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Michael Elmgreen (left) and Ingar Dragset remade the Danish and Nordic Pavilions at the 2009 Venice Biennale into the home and exhibition space for a fictional art collector; the traditional Polynesian sculpture was installed in the living room.
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For the first time ever, the selection committee for the United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale has chosen an artist collaborative, the Puerto Rico-based team of Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, whose conceptually based installations blend sculpture, performance, photography, video, and sound. This choice reflects how far the model of collaborative, idea-oriented art making has come, moving from the fringe to be on par with the traditional archetype of the artist as a solitary genius.
"It does in a way legitimize our type of practice as being an equally valid form of producing art," says Allora, 36, who became romantically involved with Calzadilla, 39, when they were students. Working together was a natural outgrowth of their nonstop dialogue. Today they finish each other's sentences and amplify each other's thoughts. Hybrid works such as the one in which a musician emerges through a hole in a piano to play Beethoven's Ode to Joy on the keyboard backwards—recently performed in the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art—can take years to gestate conceptually. The duo made the connection to Beethoven's anthem while in Istanbul, and later found the piano they wanted in a Munich building with a Nazi history. Without a signature style, their art often seems to have multiple personalities. "The whole process of conversation and seeing things from different points of view is important," says Calzadilla. "I personally like when the parts aren't reconcilable and the different positions get passed into the work." The process isn't always smooth. "Arguments are important too," Allora adds. "We feel it's essential to really convince each other why it is you like something."
Collaboration has taken many guises in modern art. In the 1920s and '30s, the Surrealists playfully tweaked the idea of an individual author via exquisite corpse—a game of sorts allowing a number of artists each to draw part of a figure on paper folded so that none could see the whole until the work was complete. And pairs of artists from Luis Buí±uel and Salvador Dalí to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat have come together in fruitful temporary partnerships in which individual styles and contributions remained apparent. But the '60s and '70s saw a new model emerge, as couples—including Gilbert & George, Ed and Nancy Kienholz, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, all of them romantic as well as artistic partners—started making work together in lifelong partnerships that obscured their individuality. As opposed to larger collectives with a more fluid membership, such as the Guerrilla Girls, these artist teams each have produced a single body of work as shared authors.
Those joint ventures paved the way for the current generation of collaboratives—including straight and gay couples, friends, and siblings. But they often faced resistance, according to Lisa Freiman, curator of contemporary art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the commissioner of the Allora and Calzadilla exhibition for the U.S. Pavilion. She is also writing a book on Oldenburg's work before and during his collaboration with van Bruggen, which began in 1976 and continued until she died in 2009. "Van Bruggen was always criticized for not being an equal partner," says Freiman. She credits that largely to the fact that Oldenburg, like Christo and Kienholz, had a distinct solo career before teaming with his wife. But she also says it was in part because Oldenburg was the one who drew the concept on the piece of paper. "In an era when ideas are the art, why were her ideas any less valuable?" Freiman asks. Like many of their contemporaries, Allora and Calzadilla had no public artistic identities prior to their collaboration, which eliminates some of that baggage. Still, preconceptions and biases linger; it's impossible for two people to apply for a Guggenheim Fellowship with equal status on a single application.
In 1995, when Sammy Cucher was invited to represent Venezuela at the Venice Biennale, he had to petition to get Anthony Aziz included as his partner. "Collaboration was very rare when we started," says Cucher, now 52, who met Aziz, 49, in school in 1991, when they began using digital media to create political satire about censorship. "The idea that we are two gay men, living together, working together—not a lot of models existed. Gilbert & George were the guys who gave us permission to do what we do." Cucher and Aziz have noticed some reluctance over the years from dealers to work with artist teams because of a perceived risk of instability in the brand. "Collectors also think of the artist as this rare individual who has a particular kind of magic to produce things that are unique," says Cucher.
Aziz, whose heritage is Lebanese, and Cucher, whose family is living in Israel, are now, for the first time, addressing their personal relationship in their work, interweaving it with larger geopolitical complexities in video installations for a 2012 show at the Indianapolis Museum. One piece tracks a typical day at the pair's studio—except that the artists are dressed as clowns. Against a cacophony of music and radio discussions of unrest in the Middle East, the artists wheel their chairs over to each other's computers for discussion, tack photos to the wall, draw arrows between images, build scenes with tiny toy soldiers, and set up a video shoot of themselves dancing and holding hands. "We're performing ourselves in costumes; we're not acting like clowns," says Aziz. "The costumes had to do with a certain madness that's going on there," continues Cucher.
Certainly not all artists have the temperament to share authorship, but some fall into their collaborative roles naturally. As undergraduates, in the late 1980s, Heather Schatz and Eric Chan spontaneously switched chairs in a drawing class and finished each other's compositions. Since that beginning, they have built an archive of abstract drawings based on their verbal exchanges. These "characters," as they call them, in turn form the building blocks of their multimedia installations done in collaboration with larger communities, including the staff of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, where they will have a show in 2012. "We keep track of our conversations, and that dialogue is actually an artwork in itself," says Chan.
Drawings likewise became a vehicle for exchanges among members of the Cuban team Los Carpinteros—though none of the artists had previously worked in the medium. "We started doing these drawings, sometimes very elaborate, to communicate with each other and convince your partner of the idea," says Marco Castillo. He was originally a painter, but joined forces in school, in the early 1990s, with Dagoberto Rodríguez and Alexandre Arrechea (no longer part of the collaborative), who were working with carpentry. "We wrote letters to each other on these drawings." These highly conceptual large-scale works on paper, which humorously conflate built spaces and social dynamics, are an important part of their output, and several are included in their show this month at Sean Kelly Gallery in New York. "We don't propose that the work has to be humorous, but you can imagine how funny it is to work in a team," says Rodríguez, 41. "It's not only about arguing." Castillo counters, "Really?"
"Humor tends to get dismissed by the art world as something that's not serious or valuable, when it can be quite serious and an important generator of ideas," notes Freiman. "A lot of these collaboratives are tapping into the creative possibilities of play, where there's not so much self-censorship." Indeed, humor and an extroverted orientation seem to be common characteristics of many teams today.
"We never stop wondering why new sociocultural phenomena are happening, and our projects derive from asking silly questions," according to Michael Elmgreen, 49, and Ingar Dragset, 42, a Berlin-based Scandinavian duo who teamed up in 1994, and who resplied to interview questions in one voice. Their theatrical multimedia pieces—including their send-up of pretentious art collectors at the 2009 Venice Biennale, which featured a staged home adorned with coveted artworks and phony real estate agents gossiping about the people who lived there—are products of their extensive exchanges of ideas, worries, and enthusiasm. "Working as an artist duo of course limits how narcissistic one can be," they observe. "The outcome will naturally be more communicative since it was already discussed between more parties during the process of realization." Elmgreen & Dragset are currently creating a two-man theater project loosely based on their collaborative experiences, titled Happy Days in the Art World, to be performed in Dublin in September and at Performa in New York in November.
Performance was the starting point for the duo known as Type A. Adam Ames, who worked in video, and Andrew Bordwin, originally a photographer, met in the late 1990s through Ames's former wife, the dealer Sara Meltzer, who was exhibiting Bordwin at the time. The artists initially felt competitive with each other over who could be funnier or stronger. Over time they became friendlier, and started collaborating on videos that showed the absurdity and pathos of men competing—whether in a handshake lasting half an hour, a race to scale a wall, or a literal pissing contest. They were constantly back and forth between studios, brainstorming dozens of ideas at a time, some of which wouldn't materialize until years later.
"We were still making work on our own while working together," says Bordwin, 46, who describes his own photographs as being very theory based. "Adam challenged my way of working as being incongruous with who I am. We connected on humor, and the work we do together is an honest outgrowth of how our relationship started and the meeting places that we discovered." Ames says, "I encouraged Andrew to bring in all his personality, and he challenged me to bring in more rigorous ideas and thought." Both artists gave up their solo practices in 2004 after visitors to their studio were invariably more drawn to their collaborative work. In recent years they have become more involved with large-scale sculptural installation, and their piece Barrier (2009) travels to the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Connecticut in June. "We keep each other honest," says Ames. "You think about the romantic image of the artist alone in the studio—where're the checks and balances? Who's keeping an eye on his grandiose concepts?"
A built-in system for critique is a common theme in discussions with all these duos. "Every artist debates with themselves, thinks their work through," says Mike Starn. "We each have that internally and then we externalize it as well," says Doug Starn, completing his brother's thought. "I think it really helps." The 48-year-old identical twins, known for their monumental composite photographs, and more recently for sculptural work, have collaborated since they were little kids using poster paints. At 13 they took up photography, trading the camera back and forth. "We don't know who shot what," says Mike. "It doesn't matter." Recently, they worked with a group of rock climbers to build a colossal architectural structure from bamboo poles lashed together with rope on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The rock climbers were our hands and our bodies that allowed this organism to grow," says Doug. Mike adds, "I wouldn't say they were equal collaborators, but in some way they're more. There's no way to slice it up."
Sharing the credit also means not having to take on full liability, according to Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen Nguyen. They collaborate on immersive and organic-looking environments made entirely from paper, and have an installation on view at MASS MoCA in western Massachusetts through this month. "We both feel a kind of freedom with this third entity because we're not fully responsible for it," says Nguyen, 34, who met Kavanaugh, 31, in 2004 when he moved into an adjacent studio in Brooklyn, and the two became friends and sounding boards for each other. The next year they pulled off their first large-scale collaborative installation—in just a weekend—at the Map Room in Portland, Maine, arriving with 50 pounds of paper and a couple of staple guns. "We worked straight, without sleeping, and it was like there was a team of eight of us," says Kavanaugh. "The multiplier effect of our energy was totally infectious, and, in my mind, that's why we've continued to collaborate."
A similar sort of efficiency comes from dividing up the work. Walter Martin, 57, and Paloma Muíoz, 44, who show their installations of snow globes and photographs at PPOW in New York, where they will have an exhibition in April, have worked together for 17 years. Unlike many teams, their areas of expertise are clearly defined. Martin first builds the model with clay and small figures, which both artists then critique and modify. If it's a set for a photograph, Muí±oz creates the painted backdrop and adds atmosphere and lighting before taking the picture. "For us, it's a question of economy to some degree—it's very efficient in terms of skills and money and time to be able to pool our resources," says Martin. "It's about support in an emotional sense, too. It's very easy for an artist to get demoralized. I think there are also a lot of unspoken collaborations. It wasn't always acceptable to collaborate."
Today, as the tools for creating all different kinds of conversations—through cell phones, e-mails, Facebook, blogging—are fostering more collaboration throughout contemporary life, and teamwork is taken as the norm in the spheres of theater, filmmaking, and television, our notions of artistic authorship are multiplying and becoming more complex. "I really believe we are living in a moment of the spirit of collaboration," says Aziz. "Through the Internet and social networking and platforms that exist, people share information and resources. There's a greater sense that that's how things get done, not from isolation. There's a new model being formed for how artists think about the studio practice."
Hilarie M. Sheets is a contributing editor of ARTnews.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Funding for the University of Utah's expansion plans were announced Saturday. The Ken Garff family donated $17.5 million to the project, pitching in to help give the Rice-Eccles Stadium a tune-up.
"The locker rooms, the lounges, we plan on making it a show-stopper venue," said Bob Garff who brought his family members with him for the big announcement.
Garff was the chairman of the Olympic committee back in 2002 — it was at the Rice-Eccles stadium the opening ceremonies kicked off, and where Garff hopes the 2030 Olympics will be held.
"It will be the venue for the Olympic Games as well as a great football arena, bringing 5,000 more seats to this venue," said Garff.
On average, the stadium hosts 450,000 people for sports events annually. The project calls for adding 5,000 new seats and enclosing the stadium bowl.
The south end zone was built back in 1982, the expansion plans include connecting that with the West and East zones, which were built in 1998.
The total estimated cost for the expansion is $80 million dollars and will involve demolishing and rebuilding the old south end zone.


It is enumerated that Jungle Monkey Run 2 is a free 2D Adventure run. They are the second part of top platformer game "Jungle Monkey Run" which qualitatively crossed 1 million downloads in Google Play.
While nothing has particularly piqued my interest in recent releases, I stumbled on Jungle Monkey Run 2: Banana Adventure while checking new games these past few days, and it's definitely a gem that doesn't disappoint if you like unique games. Now most of my gaming time is spent on Jungle Monkey Run 2 these days on my device.
It is enumerated that Jungle Monkey Run 2 is a free 2D Adventure run. They are the second part of top platformer game "Jungle Monkey Run" which qualitatively crossed 1 million downloads in Google Play.
The story begins as a Monkey Kong was living in a jungle happily with its kids having plenty of bananas. An angry bird takes monkey Kong's kid with bunch of bananas and flies to the dino jungle. This game comprises of 4 worlds with 24 stages that includes plot twists and continued by one special water world including lots of fishes and mines under water. More importantly this Jungle Monkey Run 2 makes the best game of the month. There are additional powers ups and the effects make the gameplay exciting and addictive.
Also it is narrated that the little Kong needs run into the jungle and swing through vines and take bananas to reach the monkey kid. Monkey has to take all bananas in a jungle to keep the energy level high. Primarily there are 80 enemy animals which would try to block little Kong's run. The little monkey has to actively jump on the animals to kill them. There would be a King Kong and a mammoth waiting to assist monkey's adventure trip.
Among many salient features in this game, the player could experience one touch gameplay which makes this adventure run simple to play even for kids. You can also witness top graphics and sounds to make this plat former run gameplay sensational.
This game includes Run, Jump, and Swing. It also enumerates 4 worlds with 24 stages jungle, dino, ocean, fantasy. You have 80 enemies and banana to get energy. They actually comprise 4 background music and delightful several sounds for enemies. The game represents 3 power ups, hearts and is expediently designed ocean world with 20 different fishes. It is also qualitatively supports SD card installation. Jungle Monkey Run 2: Banana Adventure is a special title I'll be coming back over again in the future, and I highly recommend it for anyone who thoroughly enjoys a challenging game.


Passion goal – I think this 30 in 30 #bloglikecrazy challenge has renewed my passion to write, in a sense. I have felt a sense of freedom in my writing. One of the main reasons I do not blog more often is the fear that people do not want to read what I write. This challenge has forced me to just write regardless. I have a goal that I need to accomplish, so the write is on. The goal is to keep writing, obtain a nice freelance contract, and work in a variety of ways – copywriting, research, prose, editorial, and fun.
People goal – I love helping people. Hopefully something I say in print will help a mom trying to figure out the best educational path for their child or encourage a young girl to find her voice or lead someone on a deeper exploration on their Christian walk. I would also love to be able to interview my favorite people, put them in the spotlight by exposing who I know them to be.
Profit goal – As I mentioned, a freelance contract would be great. I would also love the opportunity to partner with my favorite brands. I would also love to develop my own publication or work with an established and respected educational publisher.
These are obtaining goals by writing more, pitching ideas, reading more consistently, and researching more frequently.


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Q: android-forceclose using timer my application force closes but compiler doesn't show any errors at all
i have provided the code
 package my.android;

package com.google.android.gms.auth.sample.helloauth;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

public class HelloActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    int time;
    TextView tv;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        time = 0;
        Timer t = new Timer();

        t.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {

            public void run() {
                runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                    public void run() {
                        tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvDisplay);

                        tv.setText(time);
                        time += 1;
                    }
                });
            }
        }, 0, 10000);
    }
}

A: SetText method asks for a String parameter. Try this
tv.setText(String.valueOf(time));

A: move this line before creating the object of timer after setContentView(R.layout.main);
tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvDisplay);

and change
tv.setText(time);

to
tv.setText(String.valueOf(time));

coz setText() always takes String as a parameter u r passing an int thats why facing force close

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Q: Cannot solve the 'Model cannot be overwritten once complied' error on mongoose Problem: So I'm trying to integrate MongoDB into my nextJs project. Here's a library file which connects to the database.
import shopSchema from './Schemas/shopSchema';
let shopModelCached;
async function getShopModel(connectionUrl) {
  if (!shopModelCached) {
    try {
      await mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_DB_CONNECTION_STRING);
      const Shop = mongoose.model("shop", shopSchema);
      shopModelCached = Shop;
    } catch (err) {
      throw err;
    }
  }
  return shopModelCached;
}

export default getShopModel;

When I call the function to get the shop model on my getServerSidedProps on my page, which does literally nothing but call the above function to get the Shop model, and then performs simple query to populate the props.
export async function getServerSideProps(context) {
  try {
    const Shop = await getShopModel(
      process.env.MONGO_DB_CONNECTION_STRING
    );
    const shop = await Shop.findOne({
      shopcode: context.params.shopname,
    }).exec();
    return {
      props: {
        shop,
      },
    };
  } catch (err) {
    throw err;
  }
}

This hits me with an error when I recompile modules. It says, 'OverwriteModelError: Cannot overwrite 'shop' model once compiled.'. My approach to handling this was to cache the model so it wouldn't be overwritten, but to no vain.


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Facebook has pulled down an event page for the St Kilda Beach rally after it found posts with hate speech amid debate about whether the meeting organised by far-right extremists Neil Erikson and Blair Cottrell should be described by media as a "Nazi" event.
The Saturday rally on one of Melbourne's most popular beaches, which has been condemned by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, was heavily advertised through social media.
The Facebook event for the "political meeting"- organised by Mr Erikson, and his Nationalist Uprising and Cooks Convicts pages - was pulled down on Sunday night.
Around 1900 people had shown interest in the event, with about 500 saying they would attend – though around 100 reportedly showed up.
The social media behemoth's global teams have watched pages, groups, events and other accounts related to the St Kilda event over the weekend, including pages linked to anti-fascist groups, and found multiple content violations on the event page after the rally ended.
Some other related pages were shut down over the weekend for breaching content rules, with Facebook's policies defining hate speech as direct attacks like dehumanising speech, statements of inferiority or calls for exclusion, over characteristics such as race and ethnicity.
Well placed sources said some of the posts removed from other accounts involved suggesting weapons should be brought to the rally.
In 2017, Mr Cottrell posted on YouTube claiming that Facebook had banned him in a "censorship attack" linked to a court case in that year.
He and Mr Erikson were fined by the court over a video he had filmed in 2015 beheading a mannequin in Bendigo to protest the building of a mosque.
He complained on Monday morning in a tweet that while he was "already banned from Facebook" he had recently been using his father's account until it was also deleted after he uploaded a speech.
"Not suspended, completely deleted. No reason given," he said.
He recently said that some of his Instagram posts about the rally had been removed as well.
Facebook and other social media platforms have been scrutinised over the past 18 months over how they manage to keep hate speech and dangerous content off their websites while allowing freedom of expression.
The Australian consumer watchdog and global regulators have been looking closely at how social media's algorithms can play a role in creating filter bubbles or echo chambers and the spread of unreliable information.
The United Patriots Front page still appears to be live on Facebook, as is Mr Erikson's personal page where he recently posted complaining about "left wing media" and the use of the term "Nazi" for the right.
The St Kilda Beach rally also had the Australian Broadcasting Corporation facing challenges over the weekend, after its coverage of the protest attracted criticism for using the terms "far-right demonstrators" and "far-right activists" instead of "Nazis".
At the event, attendees were seen showing Nazi salutes and in one case holding a helmet with Nazi insignia. Some of the ABC's online coverage later on the weekend said there "appeared to be neo-Nazis present".
ABC editorial director Alan Sunderland defended the public broadcaster's choice of wording on Twitter, saying he "personally" wouldn't call them Nazis.
"That implies a formality and consistency of belief that is not warranted by the facts. I'd call them people making Nazi salutes. Accuracy matters," he said.
He said while he was not at the rally "based on the coverage I didn't see a single person I would call a 'Nazi' with a capital "N".
"I saw a lot of wannabe nazis, some far-right bigots and plenty more without the brains and understanding to properly enunciate any kind of ideology".
An ABC spokeswoman said that the broadcaster had "not received any complaints to date" about references to far-right activists.
"Several complaints have been received about the ABC's description of anti-racism protesters as "far-left", which they say is inaccurate," she said.
In some online articles on Sunday, the public broadcaster described the counter-protesters as "anti-fascist".


Two University of Maine football players have been disciplined with one-game suspensions for separate incidents in Orono.
The Bangor Daily News reported Thursday that junior defensive back Jerron McMillian and running back David Hood must also perform community service for violating the university student-athlete code of conduct.
Interim Athletic Director Steve Abbott said Hood already has served his one-game suspension because the sanction was issued prior to the end of the 2010 season. McMillian is expected to sit out the first game of the 2011 season.
McMillian was arrested Dec. 4 after an incident outside a nightclub and charged with disorderly conduct, assault and failure to submit to arrest. Hood was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault after a Nov. 7 incident in which he allegedly struck two 20-year-old women.
WNBA: Diana Taurasi has tested positive for a mild stimulant while playing in a pro basketball league overseas, her lawyer said.
Howard Jacobs said Taurasi's A sample came back positive from a Turkish lab and she was provisionally suspended by the Turkish league she's playing in. Taurasi has asked that her B sample be tested.
Jacobs said the substance "was not a steroid or recreational drug," but he refused to identify it.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: Goalkeeper Matt Reis agreed to a new contract with the New England Revolution.
Reis holds team records for games by a goalie (188), wins (75), saves (757) and shutouts (50). He was in 14 games last season after being sidelined until June following shoulder and knee operations.


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Robert Loughlin: Works from the Collection of Paul Johnson 25 July 2018
Robert Loughlin Collection
Over the course of a more than a decade, Paul Johnson amassed an impressive collection of artworks by Robert Loughlin. In 2010, just a year before the artist's untimely demise, he hosted an exhibition at his private loft located at 191 Chrystie in New York City; the show included more than 400 works.
Robert Loughlin 1949–2011
Robert Loughlin was a beloved artist and character in the world of design. Born in Alameda, California in 1949, his interest in design flourished at a young age. By the late 1970s, he had opened two stores in San Francisco, being one of the first "pickers" to specialize and create a resale market for mid-century design. In 1980, he relocated to Miami Beach, Florida where he established a third store and also began painting.
After several years, he moved to New York City and opened the Executive Gallery and became immersed in the downtown art scene. He became known for his boisterous, hard-living as much as his design skills; he sourced art and furniture for clients such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Robert Mapplethorpe. One of his most impressive finds was a Salvador Dali painting at a thrift shop that he bought for $40. During this time, his iconic imagery of "The Brute," a smoking square-jawed male figure, began appearing all over the city — on found objects including doors, tables, antiques, trash, bottles, skateboards, other works of art, and public spaces alike. "The Brute," an idealized male face, often depicted smoking, recalls the classic, masculine faces of James Dean and Marlon Brando, and is modeled after Loughlin's partner of thirty-one years, Gary Carlson. Loughlin explored the far reaches of this singular imagery, which has since become an icon of gay and outsider culture.
His artworks are collected by institutions such as The Carnegie Museum of Art and among personal collections including the artist Donald Baechler. Tragically, Robert Loughlin was struck by a car near his home in New Jersey in 2011.
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Chinese billionaire invests $1.6 billion in London hotels and luxury yachtmaker
June 19th, 2013 at 6:06 AM EDT
Chinese investments are following their tourists abroad and investing in luxury hotel brands, real estate, and even yacht companies with expectation for a quick return in popular travel destinations.
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Dalian Wanda Group, the Chinese developer controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, is investing 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) in a British yachtmaker and a London site to build Western Europe's tallest residential tower.
Wanda will spend 700 million pounds on a 62-story luxury hotel and apartment building on the land on the South Banks of the Thames. It also agreed to pay 320 million pounds to buy 92 percent of Sunseeker International Ltd. whose yachts have been featured in James Bond movies, it said in a statement today.
"The bigger Chinese developers need to develop overseas markets as their domestic expansion is limited by the property curbs" on residential homes, said Zuo Hongying, a Shanghai- based analyst at AJ Securities Co. "And they're fairly cash- rich."
London has emerged as a haven for foreign wealth, with the pound's decline attracting investors from Malaysia to Russia to developments like Battersea Power Station, where about half of the project's apartments have been sold in overseas markets. Chinese developers, including China Vanke Co., also are expanding overseas to take advantage of demand for real estate abroad from increasingly rich nationals.
"Investments in London despite being perceived as much safer than Shanghai, still carry higher yields," said James Macdonald, head of China research at Savills in Shanghai. "A weak sterling has made investments comparatively cheap for overseas investors, especially for Chinese."
The pound has lost about 37 percent against the yuan since the middle of June 2007.
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Wanda will erect the tallest residential building in Western Europe, at 205 meters (673 feet), on the site upstream from the Houses of Parliament, Stephen Vernon, executive Chairman of Green Properties, the seller of the site, said in an interview today. It is in one of the clusters where tall buildings can be constructed in the city in an area called Nine Elms, he said.
Western Europe's tallest residential tower is the 190-meter HSB Turning Torso in Malmo, Sweden, according to the Skyscraper Center website of the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
The number of millionaires in China has climbed 4 percent from 12 months earlier to 2.8 million, according to the Hurun Research Institute's findings this year.
"Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption is booming," Wang told reporters in Beijing. Five of six private jets at a General Dynamics Corp. Gulfstream factory in the U.S., where Wanda bought a plane last year, were earmarked for China, he added.
Wanda plans to expand its investment in the U.K. and build luxury hotels in eight to 10 cities globally, Wang said. The company may announce more overseas investments next year, and investors will have a chance to buy Wanda shares in future, he said, without giving a time period for an initial public offering of the closely held company.
Manhattan was the top choice for Chinese investment in overseas properties in the past two years and $2.1 billion was spent, according to Real Capital Analytics data. London was in the No. 2 spot with total investment of $2 billion, the data show.
Wanda decided to buy Sunseeker because it is building three yacht clubs in China and each needs at least 10 yachts, Wang said.
Sunseeker sold about 190 boats in Asia, excluding Australia, in the past decade, with more than 60 percent of the purchases coming from China including Hong Kong, Gordon Hui, chairman of Sunseeker Asia said in an interview this month. A lowest-priced Portofino 40 cruiser costs about five million yuan ($815,000) and the most expensive model costs as much as 230 million yuan, Hui said.
Wanda, which last year bought U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. for $2.6 billion, is among Chinese companies seeking acquisitions overseas to gain foreign expertise, brands and technology. Shandong Heavy Industry Group- Weichai Group purchased Italian yacht builder Ferretti in 2012 and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. bought Volvo Cars in 2010.
ABP (China) Holdings Group Ltd., a Beijing-based Chinese developer, last month signed an agreement with London officials to transform the 35-acre (14-hectare) site at Royal Albert Dock into the capital's third business district after the City of London and Canary Wharf.
Malaysia's SP Setia Bhd. and Sime Darby Bhd. bought the site of London's Battersea Power Station, featured on the cover of Pink Floyd's 1977 album "Animals," for 400 million pounds in July last year.
Vanke, China's biggest developer by sales, in February signed a deal with Tishman Speyer Properties LP, the owner of New York's Rockefeller Center, to develop residential towers in San Francisco.
Wang, 58, is ranked 166, with a net worth of $7.4 billion, on the Bloomberg Billionaire's list. He was born to a military family in western China's Sichuan province and served for 16 years in the People's Liberation Army before he was honorably discharged, according to Bloomberg Billionaires.
He later took a job at an indebted residential developer affiliated with the district government, changed the company's name to Dalian Wanda and became the general manager in 1992. During the next 20 years, he developed Wanda into a diversified company with interests in commercial property development, tourism, entertainment and department store chains.
With assistance from Zhang Dingmin in Beijing and Michael Wei and Bonnie Cao in Shanghai. Editors: Anjali Cordeiro, Andreea Papuc, Stephanie Wong.
To contact the reporter on this story: Michael Forsythe in Beijing at [email protected] To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephanie Wong at [email protected]
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Last month, Gov. Larry Hogan opened Maryland's inaugural Governor's Business Summit before a crowd of more than 700 business, education and community leaders at the Hilton Baltimore. The day-long economic development conference, hosted by the Maryland Marketing Partnership, highlighted the issues and industries driving Maryland's economy, including developing workforce through innovation training, protecting businesses from cyberthreats, tapping into global markets and attracting venture capital, among other key topics.
Hogan described how his administration's commitment to making Maryland "Open for Business" has delivered positive results around the state. Since January 2015, Maryland has added nearly 100,000 jobs and has successfully recruited major new investments from companies like Amazon, Lidl, Under Armour and Pinnacle Foods. Notable job creation wins include the announcement of Marriott's $600 million new headquarters complex in Bethesda; the retention of McCormick's headquarters in Baltimore County; Morgan Stanley's 800-job expansion in Baltimore City; and $100 million in new investment by Northrop Grumman Corp., which directly supports more than 10,000 jobs in Maryland.
To build on the progress of the last two years, Hogan announced that the administration is launching a new, comprehensive, statewide economic development strategy called Excel Maryland. The initiative will be focused on developing new, collaborative strategies to accelerate growth in the life sciences and cybersecurity industries, which are already flourishing in the state.
A steering committee includes officials from the Maryland Department of Commerce and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, in partnership with The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the University System of Maryland (USM), along with the Maryland Economic Development Corp. The committee is being led by Susan Windham Bannister, the founding president and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, who helped drive Massachusetts to become a leading state for life sciences employment per capita.
The Excel Maryland steering committee co-chairs include Bob Caret, chancellor of USM, and Ronald Daniels, president of JHU. Steering committee members are Dr. Bahija Jallal, executive vice president, MedImmune and AstraZeneca; Stephanie Hill, vice president and general manager, Lockheed Martin; Daniel Abdun-Nabi, CEO of Emergent BioSolutions and chair of the Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board; Tom Geddes, CEO of Plank Industries; Ron Gula, president of Gula Tech Adventures and co-founder of Tenable Network Security; Peter Barris, managing general partner of New Enterprise Associates; Bill Niland, CEO of Harpoon Medical; Larry Letow, president and CEO of Convergence Technology Consulting; Robert Lord, CEO of Protenus; Wendy Perrow, CEO of AsclepiX, Therapeutics; and Paul Silber, founding principal of Blu Venture Investors.
Ex-officio members are Sam Malhotra, chief of staff to Hogan; Secretary of Commerce Mike Gill; Secretary Kelly Schulz, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation; Secretary of State John Wobensmith; General Linda Singh, adjutant general of Maryland; Sen. Robert Neall; John Wasilisin, president and chief operating officer of the Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO); and Bob Brennan, executive director of MEDCO.
The initiative will culminate in a report by the end of August, which will serve as a roadmap to securing Maryland's position as the epicenter of cybersecurity and advancing Maryland's leadership position in biohealth and life sciences.


Siri: Can Science Answer Everything?
Some people argue that science can answer any question we have about the universe. Others argue that science is unable to answer questions such as the existence of God and the supernatural. There is always a science versus faith debate going on in this world.
Science is man's way of explaining the why and how of things. Science is based on facts whereas the supernatural is based on faith. Science can only explain by proving, but there are many other things that cannot be proven. One cannot hope for science to explain everything because it is far too detached from emotions and spirituality, which remain inseparable from human life and existence.
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On a daily basis I eat gummy bear multivitamins to get the vitamins and minerals I can't get from a bag of Lays Sour Cream and Onion potato chips, a glazed doughnut and a Diet Pepsi Super Big Gulp because, I'll admit, I have a hard time swallowing pills, even with a Diet Pepsi Super Big Gulp to help wash it down. But the gummy multivitamins I consume are meant for children and come in six great flavors. The One A Day VitaCraves are meant for adults and it only has three flavors: orange, cherry and some kind of blueberry/raspberry hybrid.
You might wondering if there are any other differences between the children's gummy multivitamins and the VitaCraves. The VitaCraves are definitely more potent than their gummy bear counterparts, providing almost always twice the amount of vitamins and minerals, but the gummy bear multivitamins taste like normal gummy bears, while the VitaCraves have a slight bitterness to them, like regular vitamins.
Also, while the gummy bear multivitamins are really soft like a Trolli Gummi Bear, the VitaCraves are quite tough like Haribo Gummi Bears or the skin of someone who stays out in the sun for too long on a regular basis. But if you're someone who has a hard time swallowing pills it's still a decent choice.
While two One A Day VitaCraves Gummies provide me with 100% or more of my daily recommended intake of many vitamins and minerals, I think I'll stick with my children's gummy bear multivitamins because they taste better, are soft to chew and I can decapitate them with my teeth to get even with Teddy Ruxpin for ruining my cassette tape copy of "Sports" by Huey Lewis and the News.
Pros: Two gummies provide 100% or more of my daily recommended intake of many vitamins and minerals. Made for adults. Great for those who have trouble swallowing multivitamin pills. Decapitating gummy bears. "Sports" by Huey Lewis and the News.
Cons: Expensive for just 50 gummies, even though I bought it from Walmart. Not in bear form. Tough to chew. Slight bitterness. Only three flavors. Audio-animatronic bears.
My husband was doubling up on the kids' gummy vitamins – he won't take grown-up ones. Now we have options.
I am writing from the Coalition for the Protection of Bear Likeliness in Edible Form Agency. We are an advocacy group who take it upon ourselves to inform the public to the harm and pitfalls caused by the consumption of all things Bear shaped or Bear-like. For starters I must say that "…decapitating gummi bears" is NOT a pro.
I encourage yourself and your readers to reconsider the alternative that is VitaCraves. Every person that switches to the more humane option saves the life of one more gummi bear. I also encourage the consumption of gummi worms, regular graham crackers (as opposed to Teddy Grahams), marmalades (as opposed to Beary jams or jellies) and Spongebob ice cream treats rather than any bear character. It is not appropriate to tout the benefits of eating the arms and legs of bears. This doesn't shed a positive light on the tragedy which is the eating of our likeliness.
We hear at the CPBLEFA applaud your mention of the Country Bears, Teddy Ruxpin and Yogi. Please keep us in mind in the future when you recommend products to your (unsuspecting) public.
My Teddy Ruxpin never was the same after he was in an accident that involved a dare devil two-year-old Kayla, a red Corvette PowerWheels and a set of stairs. Needless to say, he wasn't using his seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle.
@Yum Yucky: Hmm…I should double up on them too since I buy my gummy vitamins from Costco that come in a container the size of my head.
@amanda: If they were endangered species I wouldn't do that, but since they're quite plentiful…nom nom nom.
@Bear Silber: If I don't eat them first, I'm pretty sure they'll eat me.
@Erin Brooks: They are pricey for what you get. The kids gummy vitamins I buy from Costco has four times the amount for only a couple dollar more.
@amanda: I think I'm eating them humanely.
@lex: OOOOH. I should try that. Gummy bear head swap!!!
@Kayla: Celebrities need to use seat belts too, except Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga…oh, I'd better stop because this list will get long fast.
I am hoping my review of Haribo Candy Gummi Gold-Bears has inspired this review of vitamin gummies. The only danger from getting these vitamin gummies is if you eat too many of them in one sitting…true story: I ate all the Flintstone Vitamins because they had tasty chalky sweet flavor for my palate and I ended up with a bad stomachache. I've also heard a similar story from my bf eating too many cherries. So be forewarned: when companies make vitamins sweet and palatable you can eat too many and make yourself sick!
angry bob met Sean Hopper once, but that was before the News. Probably even before the American Express. Yes, angry bob realizes you young'uns have no idea what he's talking about.
How about a reference to other bears from the 80's like smokey bear and the care bears? Anyone remember those Berenstain bears books?
well i'll be damned…you mean now i don't have to look creepy lurking in the vitamin section for children narrowing my choice to gummi bears or the perhaps-even-more-awesome gumball vitamins? sweet.
I think all vitamins look kind of pricey…maybe it's just me.
Doesn't your body just get rid of the vitamins and minerals you took if you don't eat foods that supplement them?? That would make vitamins a huge money waste. Hmm maybe that was a FOX news alert. But seriously, enquiring minds want to know!
Talk about overselling — does anybody really CRAVE "vita", other than scurvy sailors?
If they can have Gummi vitamins why can't they make Gummi aspirin and Gummy Tums? I mean, it seems like it would open up a whole new world for drug companies. Come on, greedy pharmaceutical firms, pander to me and make me want to buy something I don't need!
I for one think we should have gummy adaral for all the ADHD kiddos like poor old kitty here!
What's with the fruit graphic? That sure doesn't look like a blueberry to me. I would like gummi acetamino……. Tylenol.
I don't like the gummi ones when they get stuck in your teeth.
And the fruit graphic looks like the offspring resulting from a raspberry banging a blueberry.
@ph: Nope, my desire to prevent scurvy inspired this review.
@angry bob: That's okay. That's why we have Wikipedia, to look up all the stuff old people talk about.
@yawnie: Here's a reference: Tenderheart Bear.
@skibs: No. Don't ruin the dream for me!
@Hobo with a Shotgun: Fruit Rollups are better.
@Anna: I sometimes crave the Vita Boost at Jamba Juice.
@Chuck: Only if the Gummy aspirin is as bitter and the Gummy Tums is as chalky.
@LaneO: Yeah, it's some blueberry-raspberry hybrid. I made changes to the review.
@grinder: You won't like these, they kind of get stuck too.
I am 12 and I take these bear gummy's every day because I have had a loss of hunger so, to make up for vitamins lost my mom gives me two in the morn and two at night. Is this dose appropriate for my age?
please everyone do not take these. i had an allergic reaction. my tongue is swollen and numb. it took me several times before i realized it was these vitamins. do not risk it. and the taste is awful.
Just because you had an allergic reaction does not mean everyone will. I take these and do fine. They may work for some, but not others.
one a day seems like a misnomer…looks like you need two for your daily 100 percent.
That's what actual food is for.
I picked up a bottle of these from my local grocery store a couple or so months ago and love them. I have trouble getting all the vitamins and nutrients I should in a day because I get full before I can consume all the calories I need and I think these have helped quite a bit. I have difficulties taking pills and since I already have to take a few pills daily, I'm glad there is now the option of these gummy vitamins. Now I can not only eliminate taking more pills, but since I enjoy the flavor and texture of these I haven't missed a day since I got them. The only thing I'd say to keep your eye open for is the price! I paid a few dollars more for these at the grocery store than I probably would have had I gotten them from Wal-Mart. Next time I know where to get them. Overall I definitely recommend trying these vitamins if you don't like taking pills or if you are forgetful about taking your medication/vitamins. Because I like them it's easier to remember to take them.


All the planets in Universe play their role to design the life of Human being, that's might be good or else, depending on one's deeds or Acts ( Karma ). When these planets are in superior position they gives good results on the contrary bad planet situation results in Bad.
Coming to Vaastu Shastra, the directions and the construction of a house according Vastu Shastra is also related with Human Luck.
Though Vaastu depends upon directions, combination of five elements of nature. But, a person due to lack of knowledge on the subject matter thinks, all that depends on Luck and happens what is designated. They suppose like Luck and Vaastu don't have any co-relation on their peace and prosperity.
All the eight directions of a house are ruled by different planets. The direction or sub-direction of the main door in the house has more attitudes. The planet which rules over that direction influences on the human being, and on the life of house inmates. The positioning of the main door tells about the nature and fate of that house owner along with inmates.
If the main door designed in centre of east direction, Sun is the ruling planet, the character of that owner will be spiritual and ambitious. He will have a sharp substance.
If the main entrance door in the middle of South, the ruling planet is Mars. The owner of that house will be straight forward and bold. Oily and hot food stuff is preferred choice of that house owner.
Having design of main door in Northeast side of the East or North direction, the Jupiter is the ruling planet. The family head will be charitable and frank in Nature. He likes sweets more.
The ruling planet is Venus, if main door is designed in Southeast side of East or South direction. The family head will be happy always. He is expensive and liberal in spending on entertainments. He loves milk products more.
If the main door is in Southwest direction of West or South side, the ruling planet is Rahu. The house owner possesses skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals. He likes non-vegetarian foods in more.
Having main entrance door in Northwest direction of West or North direction, the ruling planet is Moon. The family head is frequently changing minded, emotional and interested in travel. He likes saltiest foods.


Then there are the legendary Lost Nine — guys who never got a regulation-sized, acceptable card from anybody. Brian Ostrosser got a 1975 minor-league card that looks like a bad Xerox. Leon Brown has a terrible 1975 minor-league card and an oversized Omaha Royals card put out as a promotional set by the police department. Tommy Moore got a 1990 Senior League card as a 42-year-old with the Bradenton Explorers. Then we have Al Schmelz, Francisco Estrada, Lute Barnes, Bob Rauch, Greg Harts and Rich Puig. They have no cards whatsoever — the oddball 1991 Nobody Beats the Wiz cards are too undersized to work. (I no longer want to talk about Schmelz, the White Whale  of my Metly Ahabing.) The Lost Nine are represented in THB by DIY cards I Photoshopped and had printed on cardstock, because I am insane.
Anyway, previous annals of the THB roll calls are here , here , here , here , here  and here . And now welcome to the first class of the Alderson regime. Are they heralds of a better era, or standard bearers for the new austerity? Ask us in a few years.
Chis Capuano: One of Alderson's two rolls of the post-injury dice at the back of the rotation, Capuano exceeded expectations, giving the Mets a mix of mostly serviceable starts. Granted, "serviceable" isn't a particularly exuberant accolade. Lots of Capuano's starts followed a predictable pattern: He'd look good early, then get nicked for an unlucky run or two, then crash and burn. In late August, though, he faced one over the minimum  while fanning 13 Braves. Using the Bill James Game Score metric, it was the best pitching performance in the big leagues in 2011, the best Mets performance since David Cone eviscerated the Phillies at the end of 1991 and the equal of Tom Seaver in the Jimmy Qualls Game. (You probably won't guess who's No. 1  in club history, though he was mentioned in a recent Happy Recap.) Still, one game does not a season make. Capuano did better than might have been expected, but the idea of asking him for more in 2012 makes me cringe. Series 2 Mets card.


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Beit Aharon V'Hosafot (Beit Aharon avec des commentaires) est un livre du rabbin Avraham David Lavut (1814-1890) publié pour la première fois en 1878 (5638).

C'est le troisième ouvrage d'Avraham David Lavut, après Kav Naki 1868 (5628) et Netiv Hachaim Al Derech Hachaim 1870 (5630).

En 1690 (5450), le rabbin Aaron bar Shmuel publie son ouvrage Beit Aharon. On y trouve les sources et les références pour tous les versets cités et expliqués dans le Talmud de Babylone et dans le Talmud de Jerusalem, les Midrashim, le Zohar ainsi que dans des commentaires de la Torah.

Avraham David Lavut veut mettre à jour cette œuvre, corrigeant les paginations et ajoutant de nouvelles références. Ces dernières appartiennent à trois catégories:
 Une liste des versets de la Torah en rapport avec les 613 commandements, avec des renvois dans le Talmud et les Codes de Lois, avec des commentaires pour chaque commandement.
 Des sources de références pour des importants ouvrages de la Kabbale, tels que le Tikkunei Zohar et Eitz Chaim, un travail inédit.
 Des sources de références pour tous les écrits du rabbin Shneur Zalman de Liadi (1745-1812), le premier Rebbe de Loubavitch et de son fils le rabbin DovBer Schneuri (1773-1827), le deuxième Rebbe de Loubavitch, publiés à l'époque.

L'ouvrage Beit Aharon V'Hosafot est publié avec une recommandation du rabbin Shmuel Schneersohn (1834-1882), le quatrième Rebbe de Loubavitch.

Notes et références

Bibliographie

A Mother in Israel. The Life and Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson of blessed memory. Mother of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneersoon, The Lubavitcher Rebbe. Edited by Rabbi Alter Eliyahu Friedman. Translated by Yerachmiel Tilles. Kehot Publication Society: 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, 2002, Revised Edition 2006.

Habad-Loubavitch
Littérature hassidique


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Architects have a big responsibility for the role the built environment plays in climate change. Globally, buildings consume 35 percent of all energy and 60 percent of all generated electricity—much of which is produced by fossil fuels. As the largest end-use energy sector, buildings account for more than one-third of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore all buildings from our homes, offices, schools, or shopping centers—and the architects who design them—can either exacerbate our climate problem, or be a foundational part of the solution.
While many leading architects have gained a competitive advantage in the market by practicing environmentally responsible design, the profession as a whole has not traditionally been seen as a leader in addressing climate change. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) wants to change that.
Our world is full of buildings that were designed in isolation from the environment, consuming much more energy than necessary to deliver the services owners and occupants need (such as comfort or shelter). Inefficient building design has become the norm rather than the exception. Considering that the typical lifespan of a commercial building is around 30 years, inefficient design has long-lasting financial, environmental, and health impacts: buildings that are too expensive to operate and/or maintain, don't attract new tenants, or don't deliver as much comfort as they should to occupants.
On the other hand, the thoughtful engagement and good design that leads to better building performance also yields better buildings—ones that are more productive, provide value to tenant and building owners beyond energy cost savings, and bring societal benefit through a lowered cost of transitioning to a clean energy future. While we are experiencing a growing market awareness and a desire to move toward more efficient or even net-zero carbon buildings, developments, and communities, it's not at the rate or scale needed to mitigate the devastating effects of climate change.
Architects must lead in building the solutions to climate change. By making good energy and environmental design part of standard practice, we send a positive signal that market forces are stronger than ever in recognizing and capturing the opportunities around climate-responsible practices. Even as the political landscape creates uncertainty, we can utilize the power of good design to cement our conviction and actively lead on this issue. We at Rocky Mountain Institute commend the AIA for issuing this commentary and aligning their constituents around a common and powerful commitment that also benefits the bottom line for architects, developers, and owners alike.
Regardless of your views on climate change, it's clear that market for high performance buildings will continue to grow. A recent study from Navigant Research showed that the building efficiency industry has experienced 14 percent growth year-over-year globally, and 8 percent in the U.S. alone, now accounting for $68.8 billion in revenue. It is expected that this trajectory will continue. The U.S. Green Buildings Council projects that "green construction" will contribute 1.1 million jobs by 2018.
In this light, here are three opportunities that architects and designers can capture to capitalize on this commitment and the growing building efficiency market most effectively.
Beyond the very powerful recommendations in the commentary (engage in education, engage in energy modeling, and engage in policy-making), we see additional in-market engagement opportunities that can build a bigger, more compelling market future for architects.
Bolster your business case: Set yourself ahead of the pack, be on top of incentives and financing options, and understand the technology and how to integrate it into your designs cost-effectively. You want to create high performance or even net-zero carbon buildings with a better return on investment (ROI) than the next firm.
Build your reputation and augment your sphere of influence: Lead by example—design beautiful buildings with enviable energy and financial performance. This can also serve as a call to action to other industry stakeholders who you work with on a daily basis such as contractors and engineers, and especially clients. Educate your clients to ask for high-performance design. Are you properly selling or articulating the value of high-performance design? Are you well versed in the values beyond energy cost savings, such as increased market values, reduced financial risk, increased resilience, and better indoor environmental quality? Then, are you influencing the selection of the right subcontractors to deliver on this commitment? Consider where you can share key learnings and information with others to advance your reputation and the market as a whole. A rising tide lifts all boats and you can strengthen the industry and your reputation by helping others.
Push the market toward delivering technologies that better serve your design needs:Do you have the tools you need to design smarter buildings? Endorse the products and techniques you like, and help develop new ones that get you working more efficiently. Sometimes the simple issues you struggle with are commonplace, and industry can be engaged to help them become a reality.
This is the time and place for architects to lead on climate change. We must do more. Architects designing high-performance buildings can provide the foundation for a transition to a resilient, clean energy future. If you are an architect, get involved. Get educated, talk to others, and make high-performance design a core part of your business. If you are a potential client, demand better design! When you do, your design team will step up to the challenge. You (and our planet) deserve it—it's the opportunity of our lifetime.


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Q: Bash: read inside while loop Let me introduce my loop to you all:
NUM_LINE=0
while read line; do
  let NUM_LINE+=1
  if [ $NUM_LINE -lt 41 ]; then
    echo -e "\t$BLANC|$ORIGINAL $line $BLANC|"
  else
    echo -e "\n\t$BLANC## "$GRIS"Llista de Nodes sel·leccionats    $BLANC############$ORIGINAL\n"
    read AUX
    NUM_LINE=0
  fi
done <$NODES

So that:

$BLANC is \033[1;37m
$GRIS same
$ORIGINAL as well
$NODES is the absolute path of a file containg a lot of lines like:
| 23127           myserver    98.194.263.29 |
The Problem:

The echo inside the else statement it's properly triggered.
But it doesn't happen the same with the read statement
Any suggestion?

A: The reason that the loop doesn't function properly is because read is reading from stdin in both cases. You need to open an alternate file descriptor to your file and read from the file descriptor.
exec 3<$NODES
NUM_LINE=0
while read -u 3 -r line; do
  (( NUM_LINE++ ))
  if (( NUM_LINE < 41 )); then
    echo -e "\t$BLANC|$ORIGINAL $line $BLANC|"
  else
    echo -e "\n\t$BLANC## "$GRIS"Llista de Nodes sel·leccionats    $BLANC############$ORIGINAL\n"
    read AUX
    NUM_LINE=0
  fi
done