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I just received this 2 pack of chairs today. I was a little concerned when I saw the boxes. They had holes in them and I could see cream colored fabric through the gapping holes. I took pictures of them before I opened the boxes because I was sure I would have to return them. They arrived in perfect condition. Each chair's fabric is covered by a muslin bag that covers all of the fabric portions of the chair. Each leg is bubble wrapped separately and found inside the muslin bag. Unfortunately, two of my legs were not bubble wrapped and were badly chipped and scratched. Quick live chat with Overstock and they are sending new ones out immediately. As for the chairs, I agree that they look much more expensive than they were. They seem to be very well made and the fabric seems durable. The button tufting is beautiful. I am thrilled with the purchase and have been anxiously awaiting their arrival. It is not easy to make a furniture purchase online but because of the price of this set I had to take a chance and I am so glad that I did. They are perfect! I agree with other reviewers that they are firm, but I would not describe them as uncomfortable. I am using them in a formal living room and they are perfect for that application. This would not be my nightly reading a book or watching TV chair for sure.
I love these chairs. The packing and boxes were not great but the product was not damaged when it arrived. Super fast delivery and right to my door step. The chairs are very firm but I like it. I also bought a footstool which goes great with the chairs. I would definitely recommend these chairs for the money.
These chairs are beautiful and comfortable. A great price for 2 chairs that look so elegant. They are comfortable, however, they are more on the firm side. These are not the chairs to buy to just sink into. If you love the tufted look, you won't be disappointed.
I bought these chairs for my living room. The arrived in a timely fashion, but I had to wait home the whole day. When unboxed, the first chair was lovely. Nice fabric, very comfortable, and, fully assembled! I was thrilled. Unfortunately, the second chair was not as well made. The buttons across the back of the chair are noticeably crooked, and the seat, which is pleated on the front of the chair was also crooked. There is nothing to be done about this and the chair is too heavy to return. I've thrown an afghan over it to hide the crooked buttons and will try to repair the seat front by taking the chair apart. If you're lucky, maybe you'll get two that match.
I am an Interior Designer and let me start off by saying the look of these chairs are unbelievable for the price. The tufting on the back is beautiful and looks like it could be a 2000.00 dollar chair. I am dissapointed in the comfort. I bought them after reading the reviews and everyone was raving about the comfort, I don't know if they have changed something in the manufacturing but mine are hard as rocks, definetely not lounging and reading chairs as several people stated. They are pretty to look at chairs not lounge chairs.
Very nice looking set of chairs, I just had to screw in the legs and they were ready for my living room. They are pretty firm but I prefer that to being too soft. They look a lot more expensive than they were.
The chairs are excellent for the price. They are a little unsteady and are a firm feel, but the look is gorgeous. We're using them in our master bedroom as seating. Great buy for the price!
Don't miss the chance to own these beautiful chairs! My experience in purchasing the pair was a "10" from beginning to end. I was hesitate to purchase furniture without seeing in person, but I couldn't be happier. After reading ALL the reviews, I placed my order and when the chairs arrived in a few days, they were in perfect condition and were exactly as described on Overstock site. They look like high end, much more expensive chairs. And they are extremely comfortable. I will not hesitate to purchase furniture from Overstock again based on this my first order.
Used in our master bedroom, along with some tables from overstock. My husband LOVES them. Falls asleep in them, does crosswords, watches football...and I think they are gorgeous!
The chairs are great and look beautiful, but a little stiff and not the easiest to put together if the pieces don't line up with the screws, which ours did not. I ordered the set of two and overstock sent ONE. After making calls, they eventually sent my second chair...which arrived about 3 weeks later. Since the first order was messed up, they had to send another "set of two" and told me I would then have to send one back! So, they screw up the order then expect me to take responsibility for making more calls once the new chairs arrived, re-packing a single chair, and getting it out for UPS. Such a hassle for something that wasn't even my fault. Love the chairs.
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Shinerich® Outdoor Stainless Steel Patio Heater with Table
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Shinerich® Outdoor Stainless Steel Patio Heater delivers HUGE instant warmth for your outdoor guests!
Don't let seasonal chill ruin your outdoor get-togethers! Attractive and sturdy Patio Heater provides 360° of quiet, efficient warmth for your party guests. Hooks up to your 20-lb. propane tank in seconds, providing hours of toasty heat. Starts instantly thanks to the easy-to-use, built-in electronic ignition.
Bring the heat:- 40,000 BTU heat output, heats about 210 sq. ft.
- Measures 32 1 / 2 " dia. x 91"h. overall, weighs 55 lbs. (without propane tank)
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- Adjustable bar table included
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Changing Lives: Kay Pinkerton
Seeing through the fog One look at her father, at the grief in his eyes, and suddenly there was Kay Pinkerton on that September afternoon in 1990 with a 10-year-old daughter and no job satisfaction, no college degree, no idea what to do. These are the things that happen when life turns upside down. Just a few hours before, everything had been different. The world made sense. Then the telephone rang. Her father answered and met Pinkerton in the driveway as she and her mother pulled in from running errands. The minute I saw his face, I knew what had happened, Pinkerton said recently. It was surreal. I was numb. Nick, her husband of 12 years, was dead. He was working atop a crane-like structure called a snubbing unit in the oilfields outside Beaumont. The thing toppled when Nicks supervisor loosened a wire used to hold the rig steady in the wind. Nick fell four stories and was dead on arrival at a Beaumont hospital. Testing never did determine why the rig collapsed. Kay, who was visiting her parents in Dallas at the time, returned to Southeast Texas with a head full of questions. She was a 32-year-old widow and mother who had to start over. The world kind of falls out from under your feet, she said, and youre like, Now what? She returned to the Metroplex and took a secretarial job to help her settle in. But she wasnt satisfied. She decided to honor Nicks life by pursuing a college degree, something both had always wanted. But it wasnt an easy decision. The thought of coursework proved intimidating. College algebra? All those things? It had been years since I was in a classroom. But I just had to do it. So she did, enrolling at UTA after a semester at Dallas Baptist University. She earned a bachelors degree in public relations in 1995, graduating cum laude. Things were looking up. She worked as a media relations specialist for eight years, half of that time at two of the largest firms in Dallas. Her clients included Fujitsu, Paragon and several other technology companies. UTAs students and faculty were wonderful during those painful, fog-filled days, she said. They were my mentors, tutors and friends. The faculty, especially, were very patient with the depression that tangled the journey to progress. In more ways than one, UTA saved my life. Now Pinkerton, 46, has come back to pursue a masters degree in communication. She expects to make Nick doubly proud next year. In working toward another graduation, she also discovered a new passioncommunication research. Charla Markham Shaw, an associate professor of communication for whom Pinkerton was a research assistant last fall, said her star pupil doesnt take the easy way out in finding research material. She got me dozens of abstracts and far-removed articles, Dr. Shaw said. If she had to fill out a form and order something from another library, she did. She didnt just print out what was there on the librarys Web site. She went above and beyond. While its possible that Pinkerton will return to media relations someday, she thinks she would like a career in either public or proprietary research. Her primary interest is how the United States is perceived internationally, especially in predominantly Islamic nations. She has a million other ideas, too. Every time I see something, Im like, That would be good research! I just enjoy doing this so much. Its a love she passed on to daughter Candice, 25, whos in nursing school in Georgia. Now, almost 15 years after the accident, everything makes sense again. Theres nothing in this world you cant do, if you put your mind to it, she said. I feel very blessed. — Danny Woodward


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Man, Aged 62 in USA, Florida, Deerfield Beach
Looking for a: Woman, Aged 36 - 66, Any Ethnicity
"If You're Gonna Be A Bear,... Be a Grizzly!"
- My ethnicity isWhite
- Height6'0" or above
- StatusDivorced
- SeekingFriends/Penpal/Short-term
- Body typeAthletic build
- Have childrenChildren not at home
- SmokingHate smoking
- DrinkingDrink socially
How would you describe yourself?
If you're Gonna be a Bear,... Be a GRIZZLY!
I'm a GOOD MAN but can be a BAD BOY too!
Luv music, cool hats, former athlete, luv 2 sing&dance. I have been told that I'm a great dancer. Would Luv to Cook for that special woman while having a glass of good wine or an exotic beer and listening to some soft romantic R&B. Luv all types music, esp. R&B(OS)/Soul/Funk/Blues/Latin/Jazz/HipHop/AfroCuban/Classic Rock, just about anything. Antibalas, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Tower of Power, Maysa, Will Downing, Sinatra, Bennette, Marvin Gaye, Jon Lucien, Phyllis Hyman for special evenings by the fire. Work out fairly regularly, would luv 2 find life-fitness partner. Prefer fun, unpretentious people. Quick-witted & will keep u laughing. Prefer small intimate places, Hot Blues & Cold Imported Beer. Have 2 degrees. Mngt IT employee 27 yrs. Prefer jeans & loose shirts, but can suit up nice. Can easily fit into any setting. I luv to go camping in my pop-up, and go to outdoor concerts and festivals. I luv to ride my big luxury Harley UltraGlide Classic in the Country. I began dating out of my race when I was 21, and have done so on and off most of my life. I am very confident and comfortable in my own skin and can fit in in any situation, with anybody, in almost any setting. As far as I am concerned there are only 2 kinds of people in this world,... Good people and Ass holes ;-),... I simply ignore the latter!
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Like everyone else, I am looking for my soul true mate. I am a gentle and romantic man, and a very passionate man, and do believe my soul mate exists somewhere out there for me,... Waiting. Music is a most important element. There must be sympatico with regards to the music. I wish we could all live in the music. Life would be a better place. I want to meet someone that "SENDS ME" me every time I look into her eyes (Sam Cooke).
Independent,... Not needy,... Low maintenance,... Playfull,... Soulfull! Someone with a big heart, who has matured like fine wine and has learned life's lessons. Someone who doesn't sweat the small stuff. Someone who would love me for me the way that I am. In return I would love, cherish and adore her for all her faults. Friendship is important as a foundation. I am looking for a friend first. I am very patient and cautious and need to be sure before Rushing into anything. A partner in crime ;-), a friend, a confidant. Movies, Dinner, Dancing, MUSIC!!! Romance. If Love is to emerge from the friendship, then it will all by itself, and hopefully flourish.
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- Want childrenUndecided about wanting children
- Eye colorBlue
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- ReligionChristian (Protestant)
- OccupationComputer related
- EducationGraduate degree
- LanguagesEnglish/German
- RelocationI'd relocate within my country
- Ideally I'd live in aProperty in the country/Cabin in the mountains/Beach house
- My fashion sense isDress according to the occasion
- My sense of humor isWitty - I have a razor-sharp tongue/Light-hearted - I like cheerful, gentle fun
- When I go to partiesI'm the Life of the party/I go with the flow/I get around
- On a day off, I enjoyCurling up with a good book/Lunch with a friend/Catching up on household chores/Spending time with the family...
- I attend religious servicesOnce a month
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ExclusiveKatie Holmes and Tom Cruise were both in New York City in the weeks leading up to her filing for divorce, but they did NOT stay under the same roof … our sources has learned.
According to our sources, Tom was in town for a few days around June 10 to film a movie. We"re told Tom did not stay in the apartment the couple has in NYC … but rather at The Greenwich Hotel … and never once stepped in or near the apartment.
Our sources say Katie, meanwhile, was going back and forth between the apartment she and Tom shared, and a new apartment she recently got. The two were both photographed during their time in NYC (see above) but never together.
We"re told Katie did bring Suri to visit Tom at the hotel on two occasions for a few hours and that the visits were unplanned — Tom"s own security didn"t even know they were coming.
According to the people we spoke to in Tom and Katie"s building … they couldn"t remember the last time they had seen Tom. Our sources say that while they were clearly having problems, Tom had no idea this was coming and his entire team was caught flat-footed by the filing.
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October 22, 2012
Posted by orrinj at 6:58 PM
Eating Cooked Food Made Us Human : Raw food takes too long to digest and offers too few calories to grow a human brain. Cooking it is the key. (Rebecca Boyle, 10.22.2012, Popular Science)
Gathered around a blazing fire, our ancient ancestors probably huddled to pass the archaic kebab, munching cooked meat and figuring out how they might share it and plan to get more of it. Eating cooked food allowed these early hominids to spend less time gnawing on raw material and digesting it, providing time--and energy--to do other things instead, like socialize. The strenuous cognitive demands of communicating and socializing forced human ancestors to develop more powerful brains, which required more calories--calories that cooked food provided. Cooking, in other words, allowed us to become human.A new paper examines the metabolic restrictions of a raw diet, and suggests that our primate cousins are limited by their inability to heat their dinners. It bolsters the cooking hypothesis of Richard Wrangham, a primatologist and professor of biological anthropology at Harvard who believes cooking is our legacy.
Posted by orrinj at 6:28 PM
It's (Almost) Morning in America : A surging economy is great news. Especially for the next president. (Michael Tomasky Oct 22, 2012, Daily Beast)
The winner may very well go down in history as the man who led the country out of the greatest economic crisis in eight decades.If it's Obama, that validates the stimulus, the deficit--even Obamacare, which revolutionizes one sixth of the economy. That old-time FDR religion, Democrats could claim, still works. "Which party sent this country to the brink of ruin in 2008, and which party pulled our chestnuts out of the fire?" could be a Democratic rallying cry until about the 2040s.And if it's Romney? Well, that'll be one lucky man. He'll brag, of course, that it was all about his policies. The party that made the mess will spend the next few years or decades--and they're pretty good at this sort of thing--hammering home the argument that they sorted it all out as soon as Obama got out of the way.So the improving economy raises the stakes in a huge way. In case they weren't high enough for you already.
This is the fourth important election of the past 100 years, not because of the choice of candidates in themselves, but because it will determine which party gets credit for the Peace Dividend. In 1920, the GOP won back Washington after WWI and got itself the Roaring '20's, though it screwed the pooch by adopting limitations on immigration and trade. In 1948, Truman fended off Tom Dewey and kept the Democrats relevant for another couple generations. With the party finally on the ropes, after the GOP won the Cold War, Bill Clinton got o George H. W. Bush's right and Democrats managed to get part of the credit for the 1990's boom. Comes the end of the WoT, which combines with the transition to a Third Way social safety net, and the party that gets credit for this boom and transition--if it gets sole credit--stands to dominate our national politics for a number of decades, as Republicans did after the Civil War and Democrats did after the Depression.
So, while the differences between the candidates and parties are trivial, the stakes are potentially massive.
Posted by orrinj at 5:57 PM
Josh's CMJ 2012 Day 5: Tallahassee, Ace Reporter, Hippy, Black Wing Hallo, Automatic Children (Josh S. Johnson, 10/21/12, Deli)
First up at the Legion in Brooklyn was a very cool band from Boston called Tallahassee, whom I covered for the Deli's New England blog. Each member of the band had a beard on his face and a mic at his mouth. At first glance, it seemed that the audition process for Tallahassee consisted of two parts: can you sing, and can you grow copious amounts of facial hair? But once the band started playing, they became a rock n' roll monster. The vocals soared and the guitar solos were blistering. The drummer was especially all kinds of awesome, which particularly came to light when part of his kit fell over, so he played it on his side.All four members of Tallahassee sang, so it was interesting to watch them switch off and on vocals and particular parts of the song. No matter who sang, though, the harmonies were always on point. Basically, Tallahassee was a dirtier, more electric Fleet Foxes, or, if you will, a Fleet Foxes-Lynyrd Skynyrd mash up. Either way, they put on a fantastic performance for the small crowd that was lucky enough to watch one of today's most talented bands. [...]My favorite acts of the week (in no particular order): Wilsen, Blonds, The Nightmare River Band, Local H, Field Mouse, The Bengsons, Tallahassee, MS MR, Sewing Machines, Linfinity
Posted by orrinj at 3:11 PM
Battleground Tracking Poll: Mitt Romney takes lead (JAMES HOHMANN | 10/22/12, Politico)
Mitt Romney has taken a narrow national lead, tightened the gender gap and expanded his edge over President Barack Obama on who would best grow the economy.A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll of 1,000 likely voters -- taken from Sunday through Thursday of last week -- shows Romney ahead of Obama by 2 percentage points, 49 percent to 47 percent. That represents a 3-point swing in the GOP nominee's direction from a week ago but is still within the margin of error.
Posted by orrinj at 5:32 AM
Do we make too much fuss about breasts? : It's good to raise awareness of breast cancer, but an agenda driven by popular opinion can get in the way of science (Max Pemberton, 22 Oct 2012, The Telegraph)
I think the reason this study made the headlines was because it focused on two things that we, as a society, are obsessed with: breasts and cancer. Although the breast cancer findings were the ones that were widely reported on, the study looked at a host of other cancers too, including prostate, bowel, lung and all cancers combined. But it was the breast cancer component that got picked up.There can be no subject that ignites the public interest as much as breasts do. I don't mean this flippantly. It's fascinating the way that these two mounds of flesh seem to eclipse all other organs. I am baffled that some newspapers still feel it acceptable to serve up pictures of topless women as daily ''news". But our interest in breasts is pervasive and means that breast cancer, for example, gets far more publicity than, say, bowel cancer.This is a double-edged sword. While it means it's easier to raise awareness - and money for research - in breast cancer, it can also unnecessarily worry women, and it skews and impacts on what is studied and how. Of all the organs, the breast is the most political. There are support and advocacy groups for women with breast cancer - it's something that people run marathons to raise money for, and wear pink ribbons to show their support. It receives a tremendous amount of attention and resonates deep within our collective consciousness, more so than probably any other disease.The American researcher and physician Deborah Rhodes argues that all this attention can, if not tempered, lead to as many problems as it solves, as the agenda is driven by public opinion rather than the science. She cites the perpetual debate about routine mammography as an example, arguing that because of the vocal advocacy for routine screening programmes, despite some medics questioning their value, considerable time and money has been diverted into debating a small, relatively unimportant area.This, she says, has cost millions and taken up years of research time, for little benefit.
Posted by orrinj at 5:25 AM
Comedy Isn't Pretty : The religulous journey of Bill Maher. (CHARLOTTE ALLEN, 10/22/12, Weekly Standard)
Thanks to Friend Driscoll for this one. For easily comprehensible political reasons, you can eith/er by liberal or funny, not both.Bill Maher's fans worship him. Some 4.1 million of them faithfully watch his Real Time with Bill Maher, whether at its 10 p.m. Friday time slot on HBO or in its on-demand and digital-recorder formats. Those are niche numbers compared with the weekly 14 million or so for ABC's Dancing with the Stars but still fairly impressive considering that Maher's show is on premium cable. Also, he aims for an audience that considers itself many cuts in sophistication above the "mouth-breathers," one of his favorite synonyms for the "rednecks" (another Maher bon mot) who take in mass-market network fare--and who vote Republican and go to church on Sunday, two other things that Maher can't stand.Indeed, HBO has renewed Real Time, which wound up its tenth season in June, for another two years. Its season opener in August drew 1.9 million viewers when you count a replay at 11 p.m. (The numbers aren't in yet for Maher's Oct. 5 post-presidential-debate show, where he declared that Barack Obama had "sucked.") Studio audience members go crazy during Maher's hour-long combination of pundit and celebrity interviews, panel spar-offs, and monologues that veer between conventional standup and lengthy political editorials. They hoot, they cheer, they clap, they roar with appreciation.But there is one thing that they almost never do: laugh. [...]At some point in the history of standup comedy--and maybe it began with Maher's hero, George Carlin--certain comedians who had once been genuinely funny, as Carlin was early in his career, decided that the point of their routines was not to generate laughs but to vent political rage to the like-minded. The Carlin curse has afflicted an entire generation of liberal-activist comics, rendering them deadly: Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, Margaret Cho, to name a few. Their "humor" goes by the sobriquet "edgy," which is a shorthand way of saying "preaching to the leftist choir."Maher likes to tell the story of how, when he was 13, his father stopped taking the family to Sunday Mass because he didn't like the Catholic church's position on birth control. There is an irony there because in some ways Maher is a Catholic priest manqué. Like Catholic priests, he has taken a vow never to marry, and he uses his stage appearances essentially as a pulpit, except that the sermons rail not against sin but against conservatives, the evils of religion, or whatever else.In Maher's church, as in all churches, you'll see plenty of devoted and enthusiastic worshippers. But you won't hear many laughs.
Posted by orrinj at 5:04 AM
Sorry, U.S. Recoveries Really Aren't Different (Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff Oct 15, 2012, Bloomberg)
Why is our interpretation of the data so different than those of these recent commentators? Is the U.S. different?Part of the confusion may be attributed to a failure to distinguish systemic financial crises from more minor ones and from regular business cycles. A systemic financial crisis affects a large share of a country's financial system. Such occurrences are quite distinct from events that clearly fall short of a full-blown systemic meltdown, and are referred to in the academic literature as "borderline" crises.The distinction between a systemic and a borderline event is well established by widely accepted criteria long used by many scholars, and detailed in our 2009 book.Indeed, in our initial published study on this topic, in 2008, we showed that systemic financial crises across advanced economies had far more serious economic consequences than borderline ones. Our paper, written nine months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in September 2008, showed that by 2007, the U.S. already displayed many of the crucial recurring precursors of a systemic financial crisis: a real estate bubble, high levels of debt, chronically large current-account deficits and signs of slowing economic activity.Today, there can be little doubt that the U.S. has experienced a systemic crisis -- in fact, its first since the Great Depression. Before that, notable systemic post-Civil War financial crises occurred in 1873, 1893 and 1907.It is also important to define how a recovery is measured, and how success is defined. The recent op-eds focus on GDP growth immediately after the trough (usually four quarters). For a normal recession, the restoration of positive growth is typically a signal event. In a V-shaped recovery, the old peak level of GDP is quickly reached, and the economy returns to trend within a year or two.Our book examined both levels and rates of change of per capita GDP; recovery is defined by the time it takes for per capita GDP to return to its pre-crisis peak level. For post- World War II systemic crises, it took about four and a half years to regain lost ground; in 14 Great Depression episodes around the world (including the U.S.) it took 10 years on average. A focus on levels, rather than percentages, is a more robust way to capture the trajectory of an economy where the recovery is more U- or L-shaped than V-shaped.It also is a way to avoid exaggerating the strength of the recovery when a deep recession is followed by a large cumulative decline in the level GDP. An 8 percent decline followed by an 8 percent increase doesn't bring the economy back to its starting point.Taylor, for example, appears to show the recovery from the Great Depression as the strongest in U.S. history, even though it took about a decade to reach the same level of per capita income as at its starting point in 1929.Working with long historical series, we have stressed per- capita measures because U.S. population growth has fallen from 2 percent a year in the late 1800s to less than 1 percent in more recent times. Put differently, in the early 1900s, a year with 2 percent real GDP growth left the average person's income unchanged; in the modern context, 2 percent annual GDP growth means an increase of slightly more than 1 percent in real income per person. The impact of cumulative population growth even within an individual crisis episode is significant, as the recovery process usually spans four to 10 years.Even allowing for all the above doesn't seem to entirely account for the differences between our interpretation and the conclusions of the Hassett-Hubbard, Bordo and Taylor op-eds.Take the Panic of 1907, which fits the standard criteria of a systemic crisis (and one with a global dimension at that). We certainly would count that one. The narrative in the Bordo- Haubrich paper emphasizes that "the 1907-1908 recession was followed by vigorous recovery." Yet, as we show below, the level of real GDP per capita in the U.S. didn't return to its pre- crisis peak of 1906 until 1912. Is that a vigorous recovery? The unemployment rate (which we routinely include in our comparisons but the Bordo-Haubrich study doesn't consider) was 1.7 percent in 1906, climbed to 8 percent in 1908, and didn't return to the pre-crisis low until 1918.The aftermath of the systemic banking crisis of 1893 is worse than the period after the 1907 episode, and the Depression of the 1930s is worse still. According to our 2009 metrics, the aftermath of the most recent U.S. financial crisis has been quite typical of systemic financial crises around the globe in the postwar era. If one really wants to focus just on U.S. systemic financial crises, then the recent recovery looks positively brisk. [...]So how many years did it take for per-capita GDP to return to its peak at the onset of the crisis? For the 1873 and 1893 (peak is 1892) crises, it was five years; for the Panic of 1907 (peak is 1906), it was six years; for the Depression, it took 11 years. In output per capita timelines, at least, it is difficult to argue that "the U.S. is different." It can hardly be said to have enjoyed vigorous output per capita recoveries from past systemic financial crises.The notion that the U.S. exhibits rapid recovery from systemic financial crises doesn't emerge from the unemployment data, either. That data only begin in 1890, eliminating the 1873 crisis from the pool. [...]The 2007 crisis is associated with significantly lower unemployment rates than both the Depression of the 1930s and the depression of the 1890s; it is more in line with the unemployment increases observed after the Panic of 1907.
It's remarkable how often analyses of the recent credit crunch conflate GDP with employment, even this one which begins by arguing that GDP per capita is the important indicator, but then switches to a focus on employment rates. Let us consider only the question that the authors ask: So how many years did it take for per-capita GDP to return to its peak at the onset of the crisis? The answer--within a year from the trough--would seem to either dispel the notion that there was a systemic crisis or demonstrate that the crisis was met so effectively as to be sui generis. Thanks, W.
Of course, the failure of employment to respond in similar fashion--even as GDP per capita surged back above pre-Recession levels--suggests that there is something wrong with those numbers. The most obvious conclusion, though folks are reluctant to accept it, is that pre-Recession employment was artificially high and what we've been seeing is a market correction in employment.


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Yes thats right.. not only did they knock the colts out of the ranks of the undefeated which is good. congrats to the Bolts !!!
And yes technically we should have all been colts fans today becuz a chargers loss would have given us the slightest bit of breathing room...
we dont need breathing room, we need to stay focused and win out. We need to realize continuously that no matter anybody else does we need to win out period. The last thing we need is the tiniest bit of complaceny to enter our locker room.
Keep the pressure on, beat the clowns, then beat the lions and we're in and its a whole new season !
We need more than breathing room - we need to avoid a three way tie with the Chargers and Jax, in which case the Steelers miss the playoffs.
Unless someone is more of a fan of the 1972 Dolphins than they are of the Steelers, there is absolutely nothing to be thankful for with regard to the Chargers beating the Colts.
Since I expect the Chargers to win their last 2 games we now have to hope a mediocre Jacksonville team, which clinches a playoff berth if it wins this weekend and will have no reason to then play its starters in the last regular season game, does not split its last 2 games and finish 11-5.
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Published Monday 30 April 2012
Voters are being urged not to leave it until the last minute to cast their vote on 3 May.
The elections will give residents a chance to vote for the Mayor of London and the 25 members of the London Assembly, including Barnet and Camden's constituency member.
Polling stations are open for residents to vote from 7am and close at 10pm. Voters need to have been issued with their ballot papers in hand by 10pm inside the polling station to enable them to vote. The law does not allow ballot papers to be issued after 10pm, even if a voter is at the polling station before then, so it's important that voters make every effort to get there as early as possible.
The people being voted for are responsible for many aspects of everyday life – from the underground and local bus services to policing, green spaces, air quality and Trafalgar Square.
All those registered to vote should by now have received their polling cards for the London elections which confirms the polling date, polling times and a map to their allocated polling station.
A dedicated helpline has been launched by Barnet Council offering residents assistance on any voting issues.
Residents can phone 020 8359 4111 Monday - Friday, 9:00am until 5.00pm, and then from 24 April to 2 May 9am to 8pm.
Chief Executive of Barnet Council and Consituency Returning Officer Nick Walkley said: "To avoid queues we are urging people to vote as early as possible on the day. It's important not to miss your opportunity to vote by leaving it to the last minute. By voting early you are doing your bit in helping us to achieve a better election."
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You've probably heard that the Raspberry Pi now ships with 512MB of RAM. I'm here to tell you about what that means for Raspbmc as so many of you have been asking, and help clear some things up.
First off, and most importantly, Raspbmc is going to support both 256MB and 512MB boards indefinitely. There is absolutely no reason why one distribution cannot be fine tuned for both boards, and as such, no compromises need to be made in terms of development. There's no need to feel left out if you have a 256MB board — count yourself lucky to have a Raspberry Pi! It's going to be rocking Raspbmc for a good long while I hope.
Now, will this new board work in Raspbmc out of the box? Yes. Will it be optimised? You betcha. I've already made the necessary optimisations to bring the best out of both Pis. I will compile my changes in a day or two — but the bottom line is Raspbmc will be able to detect the amount of memory the Pi has and configure the bootloader and system tunables accordingly without any additional setup.
So many are asking if this board will make Raspbmc faster. Not exactly, but the increase in GPU memory will come in handy for decoding fanart, and most likely, help support more fanart intensive skins. Furthermore, the additional RAM will come in handy if you use the Pi for multiple services, such as Raspbmc's integrated TVHeadend or Samba servers. Additional memory here will let you run these services smoothly without worrying about running out of system memory during playback.
Should I upgrade? That very well depends on what you are doing. If you know your bottleneck is RAM, it may be an idea. But for most people who claim to have choppy 1080p playback, your issue may be that you are streaming a high bitrate video over SMB. This can peg the CPU high as SMB has a high level of CPU overhead in comparison to lighter network protocols, such as NFS. If the CPU is the constraint, then this memory upgrade is unlikely to yield much of a performance upgrade.
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Bob Page, president of Edutainment, emceed the lively contest. Page says he was impressed with the culinary expertise of every team. "I'd invite them all over to my house to cook for me any time," he says. Page says watching the teams at work was almost like watching a crew working on a scene. "Everybody was moving all the time. I was impressed with their teamwork," he says.
The four teams were challenged to cook a meal in one hour, incorporating five basic ingredients commonly found in most kitchens into their dishes: chicken, onion, red pepper, garlic and tomato—plus any additional spices.
Team Palatable Podcasters of ProMed chefs Carissa Caramanis O'Brien and Chris Montera cooked up Rescued by Chicken; team Cooking with Canucks's chefs Jan Hiebert and Debbie Oesch offered Greek Taverna sandwiches with garlic feta cheese tzatziki and a Greek salad; the Westhampton War Memorial Ambulance team chefs Dina Wayrich, Tracy Martin and Tonya Halsey-Schunk created chicken pesto with bruschetta; and the Bandaid Brigade made chicken and shrimp quesadillas with fresh pico de gallo.
Each team presented their tasty entrees to the judging panel, and one team even offered some wine to go along with theirs. The lucky judges were Bob Hammonds, executive director of the Kentucky Board of EMS; James Robinson, assistant chief of Operations of the paramedic division of Denver Health; and William Sugiyama, Fire Division chief/manager of EMS for the City of Oakland. Judges ranked the entrees based on the following four elements: taste, originality, presentation, ease of replication and heart healthiness. Each judge used a 30 point scale, with 90 points being a perfect score.
After the judges had an hour to savor all the flavors, they decided the tastiest of all was the Bandaid Brigade's chicken and shrimp quesadillas. As the grand prize winners, the brigade won free goldpasses for the 2012 conference; they got to keep their cooking grill, and each of they also received a JEMS EMS Monopoly game. Runners up Patatable Podcasters also received their cooking grill and an EMS Monopoly game.
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India Vs England - Is it a revenge Test match series or just another one?
The much awaited Test Series is going to begin as India will want to defeat England in India 4-0 after they were defeated in England 4-0.
The Pataudi Trophy:- (India in England 2011) :-
What began as a series of hopes for Indian Test Team during
the 2011 Tour of England it ended as a nightmare to forget. Zaheer Khan's
absence when not even half way through the Lord's Test Match gave a 1st
blow to the team as India had lost their strike bowler due to injury during the
1st Test Match and he could not take any further part in the series.
Praveen Kumar gave a little cheer to the blowing line up as he ended with a 5
wicket haul in the 1st innings. The spinners were not getting turn
as captain M.S.Dhoni ended up bowling a bit. A Double century from Kevin
Pietersen added fuel to the fire but Rahul Dravid's 103 not out was the
highlight of the Indian batting at Lord's. Sehwag's absence at the top order
exposed the opening stand as Mukund failed to grab his opportunity.
Gautam Gambhir did not take part in the 2nd &
4th Test Test as again "The Wall" bravely came forward to open up
and yet again scored a brilliant 117 and 146 not out respectively in his name. After
missing out on Zaheer Khan India went on to lose Harbhajan Singh their lead
spinner in the tour as he was out due to injury as they had to play with Amit
Mishra and things went all wrong for them. Many things happened during the
series as injury worries, lack of form, unsettled playing 11 and England
pitches did all harm to the Indian Test team and to end the tour in misery the
3rd and 4th Test Match were lost heavily by the Indian
team as they ended up getting innings defeat. The only stand-out performer with
the bat was Rahul Dravid with 3 centuries in his name as others played out
battling in patches. England had humiliated Indian Team by defeating them
4-NIL. They packed their kits and flew back to India, not wanting to think yet
again of the tour and it was time to move forward.
England in India 2012-13:- Tit for Tat !
A year has passed away and England have arrived in India to
play 4 Test matches. A lot has happened during the last 1 year and the 2 greats
of India batting line-up have hung up their boots and retired from the game of
cricket. Rahul Dravid, who had a very good series in England and VVS Laxman bided
adieu to the game of cricket at the International level. They have certainly
left a big loop hole in the middle order where they served very well in last
many years and but of course its going to be hard to fill in their gaps easily.
Youngsters like Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli have stepped in since then
have have replaced the retired duo. Both Pujara and Kohli have lived upto the expectations
as well as R.Ashwin's inclusion in the Test Cricket has sidelined Harbhajan
Singh as the leading spinner who is now fighting for his place in the playing
11. Indian cricket looks quite in safe hand as Suresh Raina has been dropped as
Yuvraj Singh has made a comeback.
Revenge Series ? :-
Most of them have been talking about this series as "Revenge
Series". Suresh Raina missing from the
Test Team and Yuvaraj Singh both want India to defeat England 4-0. Virat Kohli
made a statement that there was no harm in taking home advantage and that India
had all rights to make turning tracks for the visitors, why not when all the
home team take advantage of their home conditions then everyone can do it.
Zahher Khan is all set to give in his best after being out of the England Tour
and all eyes will be on Sachin Tendulkar as many will wait for his to perform
at his best. Harbhajan Singh had been left out of the Test and ODI arena since
last 1 year and he will be hoping to find a place in the playing 11 ahead of
As far as England are concerned, Kevin Pietersen will be the
most happy man to have made a come back finally in the England team after being
left out due to series of controversies which has now been sorted out. England
batsmen should expect big turner's during the series even though according to
them Indian spin is not a threat anymore and India will want to defeat England
RCBians, do give your views on it that Is this a "Revenge
Series" or it is "Just Another One". Its time for some real game of cricket,
its Time for some of the best series of Test Matches anyone would have ever witnessed.
Most importantly, its time for Cricket. Let the action begin.
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Thailand set the first Guinness world record for providing mass treatment for people with eye diseases at Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi in Ayutthaya on Sunday.
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Deputy Public Health Minister Chonlanan Srikaew said the world's largest mass treatment of visual impairment, organised by the Ministry of Public Health, the Medical Council of Thailand and King Prajadhipok's Institute, drew 50 ophthalmologists and 450 patients, mostly the elderly suffering from the symptoms of cataracts.
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Situated near the airport, in the city center, this hotel is close to Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. Area attractions also include State House and University of South Carolina.
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In addition to a restaurant, Holiday Inn & Suites Columbia-Airport features a seasonal outdoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and a conference center.
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Flat-screen televisions include cable channels. Guestrooms also feature beds with pillowtop mattresses, complimentary wireless Internet access, and complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms.
A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 5000 square feet (465 square meters) include a conference center and conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests during limited hours. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Holiday Inn & Suites Columbia-Airport has designated areas for smoking.
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- Premium bedding
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Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Sporting News Grill - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
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- Tourism fee: USD 1.00 per accommodation, per night
- Breakfast fee: between USD 7.95 and USD 9.95 per person (approximately)
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As Australia waits with baited breath for the release of the 2012 Fireblade, Honda Australia announces the 20th anniversary model will retail at $18,490 for the standard, and $19,490 for the ABS model (MLRP). Due for Australian release in early February, the 2012 CBR1000RR will impress riders with advanced technology and even greater performance. It's a Honda and true to its predecessors, superior handling and even greater rideability are paramount to this legendary release.
With the aim of improving handling and achieving unprecedented levels of riding stability, the 2012 Fireblade boasts changes to the front and rear suspension. The rear suspension has the additional benefit of the world's first balance-free rear cushion made by Showa while the front features a telescopic inverted fork with an inner tube and a newly adapted Showa big piston front fork. The result of these suspension modifications is significantly improved stability in both damping force and shock-absorbing performance, leading to improved traction and stability in the new CBR1000RR.
A newly designed, 12-spoke, lightweight aluminium cast wheel has been adopted for both the front and rear. Due to the increased number of spokes, rigidity has been further evened out for load received in all directions from the tyre contact points which offers improved manoeuvring feel.
Every generation of the Honda Fireblade has been characterised by a look of speed and dynamism, for 2012 these qualities have been further developed to highlight the bike's racing image. With a line-beam headlight and air intake shapes adding even greater sharpness, the new CBR1000RR offers a novel and intrepid front face.
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The lightweight and compact, liquid-cooled DOHC inline 4-cylinder engine features a displacement of 999cc. The Programmed Dual Sequential Fuel Injection System (PGM-DSFI) was revisited and enhanced for 2012 to make a sports model that is even easier and more fun to handle.
Source: http://motorcycles.honda.com.au/Latest_News/20120120


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Determinants of Allergen Concentrations in Apartments of Asthmatic Children Living in Public Housing
- Junenette L. Peters,
- Jonathan I. Levy,
- Christine A. Rogers,
- Harriet A. Burge,
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There is growing evidence linking poor housing conditions and respiratory diseases, including asthma. The association between housing conditions and asthma in the inner city has been attributed in part to cockroach and mouse infestation and the resulting allergen exposures. Multiple social and behavioral factors can influence environmental exposures and health conditions, necessitating a thorough examination of such factors. As part of the Healthy Public Housing Initiative, we evaluated the association between physical and household characteristics and pest-related allergen levels in three public housing developments in Boston, MA. We detected cockroach allergens (Bla g 1 and Bla g 2) in bedroom air, bed, and especially high concentrations in kitchen samples. In multivariate Tobit regressions controlling for development and season, clutter and lack of cleanliness in the apartment were associated with a tenfold increase in Bla g 1 concentration in the air, a sevenfold increase in Bla g 1 and an eightfold increase in Bla g 2 concentrations in the bed, and an 11-fold increase in Bla g 2 in the kitchen (p<0.05 for all). Holes in the wall/ceiling were associated with a six- to 11-fold increase in kitchen cockroach allergen concentrations (p<0.05). Occupancy in an apartment unit of 2 years or more was also associated with increased cockroach allergen concentrations. In contrast, there were low concentrations of mouse urinary protein in this population. In conclusion, these results suggest that interventions in these homes should focus on reducing cockroach allergen concentrations and that building-wide interventions should be supplemented with targeted efforts focused on high-risk units.
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- Title
- Determinants of Allergen Concentrations in Apartments of Asthmatic Children Living in Public Housing
- Journal
Journal of Urban Health
Volume 84, Issue 2 , pp 185-197
- Cover Date
- 2007-03-01
- 10.1007/s11524-006-9146-2
- Print ISSN
- 1099-3460
- Online ISSN
- 1468-2869
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Asthma
- Allergen
- Cockroach
- Mouse
- Home characteristics
- Low-income
- Community-based participatory research
- Authors
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, P. O. Box 15697, Landmark Center East/Room 3-111-23, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA, 02215, USA


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April 03, 1865
"I Will Take Care of Myself," Abraham Lincoln Wires Stanton as He Follows the Troops: "Richmond is in Our Hands."
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If Lincoln was given to saying that, without Stanton, he would be destroyed, it was more than rhetorical excess; for Stanton, more than anyone else in Lincoln's life, worried for his safety, and took pains to secure it. It was Stanton who made sure that cavalry guarded Lincoln on his carriage rides; Stanton who ordered troops encamped on the White House lawn; Stanton who arranged for the police to provide Lincoln constant protection; Stanton who detailed a military escort to accompany Lincoln on his late night walks to and from the War Department; Stanton who surrounded Lincoln with detectives; and Stanton, most of all, who begged Lincoln to take care of himself and became agitated and angry when he did not. It was Stanton, too, who feared that Lincoln's risk of assassination was never greater than after he had won the war. Not surprisingly, then, when Lincoln telegraphed Stanton from City Point, ten miles outside of Petersburg, that the besieged city had finally fallen and he was hurrying into its smoldering streets, there to stroll with Grant (see Lincoln to Stanton, April 3, 1865, 8:00 a.m.) - it was Stanton who was horrified at the risk. "Allow me respectfully to ask you," he telegraphed back, "to consider whether you ought to expose the nation to the consequence of any disaster to yourself in the pursuit of a treacherous and dangerous enemy like the rebel army." But by the time Lincoln received Stanton's rebuke, he was in no mood for caution. He had just heard that Richmond had fallen too, and elated, was making plans to visit there the following day. Here he brushes off the Secretary's dire warning, and casually promises, "I will take care of myself."
Yours received. Thanks for your caution; but I have already been to Petersburg, staid with Gen. Grant an hour & a half and returned here. It is certain now that Richmond is in our hands, and I think I will go there to-morrow. I will take care of myself.
But it was Stanton, and not Lincoln, who correctly gauged the danger: there was killing yet to be done. Lincoln, eleven days later, while gaily taking "care of himself" at Ford's Theatre, was assassinated.
There was, however, a kind of prescience to Lincoln's note. He writes, using the phrase, "in our hands," which at another heightened, hard-won, and long-sought moment - his election to the presidency (see Lincoln to Seward, October 12, 1860) - he employed then too, seemingly unconsciously, to denote finality.
Autograph Telegram Signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, 1 page, quarto. City Point, [Virginia], 5 p.m., April 3. 1865. To the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, in Washington D.C.
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On Tuesday July 23rd, a day which will live in infamy, Lewrockwell.com published a piece by edgytarian Fred Reed, titled "Why Sexual Integration Is A Bad Idea."
In response to Reed's work, three "libertarian feminists" penned an amusing retort; amusing, because their collective hissy-fit does more to support Reed's position than his own work (which I didn't read).
This humble article will be the type of response I do not expect to be see published on either LRC or Fred's blog. I'll get around to explaining why I believe this to be the case. First things first, I must dissect the choicer bits of Borowski, Reisenwitz, and Kristian's calumnious response to Reed, a concerted effort by three women to promote individuality and feminism (lol).


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May 03, 2005
Durable commodities prices paid by consumers increased 0.4 percent in 2004, after decreasing 4.3 percent in 2003. The 2004 advance was the first increase in durables prices since 1996.
Durables include items such as vehicles, furniture and bedding, and computers.
Used car and truck prices rose 4.8 percent in 2004, after decreasing 11.8 percent in 2003. Prices of leased cars and trucks decreased 4.2 percent in 2004, following an 11.8-percent decrease in the prior year. New vehicle prices increased 0.6 percent in 2004, the first increase since 1996.
Furniture and bedding prices declined 0.2 percent in 2004. Prices for personal computers and peripheral equipment dropped by 14.2 percent.
These data are from the BLS Consumer Price Index program. Annual percent changes are December-to-December changes. For additional information on consumer price changes in 2004, see "Consumer price index, 2004," by Todd Wilson, Monthly Labor Review, April 2005.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, First rise in consumer durables prices since 1996 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2005/may/wk1/art02.htm (visited March 06, 2015).
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In her book Old Buildings, New Forms, Bollack divides adaptive reuse projects into five categories, and illustrates each with a diagram (from left to right): wraps, weavings, juxtapositions, parasites, and insertions.
Credit: Courtesy Monacelli Press
A few weeks into my first year of college in St. Andrews, Scotland, I told a new acquaintance that I was studying history. He smiled archly and said: "Naturally you've come here to study history. America doesn't have any history."
This conversation happened yards from a ruined 12th-century cathedral, on a street where no building was less than 250 years old. Every stone seemed to lend silent authority to his point—which made it hard for me to argue, being 18, awkward, and foreign. Eventually I switched majors, but not before hearing the same pronouncement a few more times.
If America has a long history of anything, it's of acute self-consciousness at our relative youth as a country (see the works of James, Henry). The result is a certain zealousness in our approach to historic preservation. Lacking an abundance of old, distinguished buildings, we cling to the few we have and try to consecrate them.
This explains why touring Mt. Vernon is a more religious experience than going to church. Here are the relics: George Washington's bedstead, sword, and dentures. Here is the original, inviolate view, protected from the philistines who would dare live or build on the opposite bank of the river. The mission statement of the Mt. Vernon Ladies Association, which maintains the property, likens progress to desecration and implores, "Let one spot in this grand country of ours be saved from change."
But the preservation movement itself is changing, and no longer stands athwart history yelling, "Stop." The misguided school of re-creation that gave us Colonial Williamsburg may be headed for extinction. Several years ago, during the restoration of James Madison's home, Montpelier, the decision to tear down the "inauthentic" 20th-century rooms sparked controversy—a sign of progress in a movement where originalism holds such sway. The time-capsule approach of demolishing the additions, said eminent preservation scholar Daniel Bluestone, cut the house off from the full sweep of its history. "Do you take your preservation in layers?" has become the central question, Bluestone observed.
Increasingly, we do, and we prefer it with a twist rather than straight. Adaptive reuse has beguiled us. Fifteen years ago, we shopped in converted historic buildings when we were on vacation; then we got used to working in them; now we're clamoring to live in them. Since its inception in 1976, the federal historic tax credit has spurred more than $60 billion in private investment in 38,000 properties. Last year, a full 40 percent of projects claiming the credit were being repurposed from their original uses.
The recent outcry over plans to tear down midcentury landmarks, such as the Houston Astrodome and Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago, highlights our troubling blind spot for important buildings in their middle age—too old to be au courant and in perfect working order, too young to be seen as properly historic, either by the public or by the guardians of the National Register of Historic Places. Nevertheless, the preservation movement has made extraordinary gains since the fall of Penn Station and has succeeded in changing public sentiment. The market now, by and large, recognizes that a historic structure, even a non-landmark, is worth more than a cleared site. This was the key battle, and the preservationists won it.
Given this victory, and the rise of adaptive reuse, it's strange that we still talk about these projects in such flat, limited terms. Addition, expansion, renovation: Can't we do better? A large, ever-growing body of work deserves a real critical taxonomy, and that is what Françoise Astorg Bollack, AIA, assays in Old Buildings, New Forms. Bollack, an architect based in New York, gathers 28 exemplary projects of recent vintage and classifies them by type, as insertions, parasites, wraps, juxtapositions, and weavings. Much of the best work is happening in Europe, where the sheer number of old buildings forestalls any preciousness about them, and where debates like the one over Montpelier played out back in the Victorian era.
Bollack's point is not to establish an ironclad system—she readily admits that some projects straddle categories—but to have a framework for understanding the ideas behind these buildings and the traditions to which they belong. The interplay of new and old varies greatly from a totalizing wrap (Enric Miralles's Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona, blanketed by a roof of colorful tiles) to an opportunistic parasite (the glass ribbon grafted onto a fire and police station in Berlin by Sauerbruch Hutton). Even within the same category, differences emerge: One parasite-building surrounds and hides its host, while another, the 100-square-foot Rucksack House, perches lightly on the side of any host-building from which it's slung.
Bollack believes that all of these approaches are legitimate, so long as the end result is both beautiful and useful. Old Buildings, New Forms is about "the creative possibilities of preservation," she writes, a topic that needs to be understood by the public at large, but especially by "review commissions, patrons, and preservationists, who are often made uncomfortable by [this architecture] and … oscillate between total approval and total rejection."
Credit: Courtesy Moncaelli Press/interiorimages.ca
The best projects in the book would be hard to reject on any grounds. Mass MoCA by Bruner/Cott Architects and Planners, Bernard Khoury's La Centrale Restaurant in Beirut, and Berlin's Neues Museum by David Chipperfield Architects spin thrilling architecture out of their complex negotiations with the past. Other projects raise unsettling questions. Does the massive roof that Bernard Tschumi, FAIA, designed over a historic leisure-park complex in Le Fresnoy, France, protect the old structures or trivialize them? Or both?
In her essays, Bollack uses muscular language that emphasizes the agency of the designer, who might thread, stitch, weave, knit, or patch new material to the old. She also squares up to the ambiguities of the architecture. Le Fresnoy turns the original buildings into objects under an umbrella, and was driven by political branding as much as by the programmatic need for more space, she admits. Will Alsop Architect's Sharp Center for Design, hoisted 85 feet above a Toronto street on giant chopsticks, is "impossible to describe in the usual architectural and urban design terms," Bollack writes. "One would expect such a huge, levitating box to be threatening and oppressive. It is not. One would expect such an obviously out-of-scale, non-contextual design to be, literally, a blockbuster. It is not."
Smaller, less familiar projects are also here and are fun to discover. Della Valle + Bernheimer hitched a zinc pod (Empty Nest) to a suburban Massachusetts house like an Airstream trailer to an SUV. In a German forest, FNP Architekten inserted a plywood box into a ruined pigsty, creating a folly that scrambles definitions of temporary and permanent, liner and shell.
Bollack locates the common source of all these design strategies in the 1950s and '60s, when conceptual art sparked an interest in found objects and conditions, collages and juxtapositions, and when Jane Jacobs and Robert Venturi prompted a rethink of strict modernist consistency and an appreciation for the diversity of historical styles and the vernacular. "Conceptual art … provides the richest inspiration for the recent architectural designs that are the subject of this book," Bollack writes. She quotes Sol LeWitt: "The idea becomes the machine that makes the art."
In support of her argument, the architects included here cite Venturi, Gordon Matta Clark, and Eva Hesse as influences. But reading this work as scaled-up conceptual art seems overdetermined. One architect describes his approach as "reverse archaeology," and surely the influence of that field is just as important for designers who recover fragments, shore up ruins, and make palimpsests legible.
Lest the Brits get too smug, I will point out that Old Buildings, New Forms includes 11 projects in the United States and none in Britain (though I do wish Bollack had included Rick Mather's gorgeous reworking of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford). The American projects show considerable sophistication, plumbing layers of time, bridging its gaps, and exploiting its ruptures. Not bad for a country with no history.
Weaving: Badly damaged during World War II, the 1855 Neues Museum in Berlin sat for many decades as a semi-ruin. In 2009, David Chipperfield Architects, in collaboration with Julian Harrap, completed their restoration/redesign of the museum (see plan and sections below; new construction is marked in magenta).
Wraps: The Le Fresnoy Art Center in France. Bernard Tschumi Architects designed a new roof over an existing leisure park complex so the historic buildings could be adapted without needing to be weatherproofed (see drawing and exterior image below).
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