "A living world in a vertical form that makes you feel happy and hopefully richer, but not just in an economic sense."
But what does that actually look like? Takada has been working on a project in Brisbane that goes beyond your simple rooftop garden. The Hope Street building will feature 216 residential apartments and the world's tallest manmade waterfall.
Water will start off on the rooftop pool deck and slowly cascade down the tower via glass panels, visually dividing the tower into two parts. As the waterfall reaches the podium of the tower, the water will dissipate with a misting effect created on the podium's green walls and ground level planting.
For further inspiration, Takada cites Stefano Boeri and the Bosco Verticale in Milan, the PARKROYAL in Singapore and his own days in New York. He hated every minute of his high-rise existence, but says, despite its artificiality, Central Park was an inspiration.
It's not all about the exteriors, the buffer spaces and buildings connected to the street below, Takada also wants architects and designers to take a break from industrial materials.
"Concrete, steel and glass are very hard and solid materials. Let's call them dead materiality. We need to be embracing more living materiality, living architecture.
"When I started my practice, I was one of a few that really tried to promote natural materiality. The client would say, 'Can you actually use timber in the interiors in terms of maintenance and soundproofing? Will people accept it?' People are obsessed with eternity in architecture. Using materials that last forever over natural materials, living things.
"One takeaway from this COVID situation is the realisation that we are all living things. We are here to live, not to defy death in some way. Our architecture should do the same."
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The Giants spent the summer dreaming about what a healthy Odell Beckham could do for their offense when paired with Saquon Barkley and Evan Engram and Sterling Shepard and a revived Eli Manning.
But it looks like the fix to their offensive problems isn't going to be as quick as they hoped.
The Giants' offense was surprisingly ugly in its debut under new coach Pat Shurmur on Sunday. They racked up just 324 yards -- 68 of which came on one Barkley run -- and one touchdown (Barkley) in a 20-15 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. And the problems were familiar: Too much pressure on the quarterback. An inability to run. And constant struggles along the offensive line.
That was actually evident right from the start in an opening series that couldn't have gone worse. Much-maligned right tackle Ereck Flowers was called for a tripping penalty on the opening play. On the second play, Barkley was hammered at the line of scrimmage. On the third, Flowers got called for a hold negating a 35-yard pass to Engram -- and very nearly in the end zone, which would've been a safety.
And on the fourth play, Barkley was hit for a 3-yard loss and is about an inch away from a safety.
It got better, but not much. Manning started off 10 for 10, but for only 100 yards - unable to get a clean shot deep, and unable to free up his playmakers because he didn't have a lot of time in the pocket. He finished 23 of 37 for 224 yards, no touchdowns and an interception. Beckham's return was successful, but uneventful, as he caught 11 passes for 111 yards. And Barkley's debut was good (18 catches, 106 yards)- but that was really all about one play -- a 68-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
In fairness, the Jaguars had the second-best defense in the NFL last season and likely has one of the best in the league again, so this was never going to be easy. But with all the Giants weapons, they expected to be able to have at least mild success against anyone they face this season. They are theoretically loaded with play-makers, after all.
Instead, it remains a work in progress. And just how much better it's going to get may depend on whether they ever see actual improvement out of their offensive line.
No one had any doubt why the Giants drafted Saquon, but his 68-yard touchdown run was a good reminder. Three Jaguars had a chance to get him before he hit the line of scrimmage. Another got him on the sidelines, but couldn't nudge him out of bounds. He has amazing strength and balance and is always a home run threat.
It's hard to overstate what a problem Flowers is at right tackle, and how glaring that is since the Giants have only one backup tackle on their roster -- Chad Wheeler. Flowers was also a key player in Manning's pick-6. He completely whiffed on DE Yannick Ngokue, forcing Manning to step up in the pocket, where his pass was deflected into the interception. Manning is constantly adjusting off of Flowers' mistakes.
The Giants' defense was good overall, but couldn't generate much of a pass rush at all with Olivier Vernon out with an ankle injury -- which really wasn't really much of a surprise, considering he was their best pass rusher most of the summer. It was a disappointment, though. All that summer talk about how aggressive new defensive coordinator James Bettcher's scheme was going to be, and that never really materialized. The Jaguars aren't overloaded with weapons in the passing game. More blitzing would've made a lot of sense, especially after Leonard Fournette went out with a hamstring injury in the first half. They could've taken a few more chances.
On the second play of the game, Jaguars WR Keelan Cole burned Giants CB Janoris Jenkins for a 31-yard catch. That was really the last time the Giants' corners were burned, though. Jenkins, who later had an interception, and Eli Apple were terrific in coverage most of the game. Granted, the Jags don't have a strong receiving corps and the bigger issue with the Giants' corners is depth anyway. But it was still a strong start for the two starters.
It's hard to get a great read on Manning's performance -- and whether Shurmur and GM Dave Gettleman were right about him -- based on this game. He was efficient underneath when he had time, and shaky when he didn't. He took his deep shots, but there were issues -- too much pressure on some, a few that resulted in pass interference calls. Overall, with all the weapons at his disposal, he's got to find a way to be better. The offensive line is a problem, but at least he should be used to that.
He didn't come through with the big play, but there's no doubt now that Odell Beckham is back and healthy. He had those 11 catches, but he was also Manning's go-to guy as usual on their final drive, catching two passes for 40 yards. If only Manning had gone to him on the final play instead of going to a well-covered Sterling Shepard.
TE Evan Engram is going to be a big factor this season, and may be the Giants' most underrated and overlooked weapon. Yes, he only had two catches for 18 yards on Sunday. But remember, he had a 35-yard catch on the first series called back on a penalty, and he made another big catch later when he got called for interference for pushing off. With all the attention on Beckham and Barkley, Manning is going to find Engram for some big plays.
Barkley caught his first pass on the last play of the third quarter and turned a short throw into an 18-yard gain. He had only been targeted two times before that. Given all the talk about his dual-threat ability it was stunning the Giants didn't use him as a receiver more than they did in this game.
Remember when the Giants gave veteran running back Jonathan Stewart a two-year, $6.9 million contract? After his terrible summer he was relegated to third string behind Barkley and Wayne Gallman. He didn't get in to the game until Gallman left with a knee injury. He finished with two carries for eight yards. It's getting harder and harder to argue that, at age 31, Stewart isn't just done.


A favorite dessert in the South, fried pies with a richly flavored apricot filling made with reconstituted dried apricots.
Place apricots in a saucepan; add water to cover. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low; simmer for 30 minutes or until tender. Drain, reserving 5 tablespoons liquid.
Place apricots and reserved liquid in a food processor; process until smooth. Add sugar, butter and cinnamon, process until just blended.
Roll 1 crust on lightly floured surface and cut into 6 (4-inch) squares.
Place 1 tablespoon apricot mixture in the center of each square. Fold each square in half to form a triangle. Press fork dipped in flour onto edges to seal and poke tops to permit steam to escape. Repeat with remaining crust and apricot mixture.
Heat oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat. Cook triangles, a few at a time, 2 to 3 minutes on each side; cook until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Makes 12 individual fried pies.


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Tennis...a sport for a lifetime...a sport for all...but where can you play locally whether you a first time beginner or experienced competition player?
In June 2011, Stony Stratford Tennis Club announced the exciting appointment of John Cavill as the Director of Tennis with the support of his company, Tennis Works, which was co-founded with Melvyn Jones, the Business Director. This appointment signalled the start of a new junior development strategy for the club, the result of an intensive study by the Junior and main Committees at the club, led by the Chairman, Simon Burn. The club has often been referred to as a 'sleeping giant' and Tennis Works has the wonderful opportunity to help make tennis and the club a huge part of Stony Stratford life and a hub of activity for the surrounding community.
There are so many social and health benefit from playing tennis, and there are very few other sports that can help people in the many ways that tennis can help. Tennis is essentially a social sport, but the 'middle class' stereotype wearing 'all whites' image that the sport has been trying to relinquish sometimes puts people off a sport that is open to all, costs very little to play and is great fun. It is also played by all age groups and the club has active members from 2 to 83, with an extremely active junior and senior programme.
The excitement, passion and enthusiasm that has been created at the club by Tennis Works started with some of the most successful Tennis Camps in Buckinghamshire with nearly 400 people participating during the holiday period. This has consequently meant that the weekly coaching programme during the term time has also been a success with more opportunities, excellent coach to player ratios and longer courses for increased development.Tennis Works aim to 'inspire tennis excellence' and whatever level of tennis you aspire to play at, there is a course available for you. All coaches are CRB checked, insured, hold a first aid certificate and are qualified to the required standards set by the Lawn Tennis Association.
John Cavill has been coaching at all levels for the past 18 years in the UK and abroad. The knowledge and experience John has gained is reflected in the programme structure and team of coaches that has had outstanding results in the past including making tennis a mass participation sport and developing National Champions.
Further to the recent success at the club, Tennis Works has gone on to create an outstanding schools outreach programme that is currently associated with 8 schools and is still expanding. Coaches are now able to go into the schools, deliver quality sessions and give children the opportunity to play a sport that may have never tried before. Through the outreach programme, even more children and their parents are taking to the sport and discovering the wonderful environment Stony Stratford Tennis Club presents.
Stony Stratford Tennis Club is the 'Premier Outdoor Club' in Bucks. With 9 courts of which 7 are floodlit and a modern club house with wifi access, lounge area, kitchen facilities, changing rooms, junior recreation room and much more... it is no wonder that the combination of fantastic facilities and unsurpassed quality coaching has lead to a very healthy increase in club membership with new people joining every week!
After many years, one of the largest tennis clubs in Bucks has been invigorated with a fresh approach and vibrant atmosphere that welcomes everyone to get involved...the 'Sleeping Giant' is now awake!


The salad bar area at the Plum Market operation for B&I client Taubman.
Plum Market operates at 10 private school and corporate sites plus at a major airport, and is on pace to add more accounts in those and other segments.
Ten years ago, Plum Market was one of a number of local retail gourmet grocery startups popping up all over the country to take advantage of consumer demand for natural, specialty and organic foods and beverages. The company, based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, quickly grew in its home state and entered the Chicago market in 2013.
It currently operates six stores including a hybrid operation at Detroit Metropolitan Airport that offers a mix of retail packaged goods and prepared foods to go. A seventh store is slated to open in midtown Detroit next year.
But retail expansion is only part of the story. Seven years ago, Plum Market was approached by the headmaster at Detroit Country Day School to take over management of the onsite meal service there.
"He said he'd like to meet about foodservice and I took that to mean catering," recalls CEO Matt Jonna. "We had been doing catering for the school, which had four campuses around one of our stores." Detroit Country Day is a substantial operation with some 1,800 students, faculty and staff.
It turns out the headmaster wasn't interested in Plum Market's catering but wanted the store to operate its cafeteria, which at the time was being managed by a traditional onsite dining contract company.
But the headmaster was persistent, and eventually Jonna relented. What helped ease the transition, Jonna notes, is Plum Market's established in-house expertise with high-quality prepared foods made with natural and organic ingredients—a signature feature of its retail stores.
"We have a database of over 3,000 recipes in our stores and have basically integrated those into our foodservice division," Jonna says. With that and its existing in-house expertise with volume food preparation from its prepared foods and catering operations, Plum Market was able to adapt readily to the onsite café environment.
The company hires outside talent as needed but most is already available inside the organization, Jonna notes. In fact, having a foodservice unit gives employees an alternative that might better fit their lifestyles and personal preferences, which serves as a boost to overall employee satisfaction inside the company.
Today, the Plum Market Food Service unit operates at 11 sites under either the Plum Market Kitchen (corporate dining) or PlumSmart (schools) brands, with expansion in those segments as well as into healthcare institutions, colleges, airports and sports facilities actively being cultivated. The Food Service unit currently serves about 5,000 customers a day, and that could double in the next 24 months as a slew of new accounts come on line, says Jonna.
Current locations include not only Detroit Country Day but also Grosse Pointe Academy in the private school segment and Lear Corp., Magna International, Taubman Centers and Williams International on the corporate side.
Because of its divergent business interests—which also include event and social catering, online retailing/delivery and the licensing of its brands like Plum Market Kitchen—Plum Market regards itself not so much as a grocery retail chain but rather as a "food and beverages services business," Jonna emphasizes.
Expansion of the foodservice unit initially took place mainly by word of mouth. For example, the initial contact with Lear came because a company executive had a child at Detroit Country Day. Lear in turn referred Plum Market to Magna (both companies are major suppliers to the automotive industry).
The Detroit airport location was the result of a supplier relationship with a local firm called Zingerman's, which asked Plum Market to partner on the location after the airport issued an RFP looking for local brands to fill the space.
As for the future of the foodservice end, "we want to go national," Jonna says. The company's existing onsite dining accounts are all currently located in Michigan.
Another area of potential growth is in the unmanned micro market area. Plum Market's first such unit is slated to open next spring as part of the cafeteria at client site Williams International, where it will enable onsite staff there to access snack and beverage options around the clock.
Online ordering is another potential growth area. Plum Market already partners at its retail locations with online ordering/delivery services like Instacart and GrubHub, though at this time online commerce is "not a huge part of our business," Jonna says.
The company also just launched its own app that allows retail customers to order catering services, and this is something that will eventually be extended to foodservice sites to enable employees to preorder food they can pick up quickly.


When I compare heat pumps, I tend to first look at the COP-factor (how much energy you get out in relation to how much energy you need to put in), and then translate that to the COP curve (so it can be used together with the knowledge of the temperatures at your location).
It can be argued this is the most important factor, since if the effect is way too low, you will have no possibility to create the heat needed, independent of what COP you have. This is true.
But the reason for me to state it in this order is that the differences of size within a series of heat pumps from the same vendor tend to make very small improvements to your investment, since the bigger sizes tend to have worse COP and higher prices, whereas finding vendors with higher COPs make a huge difference in saved energy.
Different locations have different temperatures. Since the heat pump COP curve is different at different temperatures, you can only valuate what the effects of the curve mean for you by comparing it to the temperatures at your location.
Thus you need to have access also to temperature data. These are available in different ways, and it should be possible to find data for a location reasonably close to yours.
To simplify this kind of comparison, I have provided a simple form, doing basic calculations, and a form using daily temperature data to compare heat pump paybacks.
A house demands energy to be kept warm. How much energy is needed is not easy to calculate. In general, it can be said that the need increases rather lineary with the temperature, so a normal statement is to say "x Watts per degree Celcius". For my house, used in the calculations below, I have an approximate curve calculated for the energy needed.
If the house has originally been desgned for another heating system, and thus need water with higher temperatures than coming from the heat pump, the heat pump might not be able to heat the house, even if it delivers enough power. In that case, you need to make changes also to the radiators.
There is a compromise to make. If calculations are to rough, they will miss a lot of factors. If they are too compliceted, it will be hard both to find the data and to make them. The best compromise I have found is calculating based on day to day values.
The starting point in my case is a house with an existing electric heater and an existing air to water heat pump. Both of these devices are old, so there is better equipment on the market. But it turns out that exchanging them in a profitable way is hard as long as they are working.
The newer equipment is a lot better. But the cost associated with the investment to exchange them should be weighed against the additional savings that are done. Also, the cost for going to the best alternative should not be weighed only to the current situation, but also to the second best alternative. It turns out that the additional saving in each extra improvement step often has a decrease in gain and an additional associated cost compared to the previous step making it a lot less profitable.
The smallest and cheapest heat pump in the series (2020 8) is a good alternative when my current heat pump breaks, but is not strong and good enough to take away much more of the electric heater than today (the heat pump is weaker than my current, but with a better COP factor and producing heat down to -20 instead of down to -10). Thus, the small heat pump, although saving some money, has a very long payoff time (above 30 years) as long as my existing pump works.
The larger heat pump (2020 10) is stronger, and thus makes the electric heater needed a lot less. Since the electric heater has no COP factor, this is what I would have expected to be the most economic solution. And it does save more heating cost than the smaller heat pump. But the difference in saved yearly energy is very small. The reason being that the COP-factor is not as good for that heat pump as the smaller one at a little higher temperatures (those temperatures are very common where I live). Thus, on average, the profit from needing the electric furnace less, is almost lost due to the decreased COP during a great part of the year. If there is a very small price increase for the bigger pump, then it might be a good choice, but some locations and some decades will see temperatures that makes it a very long payoff time.
The largest heat pump is giving the same results, that is, taking away even more of the electric furnace (almost all), but still not improving the yearly cost to any high degree. Since the cost for the pump itself is even higher, the business case for buying that pump is worse, possibly not even profitable at all.
Considering the price of the pumps, the safest alternative turns out to be the smallest one. Intentionally dimensioning the heat pump so that the electric heater will work a lot during cold winter days, but relying on those days are fewer than the days where the COP for that pump is having the advantage. And even then, the investment is not worth doing until the old heat pump breaks down.
The tap water that is to be heated in the house is both similar and different to the water used for the heating. In some cases the heating water might need some more heating than can be provided by a heat pump. However for the tap water, it is more than likely tha this will be the case (yoy might want the water heated fast, and you might want it warmer than the heat pump can achieve). A rough business case calculation based on current tap water heating energy needs reveals a possible good business case.


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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Statement by Minister Bennett on the 6th Anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Minister Carolyn Bennett releases a statement on the 6th anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. This anniversary comes as last week's news of the finding of 215 remains in the area of the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Taking Care: We recognize that the acknowledgement of the sixth anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action comes at a time that is difficult for many and that our efforts to honour victims and families may act as an unwelcome reminder to those who have suffered hardships through generations of government policies that were harmful to Indigenous peoples. We encourage all those who need some support at this time to reach out and know that support is always there for you through Hope for Wellness Help Line at 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or the online chat at hopeforwellness.ca open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Also, for immediate assistance to those who may need it, the National Indian Residential School Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419.
Ottawa, Ontario (June 2, 2021) — The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, issued the following statement to mark the 6th Anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action:
"Six years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) held its closing event in Ottawa and presented the executive summary of the findings contained in its multi-volume final report, including 94 "Calls to Action". This roadmap guides the path of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
This anniversary comes as last week's news of the shocking discovery of a mass grave in the area of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, located on the traditional territory of the Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc people. This revelation is once again a reminder of the trauma families, Survivors, and communities are experiencing because of the lasting impacts of residential schools. This is tragically not an isolated case. The TRC estimated that more than 4,100 students died in Residential Schools across the country. There are other known cases of unmarked graves across the country, and many more will be located. This is the grim reality of Residential Schools.
The Government of Canada in 2016 made the commitment to fund the work of National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR). Budget 2019 committed to continue the work started by the TRC and to implement Calls to Action 74 to 76 (Missing Children and Burial Information) with $27 million in funding.
This funding is supporting the NCTR in establishing the registries for deaths, burials and cemeteries. This funding will also support Indigenous partners and communities in developing community plans, conducting research and gathering local knowledge, accessing professional archaeological investigation services to identify and delineate burial sites, and to memorialize, commemorate and return their loved ones' remains home, as requested.
Funding is available for a range of activities that could include school-specific research and knowledge gathering on the children who died and their burial places.
Through our engagements over the last year and especially over the last number of days, we have heard that communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast are seeking to lead this important and challenging work. We will be there with them.
As we reflect on this tragedy, we must acknowledge that this is not a historical event. There are parents who are still living who have lost children, maybe even amongst those found in Kamloops.
There are surviving brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and other family members who will be wondering if their loved ones are among those who have been located.
This pain is being felt in many parts of this country—not only by survivors, but by other generations of Indigenous people whose family and community members never returned home and live every day the ongoing impacts of intergenerational trauma caused by Residential Schools.
Six years ago, the TRC charted a path forward for reconciliation for everyone in Canada. We have been making steady progress with 80 percent of the Calls to Action under federal or shared jurisdiction completed or well underway. We know we still have so much more to do to.
The important work on Calls to Action 74-76 is just the beginning and Canada remains committed to supporting survivors, their families, communities and all those impacted by the horrible legacy of Residential Schools. This just the first step in Canada fulfilling that commitment.
Reconciliation is about healing. Reconciliation requires acknowledging the truth. Reconciliation requires each of us to do our part to understand the pain and work in partnership with Indigenous peoples on the path forward."
During its mandate, the TRC established the Missing Children and Unmarked Burials Project with the objective of recording and analyzing student deaths as well as identifying their burial places. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Final Report set out the ongoing work needed to complete this project.
Indigenous communities and organizations may contact the Department at aadnc.enfants_disparus-missing_children.aandc@canada.ca to request information and to submit plans to access funds.
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Office of the Honourable Carolyn Bennett,
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
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Q: sanity error: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'config') I've started a next.js project with sanity.io. The setup is successfully completed. Npm run dev spins out the app on localhost successfully. But the problem is when I start the sanity studio.
The following err occurs.

This is my package.json

A: If you have a "postcss.config.js" just comment out or delete the "tailwind css: {}".

A: creating tailwind.config.js file helped me in the similar case.
content can be simple as that:
module.exports = {
  content: [],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

A: I had the same issue and i prefer use the steps in the tailwind started page
just bcs it will handle any additional steps.
this is the page : https://tailwindcss.com/docs/installation/using-postcss
and i think the only step that you need to fix yours was
run this in your project: npx tailwindcss init
of course as the previous comment adding the file manually will fixed too.


Whatever your opinion of Harry Potter, no one can argue that Voldemort has not earned a spot on the list of all time great villains. And thanks to Ralph Fiennes' portrayal of him in the film adaptations — featuring Death Eater garb and noseless makeup — he's become a famous monster as well! Jason Edmiston made us this amazing cover for Famous Monsters #255, anticipating the villain's final appearance in HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE: PART 2.


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