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Chanel Will Stage Métiers d'art Collection at a French Château
Designers are choosing to take themselves off the prescribed schedule as a result of COVID-19
by BARRY SAMAHA / September 16, 2020
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the fashion industry has had to make some tough decisions. Government mandates to stay home and the shuttering of nonessential businesses so as to taper the spread of COVID-19 have seriously affected commerce, causing supply chain disruptions, massive layoffs, and plummeting stocks. Indeed, brands both big and small are experiencing a lack of resources and capabilities to conduct business as usual.
This has undoubtedly impacted the fashion calendar, particularly Fashion Month in September, which would normally showcase the Spring 2021 collections in the fashion capitals of New York, London, Milan, and Paris. Being unable to rent venues in advance, attract international press and buyers, and, more importantly, source and produce samples in time, many have already weighed their options, deciding to forgo presenting at their given Fashion Week. This has also led labels to assess the amount of collections they churn out in a given year, with many calling for a reconfiguring of the entire cycle.
Still, there are others that are sticking to the prescribed schedule. For one, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, the governing body for the French fashion industry, issued a statement saying that Paris Fashion Week will take place from September 28 to October 6. And there are rumours that some of the leading houses intend to show within that time frame—while also following the recommendations of public authorities.
Either way, the Spring 2021 season will be unlike anything that the fashion industry has experienced before.
Ahead is a running list of what labels plan on doing for Fashion Month.
As the tentpole show at Paris Fashion Week, Chanel consistently brings the grandeur and glamour associated with the industry, staging spectacles at the Grand Palais. And for spring 2021, it will continue with business as usual. The storied maison is expected to be one of the first major labels to return to the catwalk on October 6. Additionally, Chanel will present its Métiers d'art collection on December 1 at Château de Chenonceau in Chenonceaux, France.
The American designer is moving his Spring 2021 presentation from September to sometime between mid-October and mid-November 2020. "I have for a long time thought that the fashion calendar needs to change," he said in a statement. "It's exciting for me to see the open dialogue within the fashion community about the calendar—from Giorgio Armani to Dries Van Noten to Gucci to YSL to major retailers around the globe—about ways in which we can slow down the process and improve the way we work. We've all had time to reflect and analyse things, and I think many agree that it's time for a new approach for a new era."
In a Zoom video conference for a series called Global Conversations,Marc Jacobs shared his decision to halt production on his fall 2020 lineup and collection for the upcoming Fashion Week in September. "To be honest, I don't know what we'll be doing or when we'll be starting, but to design a collection I need my team," he explained. "And my team needs to look at fabrics. And those fabrics come from Italy. And we travel, and there's a lot of things that go on. Until we discover a new way to work—until we create a new way to work—or a new end goal to work towards, we really have nothing to do."
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Saint Laurent announced plans to forgo its ready-to-wear show at Paris Fashion Week for the upcoming spring 2021 season and said it will not follow the prescribed Fashion Week calendar for the rest of 2020. The French fashion brand, and subsidiary of luxury conglomerate Kering, points to the coronavirus as the underlying reason for this decision. "Conscious of the current circumstance and its waves of radical change, Saint Laurent has decided to take control of its pace and reshape its schedule," the company said in a statement. "Now more than ever, the brand will lead its own rhythm, legitimating the value of time and connecting with people globally by getting closer to them in their own space and lives."
The Belgian designer has opted to forgo presenting his collection in September. He also led a forum—which included Tory Burch, Carolina Herrera, and Nina Ricci—and penned an open letter asking the fashion industry to adjust the "seasonality and flow of both womenswear and menswear goods, starting with the Autumn/Winter 2020 season."
With the recent appointment of its new creative director, Matthew M. Williams, the French label has decided to present its collection in October 2020.
Related article: How Fashion And Beauty Companies Are Giving Back During The Pandemic
Reputedly the the centrepiece of London Fashion Week, Burberry has opted to ditch a runway show for digital presentation, which will highlight the English label's commitment to sustainability. "As humans, we have always had a deep affinity to nature," said Riccardo Tisci, the brand's creative director, in a statement. "We have had to respect and rely upon its power for our very existence, whilst marvelling and revelling in its extraordinary beauty. Especially recently, we have all yearned to reconnect again and for this show, I wanted to celebrate these feelings by bringing our community together in a creative experience that takes place within the beautiful, natural landscape of Britain."
Normally a fixture of New York Fashion Week, Gabriela Hearst is crossing the Atlantic for the Spring 2021 season. The move to Paris, according to the designer, is a way for her brand to bolster its international presence and circumvent operational issues that the Big Apple still has to flesh out. "When we started to assess with the team what the best course of action was to navigate the ever changing landscape as a result of the pandemic, we realised that for many reasons it became increasingly clear that we will have to present in Paris from an environmental perspective and from a logistics and transportation perspective," she said in a statement. "But above all, it is always a dream for any designer to show in Paris. This is the time for us to manifest this dream."
Simon Porte Jacquemus is no stranger to shunning the status quo, presenting his shows two months before Fashion Month officially commences. And the French designer is sticking to this timeframe for the Spring 2021 season, setting July 16 as his show date. "I'm happy to announce and show our new collection, 'L'amour,'" he said in a statement. "A year ago we decided to slow down our cycle by showing womenswear and menswear together in January and June. This allows us to reduce the number of shows, mutualise fabrics for menswear and womenswear, and slower the pace for my team and partners. More than a creative choice, it's a sustainable model we believe in and that works for us."
This article originally appeared on Harper's BAZAAR US.
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Today I am part of the blog tour for The Stepsister by Jenny O'Brien: I interviewed her! There is also an INTERNATIONAL giveaway going on. Be sure to check that out!
There's not a lot to say. I come from Dublin, but my parents moved to Wales when I was in my teens. I currently live on Guernsey where I'm married with three teens and two cats. My day job is nursing.
I'd always liked the idea of writing but, until I came up with the character Dai Monday, the MC in my first book, I thought it was just a pipe dream.
I seem to have an abundance of ideas floating round my head and a need to find out what's going to happen to my characters. I know the start, middle and end but not the finer plot points.
JRR: What does your writing process consist of? Do you research, do you handwrite or type, do you listen to music or prefer silence?
Like most authors who don't write full-time my writing is squeezed in around the rest of my life. I write both in long hand and type. I think it's important to try and produce something that's as factual as possible even if it is fiction. I'm forever checking things like train timetables and travel distances, in addition to calling on the kindness of strangers for the answers to my random questions. I don't listen to music. I don't need silence and can often be found in a café, notebook to hand. But I never listen to music when I'm working. And even when I'm not working I'm a Radio 4 fan.
That a love of books and reading is the precursor to becoming a writer. Read as much as possible, both within and outside the genre you want to write in.
JRR: Who was your favorite author as a child and did his/her writings influence you to want to become an author?
I loved Enid Blyton but, at that age I had no thoughts of writing as being something I'd be able to do.
There are so many, I read romances and crime/thrillers and it depends on what mood I'm in as to which writer I reach for and, yes, I do re-read my favourite books. For Romances I love Betty Neels, Sarah Morgan, Sue Moorcroft, Jane Linfoot and Eloisa James. For crime/thrillers I love Valerie Keogh, Clare Chase, Martina Cole and Steig Larsson.
Agatha Christie, Daphne du Maurier and Elizabeth Goudge.
Anna Karenina. It's considered to be one of the greatest works of fiction – I'm working up to it.
JRR: Thank you for your time with this interview Jenny!


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An African in the Diaspora making a difference back home
I have returned from a week's preaching trip to Malawi. This was at the invitation of Fletcher Matandika, the president of Joy to the World International Ministries. Although Fletcher asked me as far back as 2010, this was the earliest I could fit this trip into my schedule. I am glad I went. I preached at two events--The Chosen Generation Missions Conferences at the Kamuzu Academy in Kisungu, central Malawi, and at Nthemba Presbyterian Church in Blantyre, southern Malawi. During the long journey between these two conferences, we visited the Joy to the World International Ministries work in Dzuwa village where I was delighted to find a very impressive work (see photos). I also used the time to find out a little more about Fletcher's conversion, call to the ministry, and involvement in Joy to the World. I have reduced this into the form of an interview to make it easier for you to follow.
Fletcher preaching at the Chosen Generation Missions Conference in Blantyre
Conrad: Fletcher, how did you become a Christian?
Fletcher: I got converted when I was very young. I must have become a Christian when I was nine years old. I was brought up in a Christian home. My dad was and is still a pastor. I came across a tract in the home. It was the famous Four Spiritual Laws. I understood that I was a sinner who needed to be reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. It had a prayer at the end. I memorised it, closed my eyes, and prayed from my heart. As young as I was, I'm sure that was when the Lord saved me.
Conrad: How did you find yourself training for the ministry?
Fletcher: Due to my new found love for the Saviour, I began to preach immediately to my friends and went on doing this right through high school. Being a preacher's kid people were not too surprised about this and designated me as such. Upon completing high school I failed to go to university due to the high competition that was there then because we had very few places in university in Malawi in those days. I began a small business selling groceries. The business sank when a friend borrowed my money and failed to repay.
My dad, being a poor rural pastor, could not sponsor my tertiary studies. I felt stuck. It was a very low point in my life. I decided to leave home and go to Lilongwe. My mother was concerned and followed after me. She caught up with me in a town along the way to Lilongwe and took me to a pastor's house in that town to seek to dissuade me. This man pastored a large church and talked to me, but I was not convinced and so I still proceeded to Lilongwe. While in Lilongwe, I listened to the African Bible College (ABC) radio station. They were inviting people to apply to the Bible college. I applied and began to study there.
Speakers at the Chosen Generation Missions Conference at Kamuzu Academy
David Reiner, Julius Twongyeirwe, Conrad Mbewe and George Macaskill
Conrad: You are very passionate about missions. How did you develop this passion?
Fletcher: While studying at ABC, my desire for ministry slowly changed and missions became a burning desire. The call to do missions work grew as I interacted with the lecturers. I particularly remember a short-term missions trip we undertook as students to Mozambique in my first year. As I saw people converted through my preaching, my desire to reach out to people in this way really grew and I determined to find a way after college to go into missions.
Conrad: I hear you have been used by the Lord to start a ministry called The Ministry of Hope. How did that come about?
Fletcher: In my second year at ABC in 1999, I visited my father who was in a new village and there I came across many orphaned children. It was what I saw there that caused me to start The Ministry of Hope. I wanted to help these children. I remember seeing a baby die from malnutrition and my heart bled. I also remember a family that brought firewood to my dad's home to trade with food. This really broke my heart and I determined to do something about it. That was how I began The Ministry of Hope programme, which has since grown and now regularly feeds and supports over 4,000 children all over the country. Government officials were very interested in this and so we partnered with them in due season.
Two semi-detached teachers houses being built. The head teachers house
is almost complete. In the far right top corner of the photo can be seen the
roof of the administration block and the classrooms.
Conrad: How did you branch off from all this and get back to your original missions vision?
Fletcher: Well, with time my spiritual life began to suffer because of the busyness of this ministry. I felt that I needed to resign from this work and finally did so at the end of 2003. I wanted to get back into missions. There were a number of options such as Brazil and Turkey that were on my mind. I attended an Urbana Missions Conference in the USA and was greatly challenged to go to such places. However, the Lord had other plans and instead sent me for further studies. A couple in California offered to sponsor me to study at Westminster Seminary and so I commenced studies there in 2004.
Conrad: That was quite a detour. How did you finally get into the work that you are currently doing?
Fletcher: In my second year at Westminster Seminary, I was invited to stand in for a pastor in Canada. I, however, visited Malawi first and while home I changed my mind about going to stand in for this pastor in Canada. However, at a conference back in the USA, I met American missionaries serving in Canada who spoke of the need for missionaries there. I wished I had not turned down the previous opportunity. The following year, I asked that Canadian church if they were still interested in my service but they turned me down.
At the end of my studies in 2008 that same Canadian church sent out an appeal to the final year students at the seminary asking for someone to go and help them because they were a very small congregation desperately in need of a pastor. I wrote to them telling them everything I had gone through. They called me for ten days and I met with the elders there. They invited me to be with them for one year. They then asked me to be with them for a second year. After that they asked me to stay permanently as an ordained minister of the Associated Presbyterian Church. That was in 2010. I have been there ever since.
The administration block under construction with one classroom block
that has already been roofed
Conrad: How did you begin this wonderful ministry of Joy to the World?
Fletcher: I began Joy to the World International Ministries in 2006. I took a semester off from my studies because I was failing to concentrate on my studies. I was feeling as if my own people back home were feeling abandoned by my being away in the USA. I decided to go back to Malawi and work under my father as a pastoral intern in the village. Dad assigned me responsibilities to preach in different villages, one month per village. In Dzuwa village, my heart was strangely warmed. I held a crusade in the midst of this village that was gripped by witchcraft. I felt a connection with the people there in their spiritual darkness and misery. I would go up in the hills to pray, and my burden grew, until one day the vision of Joy to the World became a reality.
I went to see the village chief. I asked him for 50 acres of land where I could fulfill this project that was developing on my heart. He called the chiefs under him and in my presence he asked them to consider giving me some land for this project. Each one of them agreed. After that they excused me and remained to agree on how much land and where the land would be. When I was called back, I was taken and shown the 171 acres that they had agreed to give me. I was overwhelmed because I did not have a single coin to use to develop the massive land they had given me.
I returned to Westminster Seminary after God gave me two brethren, Elliot and Ulemu, who were willing to move to Dzuwa village to oversee the start of this project. Later, MacDonald joined them. While in the USA I would send them some basic support to keep them going month by month. We sank thirty-one boreholes across the village and thus provided clean water to the people. Deaths from waterborne diseases immediately reduced to the barest minimum. We helped to refurbish the primary school in the village, which at that time had two teachers and three hundred pupils. Now the school has ten teachers and two thousand pupils. By 2008, we started building a clinic in the village to meet the medical needs of the community. We have since hired a medical officer (Jordan) and a registered nurse to run the clinic. People travel long distances to to come and receive treatment in this clinic. We are now building a classical secondary school, which we hope to open in September, the Lord willing.
The Clinic that has been built in the village and is run by Joy to the World
Conrad: I am here to preach at the sixth missions conference being sponsored by Joy to the World International Ministires. How did all this begin?
Fletcher: We started these conferences in 2008. I had spoken at a missions conference in the USA and wished a similar conference could also be held in Malawi. Hence, the goal was to mobilise young people from all over the country for missions work. I was not aware of any missions conferences in Malawi though there were individuals who were passionate about missions. What I wanted was not simply to inspire people to go out in missions but to give them doctrinal moorings. The missions conference was aimed at adding the doctrinal element to the call to missions.
One night, while thinking about it, 1 Peter 2:9 came to mind, hence the name "Chosen Generation Missions Conference". In fact, the first conference had "Chosen to Proclaim" as its theme. From my exposure at Westminster, I wanted consecutive expository preaching at this conference. Thus I began taking the conference through the Lord's Prayer. By the way, it was during the very first missions conference that I met my lovely wife, Angella. She was studying at university and had heard that there was going to be this missions conference. She came. We met. And the rest is history.
A group photo. Standing next to Fletcher in clerical garb is Fletcher's dad
and standing behind me is Michael, the board chairman of Joy to the World
Conrad: I must admit that I am very impressed by what I have seen here in Dzuwa village. As the work here grows and your pastoral ministry also grows, how are you hoping to combine your pastoral ministry in Canada and your burden for your own people back home?
Fletcher: My goal is to continue teaching and preaching to my congregation and at the same time continue to get involved in a global ministry. I look forward to the day when I will remain in Canada ministering at my church while my church members travel to Africa and elsewhere in the world to do what I am currently doing. I want this to be an outworking of their growing vision and passion for missions in response to the Lord's work in their lives. I am truly hoping that this will grow through my preaching ministry among them to the glory of God. If this is achieved, I trust that it will be a blessing to God's people among the nations through Jesus Christ.
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Labels: Conferences, Itinerant Ministry, Missions, Other countries, Testimonies
John Mthetwa July 9, 2013 at 11:21 AM
This is an amazing account indeed, sounds very simple and yet shows what determination can do. That is why they say, in order to get off day dreaming, you must wake up and do what you are dreaming.
Redeemed & Restored July 10, 2013 at 2:23 PM
What an amazing and powerful God we serve! This story has uplifted my heart...to see the Lord at work through faithful servants who hold true to His unfailing Word is a wonderful thing indeed. In a world of false teachers, false gospels and false conversions, it is comforting to see true shepherds guarding the Lord's flock. May you both continue to be blessed and be a blessing to others.
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Who is Mark?
It's time for an education revolution in Oakland.
Only 1 of 3 students attending school in Oakland read at grade level. Let that sink in — nearly 66% of students in this city are being failed by our schools. The statistics are even more troubling for black and brown students. At some schools, as few as 1 in 5 students are reading at grade level. That's an 80% failure rate. This is also a generational issue — many parents and grandparents of Oakland students, who themselves attended school in Oakland are unable to read, having been failed by a system of education that does not deliver on this single, most critical, and basic skill: reading. A student who does not read at grade level by the 3rd grade is far less likely to graduate from high school. Time for tinkering is past.
Oakland Unified School District needs a revolution: we must engage in an all-out campaign to teach our children to read.
In Mark's first school board meeting he will introduce a board policy to establish a requirement that every student is reading at grade level by the third grade. Mark will look to build partnerships with leaders in organizations like The Oakland Reach and others who are pushing for a structured literacy program — community leaders who are already working to bring about this revolutionary change. We face serious challenges in Oakland, and the current pandemic is making life more difficult for everyone. Our students must be our priority. This is a time for revolutionary thinking and action.
Mark Hurty has a deep understanding of the district's needs and a vision for the future.
Mark has been a student, a parent, and a teacher in Oakland Unified School District. He is running for a seat on the Oakland School Board because he believes that the district is not living up to its obligation to provide every student in the city with the high-quality education they deserve. The lopsided availability of resources in Oakland's schools is perpetuating and compounding systemic inequity in our city. Like many districts, Oakland struggles to attract and retain the teachers who will provide a quality education for the next generation of students, a problem exacerbated by the district's budget challenges. And having recently completed a Certification in Education Finance through Georgetown University, Mark will support policies that require a budgeting process that engages the community and makes OUSD's budget more transparent and equitable.
Mark has broad experience in the education technology sector and has the vision to set policy that will bridge the digital divide.
Mark will bring his experience as an arts organization founder, as a successful high-tech product manager, and his perspective as a special education teacher to bear on the significant problems faced by the district. OUSD has a history of administrative mismanagement and has consistently struggled to allocate sufficient resources to schools. Mark will work to lead the board to establish policies that modernize and bring discipline to the district's central administration with the goal of redirecting the districts resources to better serve students. Mark will work to ensure that every student in Oakland has access to a high quality education, regardless of the neighborhood where they live. And the board needs someone with Mark's extensive experience in technology as we face the massive challenges of providing education for students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What does a high quality education for Oakland's students look like?
First and foremost, our schools need to teach children to read. The literacy crisis in Oakland is the most critical issue to be addressed. Grade-level literacy will unlock the opportunity for schools to offer experience in the arts, and real-world opportunities for creative expression. I believe in supporting programs like the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) program at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, and the Culinary Arts academy at Ralph Bunche High School. Mark will support these and other new programs that enrich the lives of our students and the community. We can do this! Oakland teachers are capable, creative, and committed to offering the best education possible to our students. It's up to the board of education to support our superintendent and her team with the kind of policies that make this high quality education a reality in Oakland!
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El municipio de Red Fish (en inglés: Red Fish Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Mellette en el estado estadounidense de Dakota del Sur. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 16 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 0,14 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Red Fish se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 112.37 km², de la cual 112,16 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0,19 %) 0,21 km² es agua.

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Según el censo de 2010, había 16 personas residiendo en el municipio de Red Fish. La densidad de población era de 0,14 hab./km². De los 16 habitantes, el municipio de Red Fish estaba compuesto por el 93,75 % blancos, el 6,25 % eran amerindios. Del total de la población el 0 % eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Double the delight at two HSJ award short-listings
The finalists for the HSJ Awards 2019 have been announced – and we're delighted to have been shortlisted for two prestigious national awards.
We've been shortlisted in the Staff Engagement Award category for work to improve engagement through communications.
The South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP) has also been shortlisted in the System Leadership Initiative of the Year category for collaborating, not competing, to transform mental health outcomes for a 3.6m population in south London.
Matthew Trainer, Chief Executive said: "It's great news to be shortlisted for these awards. Recognising the hard work of our staff is so important and I'm really pleased that Oxleas and our partner SLP trusts have been singled out in this way for special praise - to be shortlisted is a great achievement, especially given the tough competition."
The HSJ awards are one of the largest celebrations of healthcare excellence in the world, recognising and promoting the finest achievements in the NHS and showcasing them to the service's most influential leaders.
Our shortlisted teams will now take part in presentations and interviews to judging panels of senior healthcare figures. Winners will be revealed at a ceremony at Battersea Evolution in London on 6 November.
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'This Is One To Remember': Trooper Reunites Escaped Emotional Support Kangaroo With Owner
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. (CBS Local) — A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper hopped into action to reunite an escaped kangaroo with its owner Monday night.
Trooper Huntley H. Hoemann said he thought the initial call about a kangaroo hopping down a rural road in Franklin County was a joke.
"I got a call from someone who saw a roo hopping down the road. I didn't believe it at first," he told WDAF.
There was an escape last night in Franklin Co, but not what you would expect. Troopers see many things during their career and this is one to remember. A kangaroo escaped from his home and Trooper H. Hoemann was able to find him and return him safely to his owner. 🦘❤👮♂ pic.twitter.com/pUPU6R8cTt
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Hoemann was able to find the kangaroo and return him safely to his owner.
The kangaroo is an emotional support animal, according to Hoemann. The owner said it had escaped from her outside gate.
"It was just funny," he said. "I never thought I would have to chase a kangaroo."


The Flying Box Theatre came together in 2013 to create portable and enchanting puppet theatre for young audiences. Co-founders Jesse Orr and Deborah Sullivan were inspired by the discovery of a collection of unusual folk tales in Bavaria, Germany, and began independently translating and adapting the stories for the stage in 2014. The result of our work was the development of Hans Dudeldee and other Forgotten Fairy Tales, a puppet show that has entertained youth and adults in Ontario and Quebec since 2014. Currently, a French translation of the show is in development.
Today The Flying Box Theatre is run collectively by Jesse, Deborah, and Chantale Urbain. This team has adapted another unique fairy tale for puppet theatre, Prince Dung Beetle, using toy theatre and cantastoria, two ancient forms of two-dimensional puppetry, plus lots of music and a few amazing facts about the humble dung beetle.
Deborah Sullivan is a theatre designer, small-scale set builder, and fibre artist. In the past she has brought her love for the miniature to set-building for stop-motion animation for films such as The Little Prince and If I was God. Now she puts it to good use creating puppets and objects that fit in our portable stage! She discovered a love for children's theatre working on costumes for several shows with Geordie Productions (including Robin Hood, Pinocchio, and Chloe's Choice) and her other backstage roles in theatre have included set, lighting and costume design as well as props building. She currently divides her time between The Flying Box and her fibre arts endeavours, creating hand-dyed yarns and knitting and crochet patterns for Sweet Paprika Designs.
Jesse Orr is an insatiably multi-disciplinary and collaborative artist, incorporating design, curation, performance, puppetry, visual arts and activism into her theatre practice. As a member of The Flying Box Theatre she has especially loved working directly with kids as a storyteller and as a workshop facilitator, and she hopes to create more opportunities like this in the future. Jesse also enjoys making things with adults who feel like kids when it comes to art. In the professional performance world, she has recently performed a live puppet video for Architect Theatre's Like There's no Tomorrow, co-designed a set for Benjamin Kamino's m/other, constructed puppets for Kid Koala's Nufonia Must Fall and Great Small Works' Anthropocene and project managed Porte Parole Productions J'aime Hydro. Jesse is part of Montreal's Café Concret collective, which has been staging bilingual cabarets of short works of contemporary object performance since 2006. See jesseorr.com for more.
Chantale Urbain is an accordionist and singer who has been touring for the past several years with bands in Quebec and in Europe. She holds a diploma in music from Cegep de Drummondville and has studied with professional musicians in Romania and Moldova. As a member of La Fanfare Carmagnole, Shnock&Shanti, and Kumpa'nia Chantale plays a variety of instruments in many styles. She has been able to bring these various influences to The Flying Box Theatre as a member since 2015. Her role is mainly a musical one, as composer, accordionist and musical director, but she also contributes to script writing and staging. She loves to enliven The Flying Box's worlds of enchantment with her accordion, showing children young and old an instrument they don't usually see!


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We're back celebrating some of the best alternative talent of the North West & North Wales - four years and running Cestrians! With a blend of Folk & Americana on our Courtyard acoustic stage and a mix of Psych, Rock & Indie on our Garden Stage, again we'll be closing with our afterparty inside from 10 till late. We're also happy to announce Adam Thomas Walton (BBC Radio Wales) will be DJing throughout the day.
Our second wave of artists will be announced the weekend of FOCUS Wales. Artwork by Anna Jane Houghton.


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Top Stories: Stolen Tricycle Returned, Sandlot Already Mulling Expansion, 20-Year-Old Aaron Laciny Killed in Hit and Run
The most popular read this week concerned a well-known Hampdenite's stolen tricycle. Lou Catelli/Will Bauer's adult-sized, three-wheeled contraption went missing outside the Hampden Family Center on W. 36th Street late last month. Security camera footage showed the culprit: a man donning a neon safety vest who used a pair of bolt cutters to break the lock and take off with the trike.
For more than two weeks, the "Mayor" (or self-described "ambassador") of Hampden worked with police and friends online to track it down. Pictures early on showed it near Mondawmin Mall.
Last Friday, Major Rich Gibson from the Baltimore Police Department's Northern District ceremoniously returned Catelli's trike, riding with two colleagues down to Old Bank Barbers in Hampden, where a small crowd was waiting. Catelli told Baltimore Fishbowl police arranged a drop-off with the suspect, whose identity hasn't been released.
Catelli added that rather than wanting to see the perp punished, he'd rather offer him a job as a pedicab driver, since he had strong enough legs to move his trike across the city.
Here were Baltimore Fishbowl's other most popular reads this week:
Top Stories: The Sandlot Opens at Harbor Point, A Creative Take on a Wedding Itinerary, Woodberry Flip for $417K
Our most popular story this week was Ed Gunts' preview writeup about yesterday's premiere for The Sandlot, the new waterside bar, restaurant and "beach hangout" at Harbor Point. The collaboration between Foodshed LLC and Beatty Development Group has been months in the making. It consists of a largely outdoor dining and entertainment venue with volleyball and bocce courts, a children's play area, picnic tables, an Airstream trailer and, as the name suggests, bountiful sand.
Visitors can enjoy the comfort of indoor eating and drinking, however, as the bar and kitchen are made from customized shipping containers.
Ed offered this assessment of its ambiance: "It may have its roots in rustic campgrounds and childhood sandlots, but Sandlot also has the sophisticated vibe of the latest generation of rooftop bars in Manhattan that are open to the sky and city views."
Our other most popular reads from the last seven days:
Deep In The Woods, But Not Too Far From Graul's: Ruxton Mid-Century Asks $1.295M
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Hot House: 919 Rolandvue Road, Towson, MD 21204
Mid-century, modern style house in cedar shake, circa 1967, designed by noted architect Walter Ramberg. 4,842 sq. ft. with four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, large deck overlooking woods. Bi-level living room with granite fireplace, floor-to-ceiling windows and two-story built-in bookcases. Curved glass wall in dining room and kitchen (updated in 2015). Thirteen-foot ceilings. Master bedroom and family room with three walls of windows. Central a/c, hydronic radiant floors. Two-story, two-bedroom guest house, woodshed, heated pool, natural landscaping on four private acres: $1,295,000.
Modern English: Chic Family House In Homeland Asks $1,350,000
Hot House: 213 Goodale Road, Baltimore, MD 21212
English village-style house in brick, circa 1930, with slate roof and copper trim. Six bedrooms, four full and two half baths over over four levels. 4,850 sq. feet with finished basement. Entrance hall, living room with french doors, fireplace and window seat, paneled library, sunroom with doors to double patio. Hardwood floors throughout. Renovated master bath with custom desk and cabinetry. Bathrooms remodeled. Bedroom closets added. New central air, two-car garage, extensive professional landscaping, on a .26-acre lot: $1,350,000
Action on Blythewood Road: Old Estate Hits The Market, and a Teardown Down the Street
Hot House: 4 Blythewood Road, Baltimore, MD 21210
Georgian-style estate home, circa 1923, designed by noted local architect Laurence Fowler, stone with slate roof. Needs work. Ten bedrooms, eight baths over 10,088 sq. ft. Nine-foot ceilings, french doors, bow windows. Marble entrance foyer opens to grand hall, formal living and dining rooms with fireplace, sunroom with fireplace, kitchen breakfast room, butler's pantry, large master suite with study and bath. Elegant motor court, bluestone terrace with pergola, heated swimming pool, no central air. To be sold as is. 2.36 acres: $1,535,000
Top Stories: War Memorial Lighting Fix Planned, A Home with Southern Charm in North Roland Park, Documentary About Baltimore Step Team Praised at Sundance
Our most popular story this week was Ed Gunts' coverage of a planned restoration project for Baltimore's 92-year-old War Memorial Building at 101 N. Gay Street. Ed Gunts reported in his Urban Landscape column that the historic building is set to receive a simple makeover when the city removes the soundproofing covering the interior glass windows. Once that's finished, natural light can flood into Memorial Hall and let its design truly shine.
Here were our other most-read stories from Saturday, Jan. 21 through today:
Off the Market: Baltimore 'Hot Houses' Recently Sold (And Not)
"The market's back!" has been the news on the real estate beat for nearly a year now. Home prices have been rising. According to a story by Keven Litten in Tuesday's Baltimore Business Journal, home prices in the region are up by 5.7% since a year ago (7.1% if you exclude distressed homes), and may be going higher. Many Baltimore realtors are noticing a pent-up demand. Mary Lynn Mullican, an agent with Hill & Co. says, "there is definitely a perception that this is a good time to buy. I have people I haven't heard from in two years who want to start looking next week. People just get antsy for change."
Sellers, on the other hand, may still be waiting. According to Whit Harvey, who heads up the Whit Harvey Group at Coldwell Banker, that may not be the best strategy. "Interest rates have gone up. Very often, sellers think this won't affect homes priced at the upper end of the market, but there is a 'trickle up' effect. If affordability drops for first time buyers, it will eventually affect the higher priced homes. Right now, supply is down and demand is up. It's a good time to buy or sell."
And houses are selling. So let's take a look back and see which of our high-end favorites, in and around Baltimore, have gone in the past six months. Let us know if you spot a market trend.
SOLD 4100 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, 21218 This grand brick Georgian, built in 1925 on the corner of Highfield Road, sold quickly but well under its asking price of $1,049,000. 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, 5,224 sq. ft. On July 16th it went for $775,000.
SOLD 4622 Keswick Road, Baltimore, 21210 A circa 1894 former Methodist Protestant Church in Evergreen went fast, and for 20% over its asking price of $250,000. It needed a lot of work, which has already begun. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 3,241 sq. ft. Sold in March for $307,500
Off the Market: Hot Houses Recently Sold (And Some Not)
Our every-so-often check on how high-end properties are selling in the Baltimore area reveals the following activity:
SOLD: 5 Club Road, Roland Park. Federal Revival house with underground tunnel to garage. For $800,000 on September 6. Asking price was $949,000
A River Runs Through It: Idyllic Farmhouse On The Western Run
Hot House: Scott's Mill House, 1727 Western Run Road, Cockeysville, Md. 21230
Early American in the Quaker style, a three story, five bedroom, five bath, fieldstone farmhouse overlooking the widest part of the Western Run, 5,100 sq. ft., with new-built guesthouse and garage, landscaped gardens with pond, orchard and river frontage, 8.7 acres : $2.7 million
What: Historic home, built over a hundred year period, starting in 1770. This house has all the hallmarks of colonial-era architecture: wide plank pine floors, deep windowsills and lowish doorframes. It has been impeccably and sensitively restored and modernized – it's rare to see a house so old anywhere in such perfect condition.
Enter the center hall by either front or back door – both are equally inviting. Just one room deep, the house forms a telescope, with the oldest part in the middle. To the left is a cozy, well-proportioned living room with generous windows and a fireplace. To the right, vistas lead through the long, beamed dining room to the eat-in kitchen and on to a newly added sunroom. Kitchen has Viking range, Sub-zero fridge, brick floor and large adjacent mudroom/alcove. The sunroom has 180 degree views of river, pond and meadow, lots of wildlife. Upstairs, four sunny bedrooms with plenty of closets and a master bedroom suit. Bathrooms are all modern. Outside, a new guesthouse and garage perfectly match the design of the old house. Guesthouse has another large bedroom and luxurious office/studio overlooking pond and meadow.
Naturalistic gardens link the house to the river, meadow, outbuildings, orchard and pond. The rivers runs about 50 yards behind the house, visible through the trees. Owner is one of Baltimore's favorite ice skaters — guess which one — moving to warmer climes. We will miss her, but she's left a wonderful legacy in the restoration of this classic Maryland property.
Where: If you're looking for a real country house which is not a horse farm, this may be it. About 25 minutes from Baltimore, it's an exceptionally pretty drive. Winding roads, horses, stone walls – everything you go to the country for. And proximity to Wegman's. 83N to Exit 24 Butler/Sparks. Left off the ramp to Belfast Road. 1.6 miles then a left onto Tanyard. 1.4 miles, then left to Western Run. 1727 is on left, just past the horse farm.
Why: Skating on the pond. Fruit from the orchard. Fish from the river.
Why Not: Ticks from the deer.
Would Suit: Seeker of authenticity. Well, up to a point…
NB: No pool, but the river here is private (no tubing, no boating). Maybe you could swim in it?
Woodbrook
"Downton Abbey" 20 minutes from Downtown Baltimore?
Hot House: 25 Woodbrook Lane, Baltimore, Md. 21212
Stone manor-style house, circa 1934, with five acres of land, backing on the seventh hole of the Elkridge Club golf course. Eight bedrooms, eight bathrooms, on three stories, 7,724sq. feet: $2.5 million
What: Among the finest houses in Baltimore — built for the owner's family by Laurence Fowler, a well known Baltimore architect (see Guilford) — this is its first time on the market in over fifty years. Rolling front yard feels like the English countryside — giant ginko trees, looming pines — think Downton Abbey (and you, strolling the grounds with your lab). The façade is a warm, weathered stone. You enter the center hall, with black and white marble floors, at once grand and welcoming, and turn to face a large living room, butternut-wood paneled library, and dining room off the main foyer. French doors in nearly every room all seem to have a southern exposure – this is by design. Down the east wing is the large, sunny kitchen. Bathrooms and kitchen probably want redoing, but overall, the house is in mint condition — slate roof appears in perfect shape, the basement warm and dry, and with its baronial fireplace, evoking a medieval mead hall. Bedrooms upstairs are large, bright and generously supplied with both closets and views. Too numerous to mention are the architectural details — carved wooden moldings, casement windows with bronze mullions, etc. — throughout the house. And yes, just past the trees in the back, visible from the stone patio off the library, rolling green hills and the challenge of the seventh hole.
Where: A prime location, Woodbrook Lane combines the feel of a rural country lane with immediate, but invisible, access to Charles Street. Coming north on Charles Street, out of the city, Woodbrook Lane is on the left, just past the Brown Memorial Church. The house is second on the left, windows shining in the sun, at the top of the hill. At its end, the street runs into Robert E. Lee Park, so there's no through traffic, and it's quiet at all hours.
Would Suit: Lord and Lady Grantham – of Baltimore
Why: Gorgeous old trees, copper gutters, stonework details – they don't make houses like this anymore.
Why not: "Trees, schmees" – you'd rather a newly-built, fully-wired French chateau in Owings Mills.
NB: The original 17-acre lot is being subdivided, so that you will have five new houses — on two acre lots — nearby in a few years.


A Norwich community centre have their first ever art afternoon for people of all ages.
A Norwich community centre is hosting its first ever art afternoon for people of all ages.
People who attend the free workshop, at the Marlpit Community Centre, will create puppet portraits along with other arts and crafts.
Ran by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and the Norwich Puppet Theatre, the class is suitable for under-fives, parents, families and the older generation.
The event is part six free taster events which have seen people participating in yoga, history talks and fruit picking.
The one off art event will take place on Monday, October 8 between 2-4pm at the centre on Hellesdon Road.


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News A Toyota Century Convertible for the Japanese Emperor
A Toyota Century Convertible for the Japanese Emperor
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Toyota Century Convertible | Photo: Toyota
Toyota created a one-of Century Convertible for Japan's new Emperor. It will carry Emperor Naruhito on October 22nd.
The 126th Japanese Emperor will be able to stroll his hair in the wind during the ceremony celebrating his coronation. Indeed, a convertible version of Toyota's famous grand luxury Century sedan was designed exclusively to chauffeur him as part of this event.
Unquestionably the most luxurious car in Japan, the third-generation Century is powered by a 5.0-litre V8 engine with a hybrid system that allows it to develop 425 horsepower. We find this engine in several Lexus models here in North America. Let's remember that this large sedan has already been powered by a twelve-cylinder engine
Decorated with golden emblems representing royalty, this Century will roll a few kilometres during the coronation ceremony of Emperor Naruhito. The rear seats were specially designed to transport the emperor from the imperial palace to downtown Tokyo, at Asakusa Palace on October 22nd.
It will probably be exhibited in a museum later if Toyota does not decide to use it as a promotional tool for the Olympic Games or to showcase it at the Tokyo Motor Show which will open a few days after the official ceremony.
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If you've been asking yourself why this offseason is different from other recent offseasons, it's not just that they forgot to water the free agent starting pitchers and now the crop isn't looking so great. There's also the fact that we're just over a week away from the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement and the owners and MLBPA are still working out the details. While it's certainly not unusual for these type of negotiations to drag and drag and then get 'er done at the eleventh hour, there is some cause for concern.
The latest news is that the owners are willing to consider locking out the players, which would put trades, signings and (please, dear baseball gods, no) actual baseball on hold until an agreement is reached. Now, there's a reasonable chance this is just posturing on the part of the owners to get the MLBPA to acquiesce on some demands, but it's also a little bit frightening. We've had 21 years of labor peace in baseball and, despite the naysayers' contention that baseball is dead or dying, the sport is not only healthy, but making money hand over fist with record local television deals, so it seems like the opposing sides should be able to work something out. Here, we're going to take a look at at some of the biggest issues underlying this high-stakes game of chicken.
We already talked about this issue in depth last offseason, so you can refer to those articles if you want to read about the details of the current qualifying offer system (QOS) and some possible fixes. What's new is that we've learned that the owners are proposing to simply get rid of the QOS altogether and simply give teams a draft pick when they lose a player to free agency. While it was my opinion that getting rid of the QOS was by far the best solution, I didn't think there was any way it would happen because the owners wouldn't want to give it up. According to Ken Rosenthal, it turned out there was something that they want even more than the QOS, though, and they're willing to make this concession in order to get it.
And there's the rub. The owners are willing to get rid of the QOS because they want an international draft badly, for a variety of reasons, some noble, some not. First off, subjecting international players to a draft would, on the whole, be economically favorable to the owners, as the teams would be able to apply the same tools they use to depress US-born MLB players' salaries until those players reach free agency.
As it stands, there are international spending limits, but those seem to be more intended to keeping the richer teams from hogging all the international free agents and those same rich teams have shown that they will blow past those spending limits, as the penalties aren't severe enough to keep them from doing so. Obviously, an international draft will be of a large benefit to small and mid-market teams who will now be on equal footing with the Dodgers, Cubs and other rich teams when it comes to recruiting international talent.
Even if you absolutely hate unions and the concept of trying to level the playing field for cash-poor teams, there are certainly some things to be said in favor of an international draft. You've probably read accounts of Cuban players' journeys to the US (and, if not, start with the story of the late, great José Fernandez and the truly insane story of Yasiel Puig's defection), so there's definitely something to be said for stopping those things from happening and putting an end to large amounts of said players' salaries going to handlers. There's also the hope that it will help do away with age controversies and PED use by international agents looking to get signed, as well.
On the whole, though, a straight-swap of the QOS for an international draft would be a huge boon for the owners. While the QOS allows owners to reign in the salaries of a very small group of players every year (there were only ten players to receive a qualifying offer this offseason), subjecting all international players, who make up a huge percentage of players in the minor and major leagues, to a draft would save owners far, far more money than the QOS, so you can see why they are digging their heels in on this issue.
There was some talk this season about potentially shortening the regular season to 154 games as it was back in the early 1960's. The current 162-game season takes 183 days, which means only 21 days off over that period. That, combined with the necessity of travel (worsened, obviously, by interleague play), makes for a grueling schedule for the players. However, there's a lot of money to be made on ticket sales, concessions and television advertising over those eight games, so it currently appears that the owners are only willing to make a slight concession and add four off-days by extending the season 187 days while keeping it at 162 games.
There is word that one of the changes coming will be an expansion of the normal roster size to 26. Having an extra player available theoretically means more off days throughout the grueling season of death, but in reality it will probably translate to a LOOGY on your roster who comes in, throws 15 pitches before he gives up a hit and is removed and will thereby be responsible for wasting about 15 minutes of your life every other game. It does certainly mean an extra member of the MLBPA making major league money, and had been rumored to be coming, so it shouldn't come as a surprise.
Also in the realm of non-surprising developments is the reduction of the September roster from 40 to a more manageable 28 or 29. This should down on pitching changes and get us back some of the time we will have given up with our brand new LOOGYs over the course of the first five months of the season.
As of this moment, all we know for sure is that the $189-million luxury-tax threshold is set to go up. Also as of this moment, per Spotrac, every team is sitting below that threshold. Perhaps the rich teams are waiting to make their big signings until after this gets sorted. While this issue isn't the kind of thing that's going to keep a deal from being reached by any stretch of the imagination, it's definitely of interest in terms of the deals being inked for the biggest free agents this offseason.
Here's to hoping that this is just a bunch of posturing and that we can do another article discussing what the changes were and get back to debating and discussing the signings of pitchers who we have little doubt will not really make our teams that much better. Because I, for one, would rather write about Ivan Nova's four-year, $60 million deal than spend weeks, months or, baseball gods forbid, a whole season, talking about the nuances of a labor contract and why a sport where yearly revenues are in the billions can't figure out how to get its $%!@ together. It's not time to start losing our appetites or sleep over the CBA yet, though. Enjoy your turkey tomorrow, but then keep a weary, tryptophan-tired eye on Twitter over the weekend, because we aren't out of the boring contract negotiation woods yet.


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Pascal Behrenbruch (* 19. Januar 1985 in Offenbach am Main) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Zehnkämpfer. Sein größter Erfolg ist der Gewinn der Europameisterschaft 2012.

Sportliche Laufbahn
Pascal Behrenbruch kam schon mit sechs Jahren zur Leichtathletik. Mit 15 Jahren wurde er Deutscher Meister im Achtkampf, außerdem Hessischer Meister im Achtkampf, Hochsprung, Kugelstoßen, Diskuswurf und Speerwurf.

2002 gewann Behrenbruch in der B-Jugend die Deutsche Meisterschaft im Speerwurf und im Zehnkampf. Vier Jahre lang hielt er den deutschen Rekord in der B-Jugend (männlich unter 18 Jahren), der am 2. September 2006 von Jan Felix Knobel verbessert wurde. In der A-Jugend wurde er 2003 Deutscher Meister im Zehnkampf, ein Jahr später Vizemeister im Speerwurf und Hessischer Meister im Kugelstoßen, Diskus- und Speerwurf.

Für die Europameisterschaften 2006 in Göteborg wurde Behrenbruch nur nominiert, weil der Hallenweltmeister und Weltmeisterschaftsvierte von Helsinki, André Niklaus, wegen einer Fußverletzung absagen musste. Er wurde bei diesem Wettkampf mit 8209 Punkten als bester Deutscher Fünfter und steigerte seine persönliche Bestleistung um zehn Punkte. 2007 belegte er bei den U-23-Europameisterschaften in Debrecen den zweiten Platz, dabei verbesserte er seine Bestleistung auf 8239 Punkte.

Nach einer knapp verpassten Olympiaqualifikation 2008 stellte Behrenbruch beim Mehrkampfmeeting im österreichischen Götzis am 31. Mai 2009 mit 8374 Punkten einen neuen persönlichen Rekord auf und erreichte damit den dritten Platz. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2009 in Berlin belegte er den sechsten Rang und konnte seine eigene Bestmarke um 65 Zähler auf 8439 Punkte verbessern.

2010 übertraf er zu Beginn der Saison in Götzis knapp die Norm für die Europameisterschaften in Barcelona. Nach einer Verletzung musste er jedoch einen Leistungsnachweis erbringen, den der Deutsche Leichtathletik-Verband nach den nationalen Meisterschaften als nicht bestanden ansah. Behrenbruch ging gegen diese Entscheidung juristisch vor, blieb jedoch erfolglos. In Talence gelang ihm mit einer deutschen Jahresbestleistung von 8202 Punkten und einem zweiten Platz ein versöhnlicher Saisonabschluss.

Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2011 wurde Behrenbruch Siebter. Sein bisher größter Erfolg gelang ihm im darauffolgenden Jahr bei den Europameisterschaften 2012, als er mit der neuen persönlichen Bestleistung von 8558 Punkten den Titel gewann. Es war das erste Gold im EM-Zehnkampf der Herren für einen deutschen Athleten seit 1971. Bei den Olympischen Spielen in London im selben Jahr wurde er Zehnter.

Mit 8514 Punkten qualifizierte sich Behrenbruch 2013 für die Weltmeisterschaften in Moskau, bei der er mit 8316 Punkten enttäuschter Elfter wurde.

In den Folgejahren kam er nicht mehr an diese Leistungen heran. Vor der Qualifikation für die Olympischen Spiele in Rio de Janeiro zog er sich einen Muskelfaserriss am Oberschenkel zu.

Behrenbruch startete für den LG Eintracht Frankfurt. Er wurde von Jürgen Sammert trainiert. Sein Wettkampfgewicht betrug 96 kg bei einer Körpergröße von 1,96 m.

Im Juni 2006 beendete er seine Ausbildung als IT-Kaufmann. Er arbeitet als Sportberater für Führungskräfte bei der Flughafengesellschaft Fraport am Flughafen Frankfurt Main. Im Jahr 2016 wurde Behrenbruch Vater.

Pascal Behrenbruch sprach im August 2018 Rahmen der sechsten Staffel der Reality-Show Promi Big Brother vom Ende seiner Sportler-Karriere und bezeichnete sich im Verlauf der Sendung mehrmals als "ehemaligen" Sportler.

Bestleistungen in den Einzeldisziplinen

Erfolge
 Deutscher B-Jugendmeister 2002 (Zehnkampf und Speerwurf)
 Deutscher A-Jugendmeister 2003
 Deutscher Vizemeister A-Jugend 2004 (Speerwurf)
 Deutscher Juniorenmeister 2005
 5. Platz bei den Europameisterschaften 2006 in Göteborg
 Vizeeuropameister bei den U23-Europameisterschaften 2007
 3. Platz beim Mehrkampf-Meeting in Götzis 2009
 6. Platz bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2009 in Berlin
 2. Platz beim Décastar 2010 in Talence
 Europameister bei den Europameisterschaften 2012 in Helsinki

Sonstiges
2018 nahm er an der sechsten Staffel der Reality-Show Promi Big Brother teil, in welcher er als Erster rausgewählt wurde.

Weblinks

 Athletenporträt von Pascal Behrenbruch bei der IAAF (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Zehnkämpfer (Deutschland)
Europameister (Zehnkampf)
Olympiateilnehmer (Deutschland)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2012
Leichtathlet (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Teilnehmer an Promi Big Brother
Deutscher
Geboren 1985
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The Closing: Steven Holl
The veteran architect on finally finishing the Hunters Point Library, marrying his student and being liberated in China
October 2019 Issue /
Oct.October 01, 2019 11:00 AM
By Kathryn Brenzel
Steven Holl (Photo by Axel Dupeux)
Famed architect and watercolorist Steven Holl founded his company as a two-person practice in Chelsea in 1977. The firm has since grown to 40 people across two offices, one around the corner from Hudson Yards and the other in Beijing. Steven Holl Architects has completed more than 60 projects in the U.S., China, Japan and other countries. Holl and his colleagues worked on the $41 million Hunters Point library, which opened in September — nearly a decade after it was designed. Their extension of the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., also opened last month, sporting "crinkle concrete" walls, a style of concrete design invented by the firm. The company now has seven projects under construction, eight in design and another nine awaiting approvals or financing. Much of Holl's work in the U.S. has focused on museums, religious institutions, schools and other public spaces, though his firm has designed a few office towers in China. Holl is also a professor at Columbia University, where he has taught about the phenomenological side of architecture since 1981. The ceiling of his office is lined with boxes containing tens of thousands of his own watercolor paintings, a collection he adds to every day as he works out aspects of his designs.
DOB: December 9, 1947
Lives in: West Village
Hometown: Bremerton, Washington
Family: Married with one daughter
What were you like as a kid? I have a [younger] brother, and he and I built clubhouses in the backyard. At one point, we had an underground clubhouse and a two-story treehouse. I realized later on there are four kinds of architecture: Under the ground, in the ground, on the ground and over the ground. And I think that maybe started with my childhood at 7 years old.
So that's how you got into architecture? It was an intuitive desire because I could draw, I like mathematics and I like making things. That's my joy of architecture — being able to make the models, in a way, is enough. You don't actually have to build every design.
Were either of your parents architects? No. My father had a service heating and sheet metal company. It was putting in furnaces, ductwork and HVAC systems. I actually worked as a sheet metal mechanic when I was 15 and 16. So I always related to the materiality, the machines that would bend and make these complicated geometries. Maybe that was a beginning also.
In college, you studied in London and Rome. What was that like? That was a transforming experience. I lived right behind the Pantheon, so I could go [there] every day and see how the light would come in. In my hometown, there wasn't really much of any architecture. Seattle was the Space Needle. I went to the World's Fair opening as a child. But Rome was a depository of amazing ancient spaces.
When you first came to New York from San Francisco, you slept on a board above your office, right? The studio I had was at 655 Sixth Avenue overlooking a Sephardic Jewish cemetery, which is still there. I paid $250 a month for this beautiful cubic space, but there was no hot water. I didn't have a place to live, so I slept on a plywood shelf over the entrance, and no one knew I lived there. And I went to the YMCA at the end of the day to shower. That was like having a grant — I could teach and support a small practice of two people doing competitions and idealistic work, and the rent was so low. Those were the great days of New York: 1979, 1980, 1981. It was very economical.
You've described that time as helping to shape who you are, but did you view it that way at the time? I was so obsessed with the work that I was just glad to be in New York. I worry about the young people now. They can't afford to live in New York.
Do you speak any other languages aside from Italian? No. My wife is Greek. My daughter is 3 and a half years old, and she speaks Greek better than me. Her grandmother teaches her every day, so she's amazing. She translates for me, so if something falls down and she says "épese," then she turns to me and says "fell down, Baba."
Your daughter has a Greek name. Was it inspired by mythology? Io Helene Holl. Greek mythology; the moon of Jupiter is also named Io. My mother's name was Helen, so Helene is Greek. I always said my buildings are my children, and I go back and visit them. But I fell in love, got married. Now I have an actual 3-and-a-half-year-old, which is amazing because her imagination is unparalleled. It makes me stop and rethink the creative impulse and the joy of imagination.
How did you meet your wife, architect Dimitra Tsachrelia? She was my student, and I always bring my most brilliant students into the office, and they work. I have about 10 people that were my former students; some of them have been here as long as 12 years. She was here in 2008. In 2010, I went through a painful divorce and then we got together in 2014. And we got married in 2016.
Where is most of your work located? Most of my built work is in Asia. I have an office now in Beijing. One of the most fortunate things that happened to me was I had work in China when the economy collapsed here in 2008. So other architects were laying people off, and I had so much work in China that I was hiring people.
You won a competition to design the headquarters for the healthcare AI company in Shenzhen. How is working there different? We presented to Wang Jun, the director of iCarbon X, this January, and the foundations are already in the ground. That's another thing that happens in China that has helped me. In New York and various other places, I can be eight years from the first sketch to the opening of the building. In China, it's much shorter than that.
Why are the timelines so different? It's just a different culture altogether. There's a certain openness for creative ideas — especially when people are doing an important headquarters, or they are trying to make a statement with their architecture. In China, they would raise their budget to build our design. It's not so open in New York.
What do you think of Hudson Yards? Ah, I'm not going to say anything about it because I can't say anything positive. I'll only say this: When there was a competition back in 2000, 2001, whenever it was, we proposed a giant green space plus a suspension over the rail yards. But in the end, nobody won the competition. It was bypassed and went to the highest bidder. So what's here was purchased by the developer and then controlled by the developer. I think it could've been something very positive.
Many of your projects are public spaces. Is that on purpose? It was a conscious decision. I really believe in the public-space contribution of architecture. I'm very proud of this Queens library, which is opening in New York after 10 years of effort. But I couldn't just do these kinds of buildings; I'd lose money. You need projects like this [motions to model of a tower in China] in order to do projects like the library.
What was the inspiration for the shape of the Hunters Point library? The building could've been built on one floor. The site's big enough for it to be one floor. But we all felt, local City Council member Jimmy Van Bramer especially, that it needed a vertical presence and that it should have views of Manhattan. And it doesn't have a skin. It's just textured concrete, marking the things that are going on inside.
What's the most difficult aspect of working in NYC? I'd say getting the project in the first place. I've been here since 1977. [The Hunters Point Library] will be my third thing that I've built. It's a tough city, but I love it. I know I can't live in Rome; you can't get anything done. I don't like Paris because you can't get a taxi. I lived in London. It smells funny. I thought, the best city is New York.
You live in the West Village, where development is severely restricted. What's your interest in preservation? I'm not so interested in the historicist part — it's the sunlight coming to the street. Natural light to me is a psychological gift. All of my buildings have natural light. That's what we have to be careful of when we build too many tall towers crammed too close together.
What's your biggest vice? Red wine. Barolo from Piedmont.
— Edited and condensed for clarity.
New York October 2019