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American Pharoah returned to training in impressive fashion March 29 at Santa Anita Park, recording a five-furlong breeze in :58 3/5.
American Pharoah returned to training in impressive fashion March 29 at Santa Anita Park, recording a five-furlong breeze in :58 3/5.
Gold Medal Dancer traveled five furlongs in a brisk :59 1/5 March 28 at Oaklawn Park, prepping for a run in the April 10 Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I). A decision will be made March 30 as to whether Untapable will run.
In April Kentucky Downs plans to change its current historical racing machines, currently the Cella family's Instant Racing games, to a new player in the market called Encore Gaming.
Will VanMeter's sixth career victory as a trainer was one for the family.
American Pharoah will return to Oaklawn Park for the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. I) April 11, owner Ahmed Zayat said March 20.
American Pharoah came out of his 6 1/4-length victory in the Rebel Stakes (gr. II) "perfect", trainer Bob Baffert said March 15.
Zayat Stables' Mr. Z, pointing for the March 28 Louisiana Derby (gr. II), after training March 15 at Oaklawn Park. watch video
American Pharoah bobbled at the break but never looked back, galloping gate-to-wire to win the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (gr. II) by 6 1/4 lengths in his season debut March 14 at Oaklawn Park.
Trainer Steve Asmussen said champion Untapable exited her runner-up effort in the $300,000 Azeri Stakes (gr. II) March 14 in good condition and will remain in training at Oaklawn Park until early April.
Matthew Schera's Race Day edged past a stubborn Midnight Hawk near the wire to capture the $250,000 Razorback Handicap (gr. III) for 4-year-olds and up March 14 at Oaklawn Park.
Untapable wasn't unstoppable in her season debut March 14, missing the victory by half a length to gate-to-wire winner Gold Medal Dancer in the $300,000 Azeri Stakes (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park.
The 2-year-old champ walks off the racetrack in Arkansas March 13 after galloping in preparation for the March 14 Rebel Stakes (gr. II). Watch Video
Two-time grade II winner Tapiture, who closed out last season with a runner-up finish to Goldencents in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I), is scheduled to make his 4-year-old season debut March 14, in the Razorback H.
This season Baffert comes in loaded for bear, with Zayat Stables' 2-year-old champion American Pharoah set to make his 2015 debut. American Pharoah has turned in a series of scintillating works at Santa Anita.
Shared Belief will likely look toward the $600,000 Oaklawn Handicap (gr. II) April 11 for his next race, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said March 8, a day after a dominating win in the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I).
As impressive as American Pharoah's workouts have been, trainer Bob Baffert seems most concerned about the weather going east for the 2-year-old champion male's 3-year-old debut.
Trainer Tony Dutrow said that The Big Beast appeared fine physically coming out of a win in his 4-year-old debut March 1 and is scheduled to make his next start in the $300,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) April 9.
Because of severe winter weather conditions, or expected winter weather, racing for March 5 has been canceled at Aqueduct Racetrack, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, and Oaklawn Park.
The would-be spoiler will get a chance at victory sans 'Brandi' March 7, as her more accomplished rival will start against boys March 14. Sarah Sis heads a group of nine sophomore fillies in the $150,000 Honeybee.
Oaklawn officials said Take Charge Brandi appears headed for a showdown against top 3-year-old males in the Rebel Stakes (gr. II) March 14, as last year's champion 2-year-old filly will not race in the Honeybee (gr. III).
Alex and JoAnn Lieblong's The Big Beast showed no signs of rust in his first race since winning the Ketel One King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 23 at Saratoga Race Course.
The Arkansas Racing Commission unanimously approved a request by Oaklawn Park Feb. 28 to add two Wednesdays to its 2015 Racing Season -- March 18 and March 25-to compensate for days lost to winter weather.
The Saturday, Feb. 28, race card at Oaklawn Park that featured two $75,000 stakes, has been canceled due to below freezing temperatures.
American Pharoah may be more than ready to make his 3-year-old debut. The Zayat Stables-owned son of Pioneerof the Nile worked an eye-catching seven furlongs in 1:23 4/5 Feb. 27 at Santa Anita Park.
Due to winter weather, live racing at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia and at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas has been cancelled for Feb. 27, along with racing at Maryland's Laurel Park.
Owner Willis Horton confirmed Feb. 25 that the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park March 14 is under consideration as a target for champion Take Charge Brandi, although a decision has not yet been made.
Zayat Stables will continue its chess game of 3-year-old prep racing by shipping Mr. Z to the March 28 Louisiana Derby (gr. II), while American Pharoah runs in the Rebel (gr. II) and El Kabeir starts in the Gotham (gr. II).
Aided by cancellations and healthy purse accounts, Oaklawn Park in Arkansas and Turfway Park in Kentucky have increased overnight purses.
With a sharp move to the rail by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, Far Right claimed the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park Feb. 22. He had previously won the Smarty Jones Stakes at the Arkansas track.
Willis Horton's champion Take Charge Brandi posted a five-furlong bullet work in 1:00 2/5 Feb. 21 at Oaklawn Park, a major move in preparation for her upcoming outing in the $150,000 Honeybee Stakes (gr. III) March 7.
Mathew "Cole" Norman, a former leading trainer at Louisiana Downs and Oaklawn Park, reportedly has been arrested and charged following an incident in Shreveport, La.
The redrawn Southwest Stakes (gr. III), part of a Presidents' Day program that was lost due to severe winter weather, brought back 10 of the original 12 sophomore entrants for Feb. 22 at Oaklawn Park.
Mufajaah, impressive winner of the Bayakoa Stakes (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park, will be pointed for the $300,000 Azeri Stakes (gr. II) March 14, postponing retirement at least one more race, trainer Dan Peitz said Feb. 18.
A winter storm has led Oaklawn Park to cancel its Feb. 16 Presidents' Day card that included the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (gr. III).
Favored Mufajaah went six wide in the final turn and closed to win the $100,000 Bayakoa (gr. III) by a neck over Flashy American for her second straight stakes win at Oaklawn Park Feb. 15.
Zayat Stables' American Pharoah Drew an appreciative appraisal from trainer Bob Baffert as he continued to work in preparation for his 3-year-old debut the morning of Feb. 15 at Santa Anita Park.
Returning to Oaklawn Park where he secured his first career stakes win, Golden Lad held off last year's Preakness Stakes (gr. I) runner-up Ride On Curlin to post a 1 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Essex Stakes.
Convincing Smarty Jones winner Far Right is one of 11 3-year-olds seeking to advance on the road to the Triple Crown in the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (gr. III), the Presidents' Day feature from Oaklawn Park Feb. 16.
Most of the entrants in the field of 10 for the $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 15 at Oaklawn Park are more than familiar with each other.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association will hold an educational Thoroughbred ownership seminar Feb. 21 at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.
Ride On Curlin, under regular exercise rider Bryan Beccia, worked an easy half mile in :49 3/5 after the break the morning of Feb. 11 in preparation for the $100,000 Essex Handicap to be run Feb. 14 at Oaklawn Park.
Five projected starters for the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 16 at Oaklawn Park, completed their final major preparations at the Arkansas oval the morning of Feb. 11.
Willis Horton's champion 2-year-old filly Take Charge Brandi breezed a half mile at Oaklawn Park Feb. 9.
Far Right completed his major preparations for the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (gr. II), the highlight of the upcoming Presidents Day card at Oaklawn Park, by breezing a half mile in company Feb. 8.
American Pharoah could be looking at a return to racing in March, according to trainer Bob Baffert.
Citing strong across-the-board business in the month of January, Oaklawn Park announced it is raising overnight purses between $1,000 and $3,000 per race effective Thursday, Feb. 12.
Ocean Knight, Lord Nelson, Take Charge Brandi, Fort Larned foal, Tampa Bay Downs, Sam Houston, Oaklawn Park & more! view slideshow
Despite comments made by the owner of Take Charge Brandi after her win in the Martha Washington Stakes Jan. 31, trainer D. Wayne Lukas says the champion filly will remain pointed toward the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).
Champion Take Charge Brandi got her 3-year-old campaign off to a winning start with a surprisingly tight head victory in the $100,000 Martha Washington Stakes Jan. 31 at Oaklawn Park, her fourth consecutive win.
Far Right will make his next start in the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 16 at Oaklawn Park, Ron Moquett confirmed the morning of Jan. 31. Mike Smith will again have the mount aboard the Smarty Jones Stakes winner.


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Archinect - News 2015-03-30T03:11:12-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/123916644/christopher-hawthorne-dissects-zumthor-s-inkblot-with-lacma-director-michael-govan Christopher Hawthorne dissects Zumthor's inkblot with LACMA Director Michael Govan Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-03-28T09:02:00-04:00 >2015-03-28T09:54:41-04:00
Since opening the doors of its original William Pereira buildings in 1965, the Los Angele County Museum of Art has grown along with its home. The version of the city beloved by Reyner Banham and Pereira was alive then on the historic Miracle Mile, proselytizing megasized car-infrastructure and New Suburban models of living. From the 1980s through the 2000s, the museum expanded and reorganized, adding Bruce Goff's Japanese Pavilion and Renzo Piano's additions. Now, the entire conglomerate is slated for a redesign, into a singular swath by famed museum architect Peter Zumthor, with new attention paid to an incoming Metro station. And according to the Los Angeles Times' architecture critic, Christopher Hawthorne, this is distinctly on track with where the megaregion as a whole is going – part of his so-called "Third Los Angeles".

This third stage of Los Angeles is "an altogether more integrated, metropolitan-oriented" place, and is the namesake for Hawthorne's ongoing lecture series exp...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/123735848/selgascano-unveils-designs-for-the-2015-serpentine-pavilion SelgasCano unveils designs for the 2015 Serpentine Pavilion Nicholas Korody 2015-03-25T13:00:00-04:00 >2015-03-25T14:18:55-04:00
Earlier today, the Serpentine Galleries in London released the first images of the 2015 Serpentine Pavilion, designed by the Spanish firm of SelgasCano headed by José Selgas and Lucía Cano. In keeping with the criteria of the annual program, this will be the first UK project by the award-winning firm, and is also the first pavilion designed by Spanish architects. According to a statement released with the announcement, the pavilion will consist of "an amorphous, double-skinned, polygonal structure consisting of panels of a translucent, multi-coloured fabric membrane (ETFE) woven through and wrapped in webbing." The images released with the statement consist of colorful, playful renders populated by cartoonish figures.

A much-anticipated event each year, the Serpentine Pavilion is one of the "top-ten most visited architecture and design exhibits in the world." Visitors to the SelgasCano-designed pavilion will be able to enter the structure from a number of openings, "passing through a...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/123679631/10-failed-utopian-cities-that-influenced-the-future 10 Failed Utopian Cities That Influenced the Future Orhan Ayyüce 2015-03-24T22:51:00-04:00 >2015-03-26T08:49:57-04:00
Bonus: BoozeTown, the Crazy-Ass Town of Drunks

It is still up for debate, but I will say real estate ownership might be abolished and become irrelevant.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/123673986/field-operations-to-helm-new-miami-underline-project Field Operations to Helm New Miami Underline Project Nicholas Korody 2015-03-24T18:47:00-04:00 >2015-03-24T17:50:34-04:00
Proponents of the Underline bicycle route and linear park that would replace the threadbare M-Path under the Metrorail tracks from Dadeland to the Miami River have picked the co-designer of the wildly popular elevated High Line in Manhattan to draw up a master plan for their idea. James Corner Field Operations was selected by a local jury from among 19 architectural teams that submitted entries in a competition.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/123352855/is-newark-the-next-brooklyn Is Newark the Next Brooklyn? Richard Meier & Partners 2015-03-20T13:28:00-04:00 >2015-03-20T19:42:51-04:00
When construction's done in 2016, Teachers Village will consist of eight, low-rise buildings housing three charter schools and a daycare facility, 65,000 square feet of retail, and 205 residential units designed by the world-renowned Richard Meier, Newark's native son and architect of the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art in Spain.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/123296640/holmenkollen-ski-jump-turns-into-airbnb-penthouse-for-one-night Holmenkollen ski jump turns into Airbnb penthouse for one night Alexander Walter 2015-03-19T20:47:00-04:00 >2015-03-19T20:53:08-04:00
One lucky soul will get to enjoy an unforgettable night in one of Oslo's most iconic destinations later this month: the topmost floor of the JDS-designed Holmenkollen ski jump will be turned into a cozy, fully furnished Airbnb penthouse for the winner of a recent online contest.

From the contest description:

Set at the top of the ski jump where champions prepare for flight, the apartment's floor to ceiling windows give you one of the best views imaginable of Oslo, snow capped mountains and endless forest.

On the first floor, 250 steps below the apartment you will find the world's first ski museum. Discover more than 4,000 years of ski history and learn about the adventures of polar explorers, including Roald Amundsen.

After a day in the snow, leave your gear and take the lift up to your apartment at the very top of the Holmenkollen ski jump.

Right above you is the highest roof terrace in town, so you can do some serious stargazing as dinner is served. If you're really lucky, you might...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/123282173/photo-archive-of-blade-runner-model-shop-shows-remarkably-convincing-replicants-hard-at-work Photo archive of "Blade Runner" model shop shows remarkably convincing replicants hard at work Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-03-19T17:12:00-04:00 >2015-03-20T16:17:29-04:00
An amazing cache of 142 "behind the scenes" photos from the model shop of the 1982 classic sci-fi flick "Blade Runner" are now available on imgur. A huge h/t to Boing Boing, where we first came across these photos.

Perhaps they're coming to light now as promo for the (official) Blade Runner sequel? Here's a selection of some of our favorites, in all their late '70s glory:

 http://archinect.com/news/article/123197015/the-strange-and-beautiful-architecture-of-matthias-jung The strange and beautiful architecture of Matthias Jung Alexander Walter 2015-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 >2015-03-23T22:22:50-04:00
German-based graphic designer Matthias Jung creates imaginative houses, that we'd like to encounter in real life. He calls his creations 'architectural short poems', that aim to visualize another perspective on how we could see the world and live in it. The homes are put together from photo material that he collects and re-arranges in unexpected ways.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/123135161/nbbj-proposes-strategy-for-creating-skyscrapers-that-don-t-cast-shadows NBBJ proposes strategy for creating skyscrapers that don't cast shadows Archinect 2015-03-17T17:43:00-04:00 >2015-03-18T18:48:48-04:00
They used computer modeling to design a pair of buildings, one of which works like a gigantic, curved mirror. The glass surface of the northernmost building reflects light down into the shadow cast by its southern partner. And the carefully defined curve of that glass allows the reflected light to follow the shadow throughout the day.

 http://archinect.com/news/article/122981772/an-urban-treehouse-that-absorbs-pollution An Urban Treehouse That Absorbs Pollution Miles Jaffe 2015-03-16T19:22:00-04:00 >2015-03-23T20:27:44-04:00
It's a special building because it lives, grows, breathes and changes over time. Its terraces are dotted with 150 tall trees which together with 50 plants in the court produce about 150,000 liters per hour of oxygen, at night absorbing about 200,000 liters of carbon dioxide per hour. Also slashing particulate matter caused by cars, protecting from noise, following the natural cycle of the seasons, growing day by day, creating an ideal microclimate.

^ Translated from Italian. Check the source for more photos.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/123052385/los-angeles-famously-googie-norms-to-become-focal-point-in-new-community-of-shops Los Angeles' famously Googie Norms to become focal point in new "community of shops" Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-03-16T18:21:00-04:00 >2015-03-23T20:34:07-04:00
Developer Jason Illoulian of Faring Capital is the new owner of the land under the restaurant and its 43 parking spaces ... his plan: To build a "community of shops" where the parking lot now stands. [...] "It's such a beautiful building and that sign is just like fucking awesome," he says. Will there be room in this new village for an $11.99 steak dinner? "We're hoping to keep it as a 24- hour diner," says Illoulian of the restaurant space. "Whether it's Norms or somebody else."

This upcoming Thursday, the Cultural Heritage Commission will decide whether the La Cienega Norms that faced imminent demolition back in January will be given monument status. Meanwhile, development plans for the site are chugging along. Developer Jason Illoulian, who purchased the site back in December, is working with Hodgetts + Fung to design a "community of shops" as infill in Norms' parking lot. The "background building" around the Norms structure would eat up parking on the site, drastically affecting the restaurant's accessibility. According to Mike Colonna, Norms' president, "Parking is a primary issue for us. We're not a high end restaurant where you could valet park your car and take an elevator to the third floor."

Even if the building is declared a historic monument, the diner-institution of Norms may no longer be a good fit for the neighborhood, according to Craig Hodgetts of Hodgetts + Fung: "Norms is not a good fit on La Cienega," says Hodgetts. "It's not appropriate. ...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/123058018/virginia-tech-center-for-design-research-exhibition-showcases-experimental-digital-fabrications Virginia Tech Center for Design Research exhibition showcases experimental digital fabrications brutvan 2015-03-16T17:48:00-04:00 >2015-03-23T20:30:03-04:00
We are in the midst of another industrial revolution – softer, less obtrusive, faster, and more pervasive. All aspects of daily life are changing through the integration of things made of atoms and things made from bits. Surrounded by an increasing number of sophisticated devices, digital heartbeats, and sensors are now standard components in products. How should architecture education respond?

Advances in digital technology are creating an explosion of possibilities related to the basic building blocks of design: material and form, light, movement, and pattern. Virginia Tech student work featuring 3-D printing, robotics, and dynamic fenestration is currently on display in Clark Nexsen's office and gallery space in Town Center, Virginia Beach.

Exhibition materials were developed with digital tools in an undergraduate studio called CRD – (trans)LAB at Virginia Tech's School of Architecture and Design. Students from different disciplines explore how the advancement of technological and computational processes can challenge and inform the practice of architecture and design. The exhibition examines how architecture education should change in response to an environment where analog, mechanical, and electronic technologies are being replaced by rapidly emerging digital technologies.

Students participating in the exhibition include Laura Escobar, Ryan Hawkins, Brian Kato, David Ko...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/122892751/ray-bradbury-the-pomogranate-architect Ray Bradbury, The Pomogranate Architect Orhan Ayyüce 2015-03-14T15:08:00-04:00 >2015-03-23T20:21:13-04:00
Disney sent that article to his friends in New York City who were, at that time, helping build the New York World's Fair, and they read the introduction and they came to Los Angeles a month later and they knocked on the door, and I opened the door and they said, "Mr. Bradbury, shall we tell you why we are here?" I said, "Why?"
 "We are here to give you a fifty-million-dollar building." I said, "What!? Come in, come in!"

This essay appears in Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview and Other Conversations, out this month. Reprinted with permission of Melville House.

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) is the author of twenty-seven novels, including Fahrenheit 451and The Martian Chronicles, and more than six hundred short stories. Bradbury won many awards throughout his lifetime, including the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America and a National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Sam Weller is the author of The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury andListen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, and the coeditor of Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, which won a Bram Stoker Award. Weller is an associate professor in the department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/122818149/ten-top-images-on-archinect-s-kitchen-spaces-pinterest-board Ten Top Images on Archinect's "Kitchen Spaces" Pinterest Board Archinect 2015-03-13T15:25:00-04:00 >2015-03-13T17:10:26-04:00
In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles.

(Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles!)

Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the brand new board Kitchen Spaces.

↑ Kafka Residence in La Jolla, CA by Safdie Rabines Architects

↑ Invisible Kitchen in Paris, France by i29 interior architects

↑ Vallvidrera House in Barcelona, Spain by YLAB Arquitectos Barcelona; Photo: Marcela Grassi

↑ Rowhouse II in Brooklyn, NY by Robinson + Grisaru Architecture PC; Photo: Catherine Tighe

↑ Box House in Brasilia, Brazil by 1:1 arquitetura:design; Photo: Edgard Cesar

↑ House Passage of Landscape in Toyota, Japan by ihrmk

↑ Gansett in Amagansett, NY by Martin Architects PC

↑ Edgewater Residence in Los Angeles, CA by Formation Association; Photo: Josh White

↑ East Village Loft in New York, NY by Ja...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/122663902/la-forum-talks-with-brooke-hodge-curator-of-provocations-the-architecture-and-design-of-heatherwick-studio LA Forum talks with Brooke Hodge, curator of "Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio" Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-03-11T14:54:00-04:00 >2015-03-15T18:10:53-04:00
"From the beginning, I wanted to give a sense of the variety of scale of the studio's projects, from the more intimate objects like the Christmas cards to large-scale mockups like those for the Paternoster Square vents. [...] Thomas is trained as a designer and not as an architect and he has always made things as a way to test his ideas. He often mentions how unusual it is that most architects have never actually made anything themselves." – Brooke Hodge

When news broke that Heatherwick Studio would be collaborating with BIG on Google's campus expansion, many were hearing Thomas Heatherwick's name for the first time. "Provocations", the first exhibition devoted to Heatherwick Studios to be shown in North America, will make sure that Heatherwick becomes a name in the states not just for the Google project, but for a significant catalogue of distinct work. Brooke Hodge, the curator of "Provocations", recognized Heatherwick's unique status in architecture and design long before Google's announcement, and now the timing couldn't be better to get to know Heatherwick.

Currently the Deputy Director at the Cooper Hewitt's National Design Museum, Hodge casts Heatherwick not as architect or designer per se, but as an inventor – the tinkerer who sets out to solve problems, not develop a style. The LA Forum interview posted here is a quick overview of Hodge's organizational strategy for the exhibition.

"Provocations" is currently on display at th...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/122586756/did-florida-ban-environmental-workers-from-talking-about-climate-change Did Florida ban environmental workers from talking about climate change? Nicholas Korody 2015-03-10T14:44:00-04:00 >2015-03-11T09:12:38-04:00
Florida is largely seen as the U.S. state that is most vulnerable to the effects of global warming. But even uttering the term global warming in official communications can get employees at the state's Department of Environmental Protection in trouble..."We were told not to use the terms climate change, global warming, or sustainability," said Christopher Byrd, who worked at the DEP from 2008 to 2013.

On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott, an open skeptic of climate change (who is also openly, "not a scientist") denied the allegations. "Well, first off, that's not true," Scott told reporters. "At our Department of Environmental Protection, there's lots of conversation about this issue. From my standpoint, like every issue, my goal is: Instead of talking about it, let's do something about it."

Environmental workers in the state re-asserted that while the ban may not have been official, it was heavily implied. Byrd is quoted saying, "We decided it was important for us to maintain jobs and continue projects and just keep our head down and stay out of the attention of the governor's office." He continued with an ironically appropriate choice of language: "We didn't want to do anything to create waves."

We've noted before on Archinect the particular vulnerability of Florida to rising sea levels generated by a warming planet. While the Governor may be sticking his head in the sand, there are many...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/122581108/society-of-architectural-historians-presents-public-seminar-at-chicago-conference Society of Architectural Historians Presents Public Seminar at Chicago Conference Helena Karabatsos 2015-03-10T13:29:00-04:00 >2015-03-15T17:57:38-04:00
Leading scholars from around the world will convene in Chicago, April 15–19, to present new research on the history of the built environment at the 68th Annual International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians. But the conference isn't just for academics. SAH aims to engage two important audiences—conference attendees and the local community—with public programs such as the SAH Chicago Seminar.

The SAH Chicago Seminar, "Magnitudes of Change: Local Sites and Global Concerns in Chicago's Built Environment," will take place Saturday, April 18th, at The Gratz Center at Fourth Presbyterian Church. Hear from local architects, historians, and policy makers as they discuss the history and future of Chicago's waterways and neighborhoods. Harvard University professor Charles Waldheim will give the keynote address "Reading Chicago's Landscape as Urbanism." Alison Fisher, Harold and Margot Schiff Assistant Curator of Architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago, will moderate ...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/122578694/thresholds-44-workspace-is-seeking-submissions "Thresholds 44: workspace" is seeking submissions csbonin 2015-03-10T12:11:00-04:00 >2015-03-19T11:45:37-04:00
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When an employee at Google's Mexico City office takes a post-lunch plunge into the on-site ball pit, is she working or playing? And when an employee in one of Foxconn's factory sites in China leaps from his eighth-floor dormitory, only to be cradled in recently installed "suicide" netting, is he fulfilling or transgressing the design of the workspace? Long hidden in museum basements, conservation labs and storage rooms now feature prominently in museum designs. Facing complicated visa programs and unsavory jobs, employers skirt bureaucracy to sustain the agricultural industry in the US and illegal workers stay undocumented in order to be easily employable. When and why are certain workspaces - and workers - hidden or revealed? What is the "work" that is supposed to happen in the workspace and how have transformations of the tools, economies, demographics, and technologies within the workspace shaped the...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/122201296/archinect-sessions-episode-19-don-t-be-evil-don-t-throw-stones Archinect Sessions Episode #19: Don't be Evil, Don't Throw Stones Archinect 2015-03-05T14:11:00-05:00 >2015-03-25T10:22:31-04:00
This week Amelia, Paul, Donna and Ken discuss the somewhat controversial Google Headquarters design by BIG and Heatherwick. On a completely different note, we also discuss the new, and the nation's first, slavery museum, Whitney Plantation, in Louisiana.

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 http://archinect.com/news/article/122202906/how-video-game-engines-may-influence-the-future-of-architecture-and-everything-else How video game engines may influence the future of architecture (and everything else) Alexander Walter 2015-03-05T13:47:00-05:00 >2015-03-11T18:19:09-04:00
Epic Games, the company best known for Gears of War, has a very different plan for this generation of video games — one that expands far beyond what games are typically assumed to be. [...] In this future, or present if you ask Sweeney, lessons learned from one field, say an architect designing a virtual building, can be applied to games or film, and likewise. Sweeney believes the potential application of the engine across all fields increases exponentially as information is shared.

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"There was an intense flowering of experimental and futuristic architecture in the 1960s and 70s, which the young African countries used to express their national identities," says [Swiss architect Manuel] Herz, who has curated an exhibition of more than 80 buildings from sub-Saharan Africa, showing at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, until May. "But we simply don't know about it... we wanted to show this incredible cultural wealth that also exists."

Usually the projects of African "big man" leaders, the modernist buildings were often constructed for propagandistic purpose and tended to be designed by European architects. Noted architectural photographer Iwan Baan took many of the photographs in Herz's exhibit.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/121746764/google-unveils-big-heatherwick-studios-collaboration-for-new-campus-master-plan Google Unveils BIG + Heatherwick Studios Collaboration for New Campus Master Plan Nicholas Korody 2015-02-27T16:26:00-05:00 >2015-03-06T18:41:08-05:00
"Silicon Valley has been the cradle of a series of innovations that, over the last decades, have propelled technology and [the] world economy, but all of the resources, all of the intelligence, has been invested into the immaterial, the digital realm, the internet," asserts Bjarke Ingels of BIG at the beginning of a new video released today by Google (posted at the end of this article). David Radcliffe, the Vice President of Real Estate and Workplace Services at Google, continues: "Tech really hasn't adopted a particular language for buildings." Google hopes to change that, unveiling an ambitious new master plan for their Mountain View campus designed collaboratively by Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studio.

Radcliffe explains that Google scoured the world for the architecture practices they found most innovative. "The BIG Studios – they're ambitious, they do a lot of very community-focused projects and that was very compelling to us," while Thomas Heatherwick "has this attentio...
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The HY-Bol Pavilion, designed and built in the summer of 2014 by students of the Spitzer school of Architecture at City College New York, was the culmination of a series of courses devoted to the expression of complex geometric curvature. Contemporary architecture theory has witnessed an new debate on how topology and smooth surface curvature should either embrace or dismiss the historic concepts of tectonics in architecture, a term which has re-appeared sporadically and influentially throughout Architectural History. As a generic umbrella for the term, all of the readings of the word in question seem to share the idea that the tectonic represents an ineffable quality of visual synergy between the needs of construction and structure with the harmonious visualization and pronunciation of those needs.

"Architecture is Building-plus-value." This equation is not simply the addition of unrelated elements... The identity named by this equation - the "is," or "equals" - is enabled by the di...
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The push is on to incorporate brain science into design and architecture... Hopefully, the days of windowless classrooms to prevent vandalism and distraction are over.

Science once agains confirms what we already know, and architects turn it into a marketing tool.
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Along the highways leading from Los Angeles into the Coachella Valley desert, there are two types of sign-posts. One is the rocky, harsh faces of the imposing mountains – the closer the mountains are cut to the side of the road, the narrower the perspective and the less intimidating the surrounding desert seems, like blinders on a horse. The other is literal sign-posts, glowing lollipops of fast food restaurants, gas stations, motels and casinos. Floating above their signifieds like geotags on a satellite image, they make their offerings known – food! gas! fortune! In the desert's harsh environs, it's too risky to venture into the unknown, so best stick with the drive-through cheeseburger.

But then, suddenly there are neat rows of palm trees. Scattered lights on the nightscape coalesce into boulevards and fall in line with landscaped desert palms, manicured gravel patches, and curated cacti. And then there are the mid-century modernist dollhouses, amidst equally inspired gas station...
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While hard to imagine today, Paris's most iconic monument was largely reviled when it was first built for the 1889 World's Fair. On February 14, 1887, as construction was just beginning, a group of some of most notable Parisian artists, writers, architects and intellectuals – including Charles Garnier, Émile Zola, Alexandre Dumas fils, and Guy de Maupassant – launched a petition against the Eiffel Tower. "We, the writers, painters, sculptors, architects and lovers of the beauty of Paris, do protest with all our vigour and all our indignation, in the name of French taste and endangered French art and history, against the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower," their statement read.

Today, concerns over the use-value of the most-visited paid monument in the world seem comical. But throughout its history, the question of utility has been central to conversations about the Eiffel Tower. Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who designed the 906 ft. tall structure, defensively touted it's scientific ...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/121508108/love-letter-to-plywood-by-tom-sachs Love Letter to Plywood. By Tom Sachs Paul Petrunia 2015-02-24T13:42:00-05:00 >2015-02-26T23:03:59-05:00
Already a couple years old, but a great piece by Tom Sachs on the beauty and nature of plywood. h/t kottke.org
 http://archinect.com/news/article/121507305/trahan-architects-release-short-film-of-louisiana-state-sports-hall-of-fame-and-regional-history-museum Trahan Architects Release Short Film of Louisiana State Sports Hall of Fame and Regional History Museum cbryan 2015-02-24T13:35:00-05:00 >2015-02-26T21:54:32-05:00
Spirit of Space, in collaboration with Trahan Architects, has created a short film featuring the award-winning design of the Louisiana State Sports Hall of Fame and Regional History Museum in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The museum was recently awarded the prestigious 2015 AIA Institute Honor Award and will be honored at the upcoming AIA National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

From Spirit of Space:

The Louisiana State Sports Hall of Fame and Regional History Museum, designed by Trahan Architects, evokes the past as much as it signals the future. Set in the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase, the museum employs 21st century technology to execute a design language inspired by the carving and scouring of the nearby Cane River and the historic architecture of Natchitoches.

The film carries viewers past the historic district's references, around the pleated copper façade and into the sculpted interior. The cast stone panels define a fluid pathway that flows around, up and through th...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/121429387/christopher-hawthorne-reflects-on-the-spatial-design-in-citizenfour-and-other-oscar-nominees Christopher Hawthorne reflects on the spatial design in "Citizenfour" and other Oscar nominees Alexander Walter 2015-02-23T13:12:00-05:00 >2015-02-23T15:51:22-05:00
"Citizenfour," in fact, enlarges and underlines ideas about architecture, privacy and culture that run more subtly through a number of Oscar nominees. Several [...] movies exploit the dramatic appeal of the constricted, labyrinthine, tightly packed, claustrophobic or paranoid space: the crowded backstage corridors of "Birdman" by Alejandro G. Iñárritu; the tunnels, hallways and dollhouse-like spaces of Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel"; the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Ava DuVernay's "Selma."

Related: Julia Ingalls' Material Witness series on Archinect
 http://archinect.com/news/article/121215975/get-a-glimpse-of-the-designs-of-the-year-2015-architecture-nominees Get a glimpse of the Designs of the Year 2015 Architecture nominees Justine Testado 2015-02-20T18:58:00-05:00 >2015-02-28T04:47:20-05:00
It's that time of year for Design Museum's popular Designs of the Year 2015 awards, a showcase of noteworthy works created by international stars, up-and-coming startups, and students. A total of 76 projects from the previous year were selected for the categories Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphic, Product and Transport. Last year, Zaha Hadid took the top prize with the all-too-familiar Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Category winners will be announced on May 4, and the overall winner will be revealed during a Design Museum event on June 4. In the meantime, all nominated works will be exhibited at London's Design Museum beginning March 25.

The Architecture category has some solid contenders that could make it anyone's game (maybe), with some of them having already won some top awards. Love 'em or hate 'em, here they are:

↑ FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON - Paris, France. Designed by Frank Gehry and Gehry Partners

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The resort is located in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park, at the foot of the Cairngorm Mountains nestling amidst the ancient Caledonian pine forests which are home to an abundance of wildlife. The resort offers boundless opportunities to experience outdoor activities all year round and to enjoy the best of Highland hospitality.
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Cloud Transformation for Digital Enterprises and their Datacenter
The South East Asia Forum for IT Infrastructure executives
April 8-9, 2015
Traders Hotel, Puteri Harbour, Johor, Malaysia
Actel Consulting
Telekom Sigma
Squire Patton Boggs
Telekom Malaysia
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Ping An Financial Group
Olswang Asia LLP
NEC Corporation
Hitachi Sunway Data Centre Services Sdn Bhd
Amazon Web Services
Hewlett Packard
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
PT Qwords Company International
Asia Policy Partners LLC
Singapore Post
Prudential Life Assurance, Indonesia
Merrill Lynch
Ascendas Pte Ltd
Cloud Security Alliance
Dell Global BV
Synergycloud Sdn Bhd
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Welcome to a new information, networking and business opportunities forum for regional and international IT Infrastructure executives.
Enterprises and third party operators across South East Asian markets are transforming to cloud datacenters, fast becoming the indispensable infrastructure for computing, storage and management of big data. Enterprises require simple and scalable ways to create interoperability among many siloed data and endpoints, which offer highly available, multi-tenant and elastic integration cloud to support high density computing.
Many challenges confront companies who are adapting to a cloud environment: adjusting datacenter environments to cope with the new demands Cloud brings, and drive greater energy efficiency; security of Cloud and managing increased workforce use of smartphones and tablets; moving applications to the cloud to meet security requirements for service availability, manageability and connectivity - data security methods must solve multiple challenges; how IT departments manage the transformation to cloud brokerages and look to outsourcing as part of the solution. Workload migration between clouds is another key challenge for hybrid clouds - some enterprises are moving part of their workload to a public cloud environment while retaining other workloads in a private cloud. More businesses are looking to outsource non-core services via the cloud, make cost savings in the value chain yet benefit from cloud innovation especially in Big Data.
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One of the characteristic sounds of spring in New Zealand is the clear, upward-slurred whistle of the shining cuckoo. Along with its long-tailed cousin, the two cuckoos are the only New Zealand forest birds that migrate away from New Zealand after breeding. This is in sharp contrast to temperate countries in Europe, Asia and North… Read more »
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Design Document of So Many Me version 0.1Apr 8, 2011 Other 0 comments
The first version of our design document, So Many Me is a project we are currently developing. Our team uses this doc as for the start of our development...
"So Many Me" is a 2D puzzle platformer starring Filo and his band of misfit clones as they attempt to save a world threatened by an ancient, malevolent evil. Using their combined powers, Filo and his fellow Me must puzzle their way through a land of exotic creatures, devious traps, and evil minions.
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We are more than happy to announce that our game, So Many Me, is available now on the store. To celebrate the launch, everyone could get the game with 20% off, Yay!
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By the way, the 3rd episode of our developer series videos is now LIVE! In this episode, we shows how the game has progressed during the 3 year development cycle for the game, check it out here:
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Let us know what you think. And many thanks to you for helping us spread the word!
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So Many Me is a breath of fresh air in a genre that is plagued with mediocre at best games. The gams is first off is a very visually stunning game, I can't help but feel like I lost 50 points to my manliness scale when I play it because the artstyle makes me gigle like a schoolgirl. What I didn't expect on top of the great visuals is a great puzzle platformer as well. The mechanics are very solid and challenging, the idea of utilzing multiple replicas of yourself in unique ways to complete levels or get that epic hat that you've been wanting makes the actual gameplay experience very rewarding. The replayability is there as well, there are loads of unlocks that give you cosmetic items throughout the map. Obtaining these will allow you to customize ALL of your replicas. I HIGHLY recommend So Many Me for any fan of puzzle platformers or just simpily cutesy games.
If you prefer video format of basically what I said up there I do that too!
Your game is awesome!!!! I really want to play it....Please release the game on chrome webstore. please please please :)
There is a demo available on the Chrome Store but for the full version. It will be ready around Q1 next year.
That is one of bugs we recently found in the Chrome version. Sorry for that. We will absolutely fix it in the next patch :)
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A little background: We're building a library/framework for working with scientific models. We have an interface
Model which defines the operations that a model must implement, which is pretty minimal. That is: the
Model interface defines the contract of a model from the point of view of a model implementor.
The framework adds a bunch of other functionality around the model, but right now client code has to access that functionality by using a bunch of other classes, such as
ModelInstance, etc.
In our application that uses this framework, we don't want to actually have to deal with all this mechanism of running models, etc. So we've decided to use the façade pattern to wrap up the framework functionality in an easy-to-use object. (We've already applied this pattern to other parts of the framework, with good success.)
Here is the question: given that we already have an interface
Model, what would be a good name for the façade class? The
Model interface is the contract between the framework and the model implementation, and the new class will define the contract between the framework and the client application.
Or, more generally: when we have an abstraction provided by a library or framework, how can we name the "two sides" of the abstraction so as to clearly identify the "provider" and "consumer" interfaces to the abstraction?
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Ray's works have been published and exhibited in New York, Boston and New Delhi. In 2012, he was awarded the Humanitarian Award for Design Innovation by the MIT Technology Review, and the project was covered by the BBC. Earlier, in 2007 Ray won first place in the eVolo International Skyscraper Competition.


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The Gloucestershire Cricket Board's 'dream team' (pictured) were crowned champions of the first ever Cheltenham Festival Ten10 tournament after winning all of their matches.
The side – which was made up of 11 of the county's best club cricketers– beat a squad put together by festival sponsors Brewin Dolphin in the final having earlier triumphed over a Gloucestershire Old Boys XI and a team from Gloucester Rugby.
The day proved a big success with supporters delighting in watching former heroes including Mark Alleyne and Sadiq Mohammed (pic 2 with Steve Kirby)do battle with Cherry and Whites rugby stars and Gloucestershire's top amateur players.
The competition – which was played in an unusual 10-overs-a-side format - was the idea of Gloucestershire chief executive Will Brown.
And he said he hoped the event would become a regular fixture in the Cheltenham Cricket Festival calendar: "The day was enjoyed by supporters and players alike and I hope it will become part of the festival tradition moving forward.
"Congratulations to the GCB team who proved a cut above the rest on the day. The county's clubs are the lifeblood of cricket in Gloucestershire and it was great to be able to give some of our top recreational players a stage to showcase their talent."
One of the highlights of the day for fans was the unique spectacle of a team of Gloucester Rugby greats swapping codes to try their hand at cricket.
Their team included Samoan centre Terry Fanolua (pic 3), legendary prop Andy Deacon and fullback Chris Catling. The Brewin Dolphin team also featured another star of the oval ball in former Springbok Thinus Delport.
Other eye-catching names taking part included ex-Gloucestershire players Steve Kirby, Tony Wright (pic 4 with Louis Gegg) and Andy Stovold (Old Boys XI) (for a team photo see pic 5) and Richard Graham MP (Gloucester Rugby).
Will said: "The day was designed to be a bit of fun for spectators but hopefully it has also helped us to forge closer links with Gloucester Rugby and their supporters as well as festival sponsors Brewin Dolphin.
"It was also wonderful to see the Gloucestershire Old Boys playing at the College Ground again. They certainly proved the old adage that form is temporary and class is permanent."
Gloucestershire Cricket Board chief executive Steve Silk added: "It was a great event and provided a really good advert for recreational cricket. There were players out there from all different ages and backgrounds from ex-internationals to club and occasional players which all added to the spectacle.
"Speaking to the GCB players they had a day to remember and said that they felt that it had also brought them closer to the county club which is a great legacy."
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A newly released study reported an 8% decline in self-recorded respiratory symptoms among study subjects with COPD who participated in a 3 month long tai chi program. By comparison, COPD participants in the study control group showed a 12% increase in self-reported respiratory symptoms over the same 3 month period - the control group subjects did not participate in a tai chi or other exercise program during the study duration. (Chan A, et al. Effectiveness of a Tai chi Qigong program in promoting health-related quality of life and perceived social support in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clients. Quality of Life Research. 2010 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print]).
While the research team concluded the comparative improvement in self-reported symptoms for the tai chi group was statistically significant, they would not go as far as to declare the results "clinically significant". Apparently, the study results needed to show a 9% decline in self-reported symptoms in order to deem the results "clinically significant". The main reason cited by the researchers for narrowly missing the "clinically significant" threshold was the short study duration of only 3 months (noting that other tai chi studies conducted over 6 month and 12 month periods demonstrated larger range of physical conditioning improvements).
As a result of falling short of the clinically significant milestone, you are unlikely to see this study's results discussed widely elsewhere. But, in our view, given there was a significant improvement in self-reported symptoms between the control group and tai chi group, we think it is worth your exploration of tai chi as an alternative form of low intensity exercise for those with COPD. In fact, last month we wrote an article regarding the potential benefits of tai chi for COPD patients based on the strong and growing body of research surrounding tai chi for other chronic conditions such as heart disease, hypertension and arthritis. To read that article, click here.
In the Quality of Life Research study, the tai chi group practiced 13 movements of the 18 movements of the tai chi form known as qigong. The subjects met 2 times a week for 1 hour each session over the 3 month study period. The researchers selected the 13 movements used in the study based on those that are easy to learn and master in a short period of time. Study subjects were also asked to coordinate their breathing during each tai chi movement.
At the outset of the study, the control group and tai chi group were asked to rate their quality of life in three areas (distress caused by respiratory symptoms, how breathlessness limits their daily activities, and the overall psychological/social effects of COPD on their daily lives) using a survey tool known as the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) – a widely used tool among respiratory care professionals to assess COPD patient quality of life. The study subjects then completed the SGRQ again at 6 weeks into the study and again at the end of the 3 month research project. Of the three areas probed in the SGRQ, the tai chi group showed significant improvement in the distress caused by respiratory symptoms section.
The Hong Kong based study team concluded, "During the 3-month TCQ (tai chi qigong) training, no exercise-related problems occurred; hence, this TCQ style appeared to be safe. In addition, the subjects enjoyed the training. Statistically, TCQ contributed toward improvements in health outcomes with respect to clients' perception of their recent respiratory symptoms and decreased disturbances to their daily physical activities."
In addition to tai chi's known physical conditioning benefits, the ancient Chinese martial arts technique also promotes balance among the elderly and has been shown to improve exercise program compliance (i.e. tai chi is a lot less boring than walking on a treadmill so people are more inclined to continue a tai chi exercise program).
Many fitness and community centers offer tai chi classes – some particularly targeted to the elderly and people with limited mobility. There are also a wide range of DVD's available online and in retail stores that demonstrate tai chi programs that can be practiced at home. We highlighted a few beginner oriented DVD's on our Breathe Better Marketplace web site. To view our selections, click here. If you'd like to review a broader selection of tai chi DVD's, we suggest you visit www.amazon.com and type in the search term "tai chi DVD".
Welcome! Here we publish our views on new research and insights from the field of pulmonary medicine, most often focusing on topics related to exercise, nutrition, and other self-management techniques for those who suffer from chronic shortness of breath.
Whether you have COPD, currently smoke, or are just concerned about persistent shortness of breath and/or cough, read our articles to explore COPD treatment options and self-management techniques that can help you feel better NOW!
Whether you have COPD, currently smoke, or are just concerned about persistent shortness of breath and/or cough, read our articles to explore COPD treatment options and self-management techniques that can help you feel better NOW!
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Hate Mail is growing up. This week we learned to count -- forward and backward. We got up to three, and then we made it all the way down from five to one, with only one booboo.
Hate Mail. What it lacks in integrity, it makes up in integer.
From: Randy
I just read your story on Jim Tressel. You know what they say: Those that can, do. And those that can't, teach. I guess those that can't do or teach become sportswriters.
... and those who cover up violations and win the Big Ten with ineligible players and lie to their bosses about it -- they coach at Ohio State.
From: Roger Eckenwiler
Jim Tressel does not deserve your constant demeaning. He made a mistake, but he has helped more young men than you will ever know. You keep referring back to Tressel as if he was Hitler. Get a new whipping boy. By the way, what are you going to complain about when the NCAA finds that Ohio State was actually pretty clean?
You mean except for the violations that sidelined the team's best offensive players, and the coach who covered it up and then lied to his bosses. Other than that, Ohio State was actually pretty clean. Is that what you mean?
From: David Brown
You have no idea who Jim Tressel is. You aren't good enough to carry his jockstrap. You trash a man who is one of the finest people in this country -- bar none -- and this would include every profession including priests and preachers. I don't know him personally, but if you talk to ANYONE who does know him you might find out there is NONE BETTER.
Sounds like you'd be more than happy to carry his jockstrap. And thank you for this priceless line: "I don't know him personally." I'll call this story up later today just to laugh at you some more, David.
From: Todd Michalik
You are such a dumbass.
That's my kind of Hate Mail. Five words. Get in, get out. Well done.
From: Jim West
You're an uninformed idiot.
Four words.
From: Bill
Go away.
I think we skipped one. Who was in charge of the three-word Hate Mail this week?
From: Brett Mack
From: Barefoot Serpent
If no one's bigger than the game, why do today's sportswriters behave as if they're bigger than the game?
If you're referring to other sportswriters, it's because they're jerks. If you're referring to me, it's because I am.
From: Clayt
Some of us only received spankings as adults. *Giggle.*
Hahaha I mean ... shame on you, Clayt. Spanking is not a laughing matter. In fact there's a background story there, something about goats and coyotes. I'll let Duane explain it.
From: Duane
"Spare the rod" is reference to the goat herder's rod that was carried to guide the herd. They might have hit a wolf or coyote if within reach, but hitting the goats was not how they achieved the goal of getting the herd to go where they wanted.
Didn't know that. Didn't care either.
From: David B.
Your column on spanking was an awful analogy. As an ordained Presbyterian minister and a licensed marriage and family therapist, I beg you to write a clarification of your article. Adult coaches being restrained is entirely different than real children. Too many people already misquote what "spare the rod, spoil the child" really means. We also don't need a sportswriter out there telling parents that "I'm going to count to three" doesn't work. When done right, counting to three DOES work. I hate to think how many children will get beaten today because of your writing.
You're blaming MY STORY for child abuse? You take that back. I'm going to count to three ...
From: Charles
Too bad all your time spent making all-state teams (1987 ... and '88) wasn't put into history class. Grover Cleveland -- 1885-'89 and 1893-'97 -- was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Grover Cleveland Alexander (1911-30) was a Hall of Fame pitcher who was born during Cleveland's first presidency. Are you a columnist or an idiot with a blog (response to Clayton) who types random thoughts?
I wrote that as a joke, Charles. It went over your head, but I'm guessing you're used to it.
From: Mike Morrell
It's guys like you that vote with your heart and not your head that ruin the All-Star voting.
That's the problem with baseball fans. Too much heart, not enough VORP.
From: Jeff Water
Makes a lot of sense, goofball, how do you even keep a job? I usually don't waste my time but I wanted to see how stupid it really was. I am serious too, I never respond to crap like this, but you are so useless and clueless. This is the stupidest article I ever breezed through.
But you "breezed through" it. And you know why? Because my writing is fun to read.
From: Jonathan S.
Your negative tone was grating. You used the word "nerd" too much, which made your writing poor. It's easy to see baseball is not your major sport (hint: 1986).
Methinks you complain too much about my usage of the word "nerd" ... nerd.
From: Jim
Wow -- replace two Yankees with Red Sox. Don't show your true colors now.
That's what you took from my story on the All-Star vote? That I'm a closet Red Sox fan? You have the worst case of tunnel vision I've ever seen. That, or glaucoma.
From: Kwende Madu
Yes college football is better than the NFL because you can exploit those arrogant negroes and not pay them a nickel. Admit it -- that is what you caucasoids really enjoy.
Glaucoma seems to be contagious.
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Ni mama? Wrong. YOUR mama, spam-bot.
From: Mike Davies
Thank you for finally writing something decent. College football shouldn't need goofs like you defending it -- but at least you made a decent point finally. Maybe your dad was embarrassed that you called him the reason you became a sportswriter and said if you were going to credit him, you should start writing decently -- because the last couple weeks have shown a marked improvement in your writing.
See, I get nice mail! Well, sort of nice mail. Well ... mail that isn't purely hateful.
From: Chris
I have read your articles for years now, and though I find them mostly inaccurate and childish, I found the most profound and genius idea in your article about the All Star Game and how baseball's nerds have destroyed the joy in the selection process: You want to see Adam Jones! Kudos on the most brilliant thing you've ever written. Well, that and the story about college football being better than the NFL. So, man, you're on fire. You may want to consider taking a vacation and soaking this up. This success will only be remembered as an afterthought when you give us your next Gregg Doyel typical piece of sports garbage.
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I have a MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Models A1226 Santa Rosa 2007.
I do not understand something about data transfer rate in regards to me buying a new ssd hard drive from IFIXIT, which I want to do to speed up my old Macbook pro. From what I do know, the Data Transfer Rate is the rate at which data can be sent or received. This is determined by your motherboard. A drive with a higher transfer rate will only run at the rate of the motherboard's transfer rate.
If this is true, how come the ssd ifixit recommends for my Macbook Pro is a 6 gb one? Isn't this to fast for my old computer? Would it even work? Wouldn't a 3 gb ssd be better? Or perhaps even that would be too fast? I think my data transfer rate on my Santa Rosa could be even as slow as 1.5 gb. So I am very confused. Could somebody let me know if I would even benefit from upgrading to a ssd, and if so, what would be the best one for me to get?
I've read on other site and others when people put these "recommended" 6gb ssd drives in 2007 Santa Rosa machines like mine, they do not work. If this is so, why would IFIXIT recommend these drives for my machine. COLOR ME CONFUSED!! Please help.
Edited by: Walter Galan ( ) , Leigh ( )
Accepted Answer
The I/O connection between your current HD is SATA.
Within the SATA standard there is different revisions which is the real issue here. Each revision has increased the throughput i.e. SATA I (1.5 Gb/s), SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) and lastly SATA III (6.0 Gb/s).
The device's I/O speed (SATA) needs to match or be lower than the systems SATA ports I/O speed.
So, one needs to know the specs of a given device and if it is able to run at the systems speed. In some cases firmware updates are needed.
I would first update the systems EFI firmware. Review this Apple TN EFI & SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Macs.
Then, I would review the specs of my system by reviewing a trusted data base like EveryMac. Here's a link to your model and the different versions of it MBP A1226 SantaRosa.
Open up yours in the list and look under Standard Hard Drive. Open it up to see the specs. Did you find your systems SATA speed (Serial ATA)?
Now check out the SSD you are thinking of is it the same or can it be set or run at the same speed?