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In his acceptance speech to a packed auditorium, Mazria said, 'This is a great honor because this recognition comes from my colleagues.'
Reflecting on the reasons the architecture, planning, and design community adopted the 2030 Challenge so quickly, he said, 'It's because architects, planners, and designers, are pre-disposed to do the right thing, they see the purpose of it. Our entire professional training is about designing a better world –– we have a moral compass which gives meaning to our work, it's part of our DNA, it's who we are.'
Above, you can watch the video piece the AIA created to celebrate Mazria's work, and his full acceptance speech.]]>
The New Construction Guide has also been incorporated as the prescriptive path to comply with the energy prerequisites for both USGBC's LEED v4 and the Northeast Collaborative for High Performance Schools standard. The Guide has also been adopted as the basis for the prescriptive path for complying with the energy code in the City of Boulder, Colorado, currently the most stringent in the country.
Architecture 2030 issued the 2030 Challenge in 2006 to focus the building sector on energy reductions through the setting of achievable targets. The Challenge's final goal is that all new buildings and major renovations be carbon neutral by 2030. With its series of targets aimed at reducing the use of fossil fuels, the 2030 Challenge has been adopted and is being implemented by 80% of the top 10 and 70% of the top 20 architecture/engineering/planning firms in the U.S. The current 2030 Challenge target calls for all new buildings, developments and major renovations to be designed to meet a fossil-fuel, GHG-emitting, energy-consumption performance standard of 70% below the regional (or country) average/median for their relevant building type.
Established in 1997, New Buildings Institute (NBI) has been a driving force in advancing energy efficiency research, practices and code stringency. Most notably, the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) was based largely on NBI's Core Performance Guide–a prescriptive approach to high performance commercial buildings. NBI also advocates for measuring building energy performance in occupancy rather than relying on modeled predictions to assess efficiency levels, and the organization has become a clearinghouse on zero-net energy policies and practices.
The Advanced Buildings New Construction Guide is NBI's prescriptive design guide for small commercial buildings. It is a whole-building design guide that combines design guidance with tens of thousands of building energy simulation models to offer a pre-assembled integrated design package that delivers significant savings over the latest versions of ASHRAE Standard 90.1 and the International Energy Conservation Code. A series of increasingly stringent tiers allows the Guide to deliver savings in a national landscape where states and local jurisdictions have energy codes with drastically different levels of stringency while also providing greater levels of energy efficiency to projects seeking higher performance.
Combining the New Construction Guide's inherent flexibility with limited onsite renewable energy, NBI's pathway to meeting the current 2030 Challenge target offers various options. Each is based on an aggressive energy efficiency strategy such as advanced daylighting, superinsulation, advanced lighting design or advanced HVAC system selection. This allows design teams to choose the strategy that best suits the needs of each individual project.
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Architecture 2030 Founder and CEO Edward Mazria and internationally renowned expert Peter Calthorpe recently addressed the 23rd meeting of the Congress for the New Urbanism in Dallas, TX.
Here is the video of their provocative presentation about their trend-setting work in architecture and planning.
They address the most pressing issues of our time – urbanization, energy, and climate change – followed by a dialog on the Road to Zero, the progress made to date, and the road ahead to a carbon neutral and sustainable future.
(Ed Mazria's address begins at 6 minutes, 30 seconds into the video.)]]>
In March, Toronto became the ninth city to establish a 2030 District, and the first outside of the United States. Encompassing the downtown core from Dupont to Lake Ontario, and the Don Valley to Bathurst, the Toronto 2030 District is the largest District in area with over 550,000 people living and working within its boundaries. At launch it boasts 24 million sq. ft. of committed buildings.
Toronto 2030 District founding sponsors, the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) and Sustainable Buildings Canada (SBC), together with lead sponsor Enbridge Gas Distribution have joined with 30 private and public organizations including property owners and managers Jones Lang LaSalle (Canada), Ryerson University and Averson Young (there's a full list of members here).
"The 2030 District is a forum for collaboration that amplifies the success of existing conservation programs, removes redundancies and fills the gaps by sharing knowledge to build best practices. It establishes a framework for other cities in Canada to follow suit," said Jeff Ranson, Executive Director of the Toronto 2030 District.
Last week, Albuquerque became the tenth established 2030 District and the first in the Southwest with their charter signing attended by Albuquerque District leadership, Architecture 2030 Founder and CEO Ed Mazria, and Mayor of Albuquerque Richard Berry.
Founding property owners and managers include the University of New Mexico, Presbyterian Hospital, Hotel Andaluz, Hotel Parq Central and CBRE-Plaza Campana. Public partners include the Downtown ABQ Main Street Initiative and the Mid-Region Council of Governments while financial sponsorship comes from the Public Service Company of New Mexico, The Tarbell Family, and The Urban Council of Albuquerque.
As well as targeting energy use, water usage and transportation emissions reductions, the Albuquerque 2030 District will focus on driving economic redevelopment throughout the downtown corridor.
"We have more PhDs and science and technology gurus here, and we want to bring this knowledge base to the District and support private property owners to realize the full potential of their buildings. To address this, we're going to have a huge educational platform," said Holly Carey, Albuquerque 2030 District's Program Manager.
"Given that New Mexico is the home state of Architecture 2030, it's great to see Albuquerque joining this network of innovative cities," said Ed Mazria, Architecture 2030 Founder and CEO.
Mazria continued, "Albuquerque is poised for success as it has a wealth of knowledgeable professionals and community leaders with a commitment to sustainability. Albuquerque is a welcome addition to the 2030 Districts Network, where it can become a model for other cities in the region."
The rapid formation of ten Districts illustrates the value of this private-sector led approach to transform the urban core of cities and meet impressive emissions reduction targets. Each new District deepens the experiences and best practices that can be shared across the 2030 Districts Network.
In the past, to compile the rankings, the DesignIntelligence survey conducted on behalf of the Design Futures Council (DFC) asked leading architects and firms one question:
In your firm's hiring experience in the past five years, which schools are best preparing students for success in the profession?
In 2015, the survey question will read:
From your hiring experience in the past five years, which schools are best preparing students for the future of the profession and designing a sustainable future?
For professional architecture programs and schools this has profound implications for how they prepare their students. Rankings are important for a number of reasons:
The first survey featuring the new wording will be issued over the summer, with the results published in the November/December 2015 issue of "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools".
"The view from the Ivory Tower has changed. Sustainable design is now a hallmark of excellence in architecture education."
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It certainly seems to us that all this marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. Historic developments in 2014 advanced at a breakneck pace; it looks like 2015 may be even more extraordinary. Stay tuned.
In his 40-year career, Mazria has been at the center of the sustainable design or green building movement, pushing a grassroots revolution to get architects, planners, public officials, developers, and decision-makers to see how buildings and infrastructure affect the environment, why architecture and planning matters, and the key role architects must play in driving positive change. Through research, compelling imagery, and tireless public presentations, he made it clear that architecture and planning are the gateway to true long-term global sustainability. Mazria founded Architecture 2030 in 2006 and issued the 2030 Challenge: a measured, achievable approach to incrementally reducing fossil fuel consumption in new buildings and major renovations by the year 2030, by which time all new buildings and major renovations should be completely carbon neutral.
The 2030 Challenge was immediately endorsed by the AIA, which used it as an impetus to create new task forces and continuing-education requirements. In 2009, the AIA issued the complementary 2030 Commitment, which helps firms track their progress towards meeting the challenge and offers tools for developing sustainability actions plans for firms' internal operations.
This year, Mazria presented the Roadmap to Zero Emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), detailing a clear path to zero emissions in the built environment by 2050. Subsequently, the International Union of Architects (UIA), with member organizations representing over 1.3 million architects in 124 countries worldwide, committed to these targets at their 2014 World Congress with unanimous adoption of the 2050 Imperative, a declaration to eliminate CO2 emissions in the built environment by 2050. As important, all of the regional Architect Councils of Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa also signed on to the declaration, something that is unparalleled in the 65-year history of the UIA.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mazria earned an architecture degree from the Pratt Institute and continued with graduate studies at the University of New Mexico. He built a successful practice in New Mexico, becoming an expert on passive solar building design and energy efficiency. During the oil embargos of the 1970s, Mazria closely examined the energy consumption of his buildings – long before any widespread understanding of climate change existed. His projects were bright and airy, filled with natural light, and always attuned – through building form, orientation, and materials – to their climate and ecology. In the early 2000s, while reviewing research on climate change and carbon emissions for a series of workshops at his firm, Mazria noticed that all of the projections at that time did not include a Building Sector – as if, to researchers, Building Sector energy consumption and emissions did not exist. Mazria discovered that those projections were not telling the true story. Our risk of irreparable environmental harm had not been mitigated between the 1970s and the early 2000s, but had metastasized – and he wanted to let architects know.
Mazria looked at how energy consumption is measured in the U.S. Typically, in 2002, energy consumption was broken down into four categories: industry (35 percent), transportation (27 percent), residential (21 percent), and commercial (17 percent). In many cases at that time there were five Sectors – industry, transportation, electricity, residential, and commercial buildings – with buildings at an even smaller percentage. Mazria saw a common theme across several of these categories: these represented buildings, spaces, and materials that were, for better or for worse, designed and specified by architects. He combined the residential and commercial categories, and placed building materials and a percentage of the industrial category designed by architects in this new group. By redrawing a few lines on a pie graph, Mazria had created the most important statistic in the sustainable design movement: buildings account for nearly half (48 percent) of all U.S. energy consumption.
About Architecture 2030
Architecture 2030 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization with a mission to rapidly transform the built environment from the major contributor of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to a central part of the solution to the climate and energy crises. Architecture 2030 pursues two primary objectives: the dramatic reduction in global fossil fuel consumption and GHG emissions of the built environment by changing the way cities, communities, infrastructure, and buildings, are planned, designed, and constructed and; the regional development of an adaptive, resilient built environment that can manage the impacts of climate change, preserve natural resources, and access low-cost, renewable energy resources.
Website: architecture2030.org. Twitter: @arch2030. Facebook: Architecture2030
About The American Institute of Architects
Founded in 1857, members of the American Institute of Architects consistently work to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. Through nearly 300 state and local chapters, the AIA advocates for public policies that promote economic vitality and public well being. Members adhere to a code of ethics and conduct to ensure the highest professional standards. The AIA provides members with tools and resources to assist them in their careers and business as well as engaging civic and government leaders, and the public to find solutions to pressing issues facing our communities, institutions, nation and world. Visit www.aia.org.
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As we look towards 2015, here's a round-up of the most important recent developments. Three new cities across the US recently launched 2030 Districts, and one existing District added a substantial new adjacent neighborhood.
On November 11, 2014, the Stamford 2030 District officially launched with 23 founding members, including 11 property owners and 12 prominent professional and community stakeholders committed to meeting the 2030 Districts goals and targets. Stamford is the first 2030 District in New England.
As Stamford is a coastal city, its 2030 District will also implement a proactive vision to ensure resiliency against projected sea-level rise and storm surge.
"Stamford is already a business leader in Connecticut. The Stamford 2030 District will make the city a sustainability leader nationwide", said Megan Saunders, Executive Director of the Stamford 2030 District.
Also in November, Dallas became the first city in the Lone Star State with a 2030 District.
Managed by the Dallas Leadership Council and sponsored by the South Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER), the Dallas 2030 District joined the network on November 19, 2014 at the Clean Air through Energy Efficiency (CATEE) conference in Dallas.
The Dallas 2030 District formed with nearly 9.7 million square feet of buildings, seven property owners and managers, and ten community and professional stakeholders.
And on the West Coast, California added its second District with the formation of the San Francisco 2030 District.
The San Francisco 2030 District launched on December 5 as a private-sector-led partnership between property owners and developers, community and professional stakeholders, and a number of San Francisco agencies including the city's Department of the Environment.
"With measurable performance goals and access to the national 2030 Districts Network, the San Francisco 2030 District is uniquely positioned to accelerate positive change in the Bay Area", said Stan Lew, Director of the new District.
Targeting buildings in the city's downtown core, where commercial tenant rates have boomed in recent years, the District exemplifies San Francisco's dedication to a sustainable and resilient future.
In other news, the Pittsburgh 2030 District expanded into the Oakland neighborhood, adding 244 buildings and 24.5 million square feet of committed real estate including Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, becoming the first 2030 District in the nation to have two distinct boundaries.
Together, the 2030 Districts Network represents over 210 property owners, 100 professional and 80 community stakeholders, and over 170 million square feet of committed real estate.
This is an impressive achievement, and we're looking forward to an even more successful 2015.
San Francisco photo credit: (c)Tomo.Yun (www.yunphoto.net/en/)]]>
The In-Depth Information pages provide the background and strategies needed for planning a Shared Street – a public street that combines cycling, pedestrians, social activities, parking, and local car traffic. The new Swatch overview page looks at Building Facades, addressing climate-based component facade design strategies.
The Shared Streets: Concepts In-Depth Information page gives a brief history and overview of the development of shared streets. Sharing streets for a variety of transportation, pedestrian, and other purposes was pervasive in most cities worldwide before the advent of motorized traffic.
Today, conventional street design emphasizes separating pedestrians from motor vehicles, giving the latter priority and often ignoring other traditional street uses such as social encounters, rest, or play. In contrast, shared streets are designed to integrate rather than separate users, making the space simultaneously accessible to all on an equal basis. This strategy improves safety and ambience, and makes walking and biking more desirable and practical, encouraging other active and passive uses of the street as outdoor space.
The Shared Streets: Implementation In-Depth Information page provides a full assessment of the various features that impact the planning and designing of a shared street. Detailed photos highlight important features that are delineated through visual and physical indicators. Signage, bollards, plantings, sidewalk textures, and other elements can be combined to create an environment that is simultaneously congenial for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as for automobiles.
While In-Depth Information pages contain technical and detailed material, they are also highly visual, incorporating diagrams and photographs that give users a clear and graphic understanding of key design issues, principles, and applications. For the Swatches with In-Depth Information pages – Transit-Oriented Development, Shared Streets, Direct Gain Glazing, Solar Shading, and Stack Ventilation – links to the pages can be found below the images on the main Swatch page.
The 2030 Palette is a living platform, continually growing and evolving as new content and features are developed. In-Depth Information pages are a key component to this model and we'll be releasing new pages regularly and discussing them on the 2030 Palette blog.
Register for the 2030 Palette to fully explore its potential, and receive notifications of new In-Depth Information pages, Swatches, and other features as they are released.
As well as the new In-Depth Information pages, we've also added a new Building Facades Swatch, which covers the basic design component considerations of a building's envelope in various climates. Arguably the most important feature of a building's energy consumption, facade design is a rapidly evolving field, often approached entirely separately from the rest of the building's design. However, in order to successfully function as a climate-based filter, facade strategies must be considered as part of whole building design.]]>
This year's Awards – open to AIA Portland members – were presented as part of AIA Portland's annual Honor Awards ceremony.
Winners were selected from projects submitted for the AIA Portland 2013 Design Awards and, in addition to reduced energy consumption, submissions were required to include a calculation of operational carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Jurors then considered these CO2 calculations along with other design elements.
Nearly 30% of submittals for the Design Awards as a whole met the current 2030 Challenge targets, making them eligible for the 2030 Challenge Design Awards.
"Architecture 2030 is very pleased to see that there is an increasing number of entries that are greatly exceeding the 2030 Challenge 60% reduction target, across a range of building types," said Ed Mazria, Founder and CEO of Architecture 2030. "It's encouraging that many architects are more than ready for 2015, when the 2030 Challenge building energy reduction target increases to 70%."
The following projects are winners of this year's 2030 Challenge Design Awards:
Ash + Ash (shown above) is a single family home on an infill site in Portland, Oregon. Certified LEED for Homes Platinum, the project incorporates a geo-exchange heat pump, under-floor radiant heating, triple glazing, LED lighting, exterior blinds to control heat gain, rainwater recovery providing potable water, and a 10 KW photovoltaic array.
Kiln Apartments (also in Portland) was designed with the aim of being the most energy efficient market-rate apartment building possible. Design strategies include a highly insulated envelope, triple glazing, wall-mounted radiant heaters served from solar thermal roof panels, and inset south facing windows with shading devices.
Central Oregon Community College Health Careers Center in Bend, Oregon is a 45,000 sf building that combines classrooms with therapy clinics for the community, and generates 75% fewer CO2 emissions than the average U.S. building of the same type and size.
The Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building is a remodel of a 1974 500,000 sf, 18-story office tower in downtown Portland. Work included replacing the uninsulated concrete exterior with a high performance curtain wall and installing a large roof canopy containing PV panels and rainwater collection system for toilet flushing and irrigation.
AIA Portland's adoption of the 2030 Challenge design targets and its incorporation of the CO2 emissions calculations into the competition demonstrate an ongoing commitment to a low-carbon future and a step forward in understanding the full meaning of design excellence.
> You can also read the BetterBricks post on the awards.]]>


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The Queen Mother Challenge Cup for championship eights is the regatta's premier event, featuring the best eights from the top rowing schools and clubs in the country. The event attracts approximately 12 entries each year, with smaller clubs usually entering the Child Beale Cup for School eights. Due to the high level of competition, the Queen Mother Challenge Cup has only been won by seven schools and one club:
Eton College (14 wins), Hampton School (6 wins), Radley College (5 wins), Shrewsbury School (3 wins), St. Edwards School (3 wins), Abingdon School (2 wins), Pangbourne College (1 win), Wallingford Schools Boat Club (1 win)
After three 1st VIIIs, entered in the Childe Beale Cup, from The King's School, Canterbury, Bedford Modern School, and Shiplake College, swamped, it was decided by the officials to completely cancel the rest of the racing for both the Saturday and Sunday. The officials have been heavily criticised for not reacting quickly to the situation, and for not stopping racing earlier, instead placing some of the athletes in serious danger - an eight from Oratory School ploughed straight into the swamped crew from The King's School, Canterbury, hitting some with blades and damaging their boat, moments later the Kingston Grammar School eight narrowly avoided hitting the Bedford Modern School eight, a black resolute which was very difficult to see in the wavey conditions.


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Team PSL Karting wrapped up its 2011 campaign on top of the podium recently with a global effort contesting SKUSA SuperNationals XV. The worlds #1 CRG distributor managed twenty-three drivers at the Rio, with talent across seven classes producing four podiums on Super Sunday. CRG factory driver Mirko Torsellini stood on top of the blocks, but the way he got there proved anything but customary.
It was meant for Mirko to compete only in KZ2, but in the week the engines were not being cleared through customs, said PSL Karting President Dominic Labrecque. We decided then to try him for Pro Stock Moto, and for us it all worked out in the end. He was in the race for KZ2, and won for CRG in his first time race of Stock Moto! It was a very strong event for PSL, and it was good to end the season with the last win at SuperNationals.
Torsellini certainly adapted quickly to the Stock Moto package, as after qualifying eighth he came through the heats 3-2-2 with the fastest lap in each instance. The combined effort put him off pole for the main event, one that proved Torsellini was fully dialled in to the new power. The young Italian took the lead of the race on lap four, and gradually stretched his legs to pull over four seconds clear of the field. He set the fastest lap of the final on twenty-four of twenty-five, and cruised to the checker. Torsellini had CRG company at the end of the day, as for the second-straight year Californian Fritz Leesmann was on the podium as well. Finishing third in both the second and third heats after trouble in the first, the defending S1 National Champion started and finished the final in P4.
The pair were also among five PSL/CRG entries in KZ2, a class where little seemed to go their way. After Michael Vincec led the way with eighth in qualifying, the entire PSL effort was pounded in heat one. Contact and retirements greatly damaged the hopes of all, with Torsellini limping to twenty-seventh, Leesmann nineteenth and Vincec recovering to fifteenth as the high trio. Each of the three posted a top-ten finish in a following heat, but come Super Sunday they remained outside that level with Leesmann eleventh, Torsellini fifteenth and Vincec in seventeenth. Things didnt change much either: Torsellini retired on lap four; Leesmann fell to seventeenth before recovering twelfth; and Vincec, after jumping near the top ten over the first lap, was knocked down to twenty-fourth on the next. He matched the pace of the leaders in charging back to eleventh to begin the second half of the race, but his day ended shortly after when he was run over and retired. Bruno Melo also retired from KZ, while Andre Sousa crossed P24.
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I am a daily commuter, and as such I always my e-reader with me so that I have something to read on my daily train rides. However, the train is far from a quiet library, and as a result I have gotten in the habit of listening to music while simultaneously reading. However, it's no easy task finding the right music to complement your book let alone amplify it. That's where Booktrack comes in.
In short, Booktrack is a digital publishing tool that enables bloggers, artists and writers to self-publish their work with corresponding soundtracks. Writers can choose from a catalogue of 20,000 licensed audio files.
As long as writers own the rights to the content (or it's public content), they can add a soundtrack to any digital text or e-book.
All these works can be found on the Google Chrome Webstore, and as of now, more than 10,000 people have contributed to Booktrack since it launched last week.
Booktrack is simple to use: copy and paste the text into the platform, highlight the section you want to add audio to, then search for whatever sounds you want to add.
The CEO of Booktrack told Mashable: "The target user is anyone with a story to tell. Both authors and audio enthusiasts and professionals who can not only explore a new creative outlet, but also reach new fans and promote their work in a new medium."
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Join the Women of Wayne Alumni Association in honoring faculty and staff at the annual Faculty and Academic Staff Recognition Reception. The program will celebrate outstanding academic affairs members who have demonstrated dedication and exceptional service in assisting students to succeed at Wayne State University. The 2009 Women of Wayne research grant scholarship recipients also will be recognized.
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Meet Wayne State in Photographs Author
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Meet Evelyn Aschenbrenner, author of A History of Wayne State University in Photographs (Wayne State University Press 2009), at three events this fall.
In A History of Wayne State in Photographs, Aschenbrenner surveys more than 140 years' worth of historical photos and archival material to give readers a complete visual guide to Wayne State's development. A thoughtful introduction by Charles K. Hyde, a foreword by Bill McGraw, a timeline of university events, and a list of university presidents complete this informative and attractive volume.
Aschenbrenner will discuss the history of Wayne State and sign copies of her book at the following events:
6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3
Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodward Ave., Detroit
6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19
Royal Oak Public Library
222 E. Eleven Mile Rd., Royal Oak
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10
Barnes and Noble in Woodland Mall
3195 28th St., Kentwood (outside of Grand Rapids)
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See Purlie With the Organization of Black Alumni
8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13
Millenium Center
15800 J.L. Hudson Dr., Southfield
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Join the Organization of Black Alumni for a performance of the hit Broadway musical Purlie, written by Ossie Davis. Cost is $20 per person.
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WOW Presents A Forbidden Broadway Christmas
1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5
The Gem Theatre
333 Madison Ave., Detroit
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Join Women of Wayne members and friends for lunch and a matinee performance of A Forbidden Broadway Christmas. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. at the Elwood Cafe followed by the play at 3 p.m. Cost for members is $47.50 or $34.50 (show only) and $52.50 or $39.50 (show only) for non-members.
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Scouting Report: Aldon Smith
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Aldon Smith opted to declare after a difficult and somewhat disappointing redshirt sophomore season. The long and lean pass rusher suffered a fractured fibula, which kept him out of a few games and forced him to play through pain. That said, the toughness he showed should earn him plaudits from NFL decision-makers, who'll also appreciate his 35 3/8" vines for arms, strong hands, and good 1st step. While he hasn't proven that he can consistently bend the edge as a pass rusher, Smith has shown the ability to beat offensive tackles both inside and out, and he does plenty of damage when he kicks inside on passing downs. Add in his unrefined but promising coverage skills, and you have a potential Justin Tuck-type player who can do everything at a very high but perhaps not elite level. In addition, Smith is athletic enough to make the transition to 3-4 outside linebacker, which will lead to him being in high demand on draft day. With a fairly good offseason, he's solidified his status as a mid-1st round pick. His floor likely is going 20th overall to the Buccaneers, who won't be able to pass on such an intriguing prospect.
Run Stopping
Though not the most impressive run defender, one can envision Smith very soon becoming a stout enforcer at defensive end. Smith possesses exceptional length and strong hands, which he uses to ragdoll tight ends and smaller offensive linemen. He rather effortlessly sheds blocks and spots the ball-carrier in time to make the play. However, Smith struggles when he plays too high, allowing offensive linemen to get under his pads. He's then unable to extend his arms and gain leverage; he'll struggle to disengage and lose sight of the ball-carrier. While a fairly significant deficiency at this time, he should be able to refine his technique and add some more bulk to his frame. With development, he could turn from a small liability to a major asset against the run game.
Smith occasionally was asked to drop on zone blitzes, which he looked comfortable doing. Though he'd get too high in his backpedal, his quick feet enabled him to get good depth. He's already adept as reading the quarterback's eyes and should be able to smoothly make the transition to playing 3-4 outside linebacker. The college defensive end also possesses the footspeed to make plays in pursuit. In 2010, he did use some discretion in deciding whether to chase plays that were a long distance away, likely because of the pain he experienced playing on an injured leg. When he did pursue plays, he'd often chase down the ball-carrier but have to head over to the sideline because of the pain. As a result, he should be able to exhibit greater effort when he returns to the field fully healthy.
Pass Rushing
Obviously, this is where Smith will earn his keep in the NFL. Because of his length and violent hands, Smith is able to deliver a strong jolt on initial contact and swipe opposing linemen off his frame. Those skills make him effective lining up at both end and defensive tackle: his inside move gives offensive tackles fits and guards can't handle his explosive upfield burst. The team that drafts him will be able to deploy him at a number of spots, allowing the defensive coordinator to get all of his best pass rushers on the field. One area in which Smith isn't exceptional is his ability to bend the edge on his way to the quarterback. He has a very good first step but doesn't showcase the type of flexibility that one usually sees from elite pass rushers. However, his ability to beat offensive tackles with inside moves will keep them off balance and somewhat negate the issue. Adding more moves to his pass rush repertoire would help alleviate the issue as well.
Smith's exceptionally long arms enable him to be a very good tackler. He consistently wraps up ball-carriers and can use his length to bring down shifty backs in space. On occasion, he's managed to blow up zone read plays by bear-hugging both the quarterback and RB.
Size, Speed, Strength & Agility
At 6'4 1/4", 263 lbs., Smith already possesses good size, and he has room to add more bulk to his frame. He plays with decent overall strength, but there is plenty of room for improvement, which should happen as he physically matures. He's more agile than the typical defensive end prospect, easily avoiding cut blocks and managing to cleanly change direction when the play reverses course.
Instincts and Awareness
For a relatively inexperienced prospect, Smith is very instinctive. In addition to looking comfortable reading the QB's eyes, he quickly spots the back on running plays. He doesn't get out of position when asked to cover backs coming out of the backfield and doesn't overpursue when chasing plays.
Hips/Lateral Movement
Smith showcases the ability to sidestep offensive linemen on the way to the backfield. The leg injury did temporarily sap some of athletic ability, but he still showed enough fluidity to make the transitions to 3-4 outside linebacker. One would like to see him bend more, both in coverage and when rushing off the edge, but it's possible that good coaching could correct the issue.
Many elite pass rushers possess exceptionally wide wingspans: a quality Smith certainly possesses. Also, because he declared after his redshirt sophomore season, Smith has a good deal of untapped upside. His production as a redshirt freshman showed that he can be a consistently disruptive force when healthy, and he could replicate that production at the next level. In addition, some added bulk could help him improve as a run defender. With some more development, he could become one of the best better DE/OLBs in the league, perhaps just a rung below the players who are truly elite.
Additional Information
Smith won a number of awards after his impressive '09 season, including Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year and 2nd team All-Big 12. Unfortunately, Smith's injury-marred 2010 season kept him from having a lot of success on the award circuit. He was forced to sit out three games after fracturing his fibula. When he returned from the injury, Smith lacked his typically impressive explosiveness; as a result, he only notched 1.5 sacks in the team's final seven games. While he generated plenty of pressure on the quarterback and made some plays, including a 58 yard interception return against Oklahoma, he couldn't come close to matching his '09 production.
2010: 48 tackles (35 solo), 4.5 sacks, and 10 tackles for loss (10 games).
2009: 64 tackles (44 solo), 11.5 sacks, and 19 tackles for loss (13 games).
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Awards & Honors
2009: 1st team Freshman All-American. Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year (AP). Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (coaches). 2nd team All-Big 12 (AP). Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (coaches). Team Freshman and Team Defensive Lineman of the Year.
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MDA invites farmers to advertise in the Minnesota Grown directory
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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is updating its popular statewide Minnesota Grown directory of farms and farmers markets. Minnesota producers who grow or raise products to sell directly to consumers are eligible to be in the directory. …continue reading on echopress.com


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Keep Your Data Safe for Office 365 (English)
McAfee DLP offers expansive, yet flexible, polices and templates that can help address risky employee behavior by protecting sensitive data from day-today user actions.
Protocol-Based IPS Architecture (English)
This brief discusses the Intel Security approach to protocol-based Intrusion Prevention System inspection and how it differs from other security vendors. Intel Security uses protocol inspection as the foundation of IPS solutions and builds advanced intelligence on top of this architecture to provide superior protection and IPS performance.
McAfee Labs Threats Report: May 2015 (English)
McAfee Labs' quarterly analysis of key threat topics and trends.
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McAfee Network Security Platform for the Data Center (English)
McAfee Network Security Platform combines extraordinary performance, advanced signature-less inspection, deep integration with other security systems, intelligent central management, and scalability to secure the very largest environments, making it the IPS of choice for the world's most demanding data centers.
Protecting Against Firmware and BIOS Manipulation (English)
Policies, procedures, and products that can protect against firmware attacks.
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Defeat Ransomware: Ensure Your Data Is Not Taken Hostage (English)
Learn how to stop ransomware before it strikes.
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Phishing Deceives the Masses: Lessons Learned from a Global Assessment (English)
This report reviews the lessons learned from the McAfee Phishing Quiz. At the time of this report, over 50,000 business users in 49 countries have completed the quiz and the results are enlightening.
Protecting Against Adobe Flash Exploits (English)
A practical approach to detect and protect against Adobe Flash exploits.
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The Realities of Cyber Parenting: What Pre-teens and Teens Are Up To Online (English)
To help ensure kids are growing up to be responsible digital citizens, parents must closely monitor their actions on the Internet, particularly on social media, and have frequent and open talks about what type of behavior is acceptable and what will not be tolerated.
Market Quadrant: McAfee Advanced Threat Defense is Top Player (English)
This edition of Radicati Market Quadrants reviews products that offer protection from advanced persistent threats.
Protect Critical Assets with Virtual Patching (English)
This white paper discusses virtual patching and how using predictive threat coverage, automated vulnerability scanning, and risk visualization is a scalable and cost-effective approach to protecting critical assets.
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Kiosks offer consumers convenience and drive lower costs for deployers, but they are also on the frontline of a new cyberattack environment outside the perimeter of corporate networks. With Enhanced Security Suite, Intel Security and KIOSK Information Systems have joined forces to provide advanced security and compliance protection to self-services devices. Now you can secure and differentiate your self-service platform while addressing today's most pressing customer issues.
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End of Support for Windows Server 2003 is approaching, but that doesn't mean your business has to lack security. Learn about the three migration paths available to remain compliant and secure.
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Independent testing lab Miercom performed comprehensive throughput and scalability testing on the McAfee NGFW 5206 appliance. Testing was performed with application control, deep packet inspection, antivirus enabled, and in configurations of one to four clusters.
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Gain all of the benefits of public cloud services without compromising security. Learn how to secure your servers wherever they are with McAfee Public Cloud Server Security Suite.
ESG Lab Validation Report: McAfee Next Generation SIEM (English)
ESG Lab focused on the McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM), the core product of McAfee's end-to-end solution for addressing comprehensive threat detection and remediation. Testing was designed to explore how the solution accurately detects advanced threats using a layered approach, the speed and effectiveness of responding to an attack, and the operational efficiencies of this integrated solution.
ESG Report: Tackling Attack Detection and Incident Response (English)
This report examines organizations' security strategies, cyber-attack environments, incident response challenges and needs. A survey found that security professionals are inundated with security incidents and struggle with timely identification and resolution of targeted attacks. A lack of visibility into user and network activity, shortage of investigative skills and experience, and poor security analytics capabilities are key factors in slowing organizations' response to incidents.
Best Practices for Dealing with Phishing and Next-Generation Malware (English)
To combat phishing attempts and next-generation malware, organizations of all sizes should consider a variety of issues related to security. This Osterman white paper shows trends in how malware infiltrates organizations, efficacy of security technology and user training, and a variety of actions that organizations should undertake.


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As of right now since I now have a redone Leon that I'm proud of, I'd like to make either Ada or Claire to stand next to him on my shelf. I'd prefer to make Ada, but unfortunately the Ada Wong figure for RE4 is sitting at about $40 or considerably more on most sites I go to, and Neca has done a really great job with the head sculpts. :/ It'd still leave me wondering who to use for the main body though, as I'd want to either make RE2 style Claire or Ada. I've considered Sheva for either as she's the same height as Leon and just kind of like the way Neca figures are put together.
Anyone have and suggestions for a good base for Ada or Claire, or where I might happen to find an Ada and Sheva for a lower price?


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Castle of Illusion HD, the downloadable remake of Disney's 1990 Sega Genesis game, will be released through digital platforms next month.
The game will arrive on September 3 for PlayStation Network, followed by a September 4 release for Xbox Live and PC. All versions of the game will sell for $15.
Publisher Sega also announced today that North America preorders for Castle of Illusion HD on PlayStation Network will receive a downloadable version of the original Sega Genesis game. The download code will be redeemable immediately after preordering.
The offer is good for preorders placed August 20 through September 2 and is not supported for the Xbox 360 or PC versions of the game. The promotion also includes a dynamic theme and three avatars.
Castle of Illusion HD was announced in April. The game is in development at Sega Studios Australia. The developer said its aim is to make sure the game maintains the "Disney magic" of the decades-old original.


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"Young Adult is actually a really cynical film," she said. "It's a drama and I'm interested to see how people would receive it because I don't think it's what people are expecting from me."
As opposed to that whimsical film about teen pregnancy. But yeah, Juno had a happy ending, for all its sarcasm. Young Adult won't be quite so, as Jeffrey Wells suggested when he asked Cody a question, congenial.
"Congenial I think is a good word to describe the Jason Reitman body of work and I think the characters tend to have these redemption arcs that are very satisfying. Jason's a really nice guy and I feel like I'm really dragging him down into the depths of misery for this film. But it is definitely a more stark realistic story about a woman who's having some serious personal issues and dealing with them in inappropriate ways."
Young Adult may even be controversial. But hey, if you don't like it, you're just lime green Jello. "I hate to get all feministy on everybody like I always do, but I think particularly it's going to be difficult for people to watch a woman behave in this manor. We see a lot of male curmudgeons in films and we've been trained to root for them but I don't know if that's going to be the case for this movie. I absolutely love Young Adult and I'm really excited for people to see it, but it's definitely not super consistent with what Jason Reitman has done, and particularly what Jason and I have done together."
Then Cody wrote a major Hollywood teen franchise. "I wrote Sweet Valley High, this amazing series of teen books from the '80s that really desperately needed to become a major movie in my opinion, so I wrote the script. I can't really talk about it that much yet. However know, ladies, that it's moving forward and I'm very excited about it."
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Vandana Group is the only company in Central India to offer all the range of products like M.S.Round, M.S. Flat,TMT Bar, M.S.Channel, M.S. Beam, M.S.HBeam, M.S.Angle, S.B.Wire, H.B.Wire, G.I.Wire, Wire Rod & CTD/CRS Bars.
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We are one of the oldest and reputed organizations that has been satisfactorily catering to the needs of its industrial clients. The raw material consumed in the production is procured from well-known sources like SAIL, Bhillai Steel Plant, RINL. The range offered by us is of top quality and hence most suitable for its applications area.
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We have a team of highly experienced and talented personnel who are experts in their fields. The technically trained personnel are able to understand the needs of the customers and offer the required product as per their requirement.
Our team is the cornerstone of the company with the help if which we have successfully survived the challenges in the past and with the support of which we are confident to retain and further strengthen our position in the market.
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Moral fiber
December 17, 2013 by RDeBeaux
These questions are designed to evoke emotions of Honor Duty and Country. For the military, we already know. Civilians, what would you do if your flag was suddenly NOT the Stars and Stripes?
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Incontinence & Overactive Bladder Health Center
Interstitial Cystitis
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Can IC be treated? continued...
Bladder distention. Some patients report feeling better after the bladder distention used during diagnosis. Symptoms often worsen within the first two days after distention. But they return to pre-distention levels or improve within two to four weeks. It isn't clear why distention causes symptom relief in some people. It may be that distention increases the capacity of the bladder. Or it may be that it interrupts the pain signals.
Bladder instillation. This is also called a bladder wash or bath. A catheter is used to fill the bladder with a solution of a drug called dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The solution is held in the bladder for an average of 10 to 15 minutes before the bladder is emptied. Treatment is given either every week or every other week for a period of six to eight weeks and then repeated as needed. Improvement is usually seen three to four weeks after the first six- or eight-week cycle.
Oral drugs. Pentosan polysulfate sodium is a drug that has been approved by the FDA for treating interstitial cystitis. In some people, the drug can improve symptoms. However, pain relief may not occur for two to four months, and it can take up to six months before there is a decrease in urinary frequency. Doctors urge patients who take the drug to stay with it long enough for the drug to work. The doctor may suggest aspirin and ibuprofen as well as other prescription drugs to help control pain. The doctor may also prescribe a tricyclic antidepressant or an antihistamine. Both have been effective in treating IC.
Electrical nerve stimulation. Sometimes mild electrical pulses are used to stimulate nerves to the bladder. This may increase blood flow to the bladder, strengthen the bladder muscles, and trigger chemicals that block pain. The impulses are sent through the skin using a TENS machine through wires placed on the lower back or just above the pubic area. TENS stands for "transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation." The electrical impulse can also be delivered using a special device inserted into the vagina for women or into the rectum for men. If nerve stimulation works, there is a device that can be implanted under the skin to deliver regular impulses to the bladder.


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The concept was developed by Noël Burch in his 1969 book Praxis du cinéma. Burch's goal is to show that the IMR was a class-determined practice, developed out of the bourgeois desire for totalizing illusionistic representation. André Bazin had identified the "myth of total cinema," or a constant desire to represent reality as completely as possible, which he claimed as the root of cinema innovations (both technology such as sound, color, and widescreen as well as techniques such as more elaborate editing). Burch, on the other hand, argues that IMR is no more elaborate or realistic a system than its alternatives.
The IMR is characterized by the attempt to create an entirely closed fictional world on screen. The audience is completely imaginitively involved in the film, instead of being distant from it and seeing it as an object to be examined. Burch argues that the key to the IMR is "spectatorial identification with a ubiquitous camera. Various techniques (often referred to as the "language of cinema") were developed in order to accomplish this identification:
Bordwell, David (1997). On the History of Film Style. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Chapter 4.
Burch, Noël (1973). Theory of Film Practice, trans. Helen R. Lane. New York: Praeger.


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Kansas' Scanlon in front
Posted: April 22, 2013 at 2:43 a.m.
The two-day leader of the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Bull Shoals Lake tumbled from the top and Casey Scanlon willingly slid into the top spot heading into today's championship round.
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What can you buy for under £1 without having to venture into Poundland? This snake-like tan leather belt from my local charity shop for one.
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
99p Fashion
Posted by PinkBow at Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Labels: accessories, budget, vintage
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Charity shops rule!
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Variant of permit
transitive verbpermitted, permitting
- to allow; consent to; tolerate: smoking is not permitted here
- to give permission to; authorize: to permit the demonstrators to march in the street
- to give opportunity for: to permit light to enter
Origin of permitLate Middle English permitten ; from Classical Latin permittere ; from per, through + mittere, to send: see mission
intransitive verb
to give opportunity or possibility: if the weather permits
- Now Rare permission, esp. in writing
- a document granting permission; license; warrant
- a printed postal indicia, stamped ticket, etc.: postal permit, parking permit
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