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Jon Freeman, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, is featured on Pacific Standard's list of the 30 "top thinkers" under the age of 30.
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The strategy was reviewed by the U.K.'s four leading human healthcare trade associations within LifeSciencesUK—the Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI), the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), the BioIndustry Association (BIA) and the British In Vitro Diagnostic Association (BIVDA).
The appraisal said significant progress had been achieved toward four goals articulated in the strategy—a Biomedical Catalyst, a Cell Therapy Catapult, a Clinical Practice Datalink (CPRD), and a National Biologics Manufacturing Center (NBMC). The Biomedical Catalyst and Clinical Practice Research Datalink have improved opportunities for collaboration between individuals and organizations across the NHS, academia, industry, and the voluntary sector, the report found.
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So the new log begins...
With new goals and a fresh training regime I figured it was a good time to make a fresh start with the journal too.
Recent Happenings...
Recently I cut weight to get back into the 83kg (183lbs) class and am now sitting at that mark with the goal to be to cut the body fat a wee bit more then slowly add lean mass to hopefully sit around the 84-85kg and compete raw in the U83kg category.
My two most recent compeitions were on the 9th of June (@90.8kg 242.5kg/125kg/272.5kg=640kg total) then again on the 4th of August (@81.8kg 220kg/125kg/262.5kg=607.5kg total). Lost a bit but some of that was technicalities that can be easily fixed so I feel my strength is still slightly above those levels but time to focus on bringing the strength up and the technique.
So for the rest of 2012 here are the objectives:
Main Meet: Oceania Powerlifting Championships 7-9 December (IPF)
Main Goal: Break Raw Oceania Deadlift, Squat & Total records. These are currently 272.5kg, 260kg & 687.5kg.
Tester Meet: In seven weeks it is the Waikato Bay of Plenty (WBOP) Classic - I will use this as a tester of the success of the 6 week russian template I will be using for Squat & Bench Press
Meet Goals: 245kg (540lbs) Squat - 140kg (308lbs) Bench Press - 270kg (595lbs) Deadlift
The Plan
My weaknesses need to be ironed out from the last meet. Mainly depth on squats & keeping the butt down on bench, as well as lifting the strength on those lifts as they are my weakest.
I will run a 6 Week Russian Squat/Strength Cycle for my Squat & Bench Press. This will mean squatting & benching 3 times a week for the next six weeks before a deload before the WBOP meet. Mondays I will do deadlift accessory / back work, Wednesday will be squat accessory / leg work and Fridays will be bench accessory / upper body work. Whenever the easier 6by2 day is on a Monday I will try get some relatively heavy deadlifts in and on the alternate week simply do some speed deads.
After the WBOP meet I will begin a Coan Phillipi Deadlift Cycle on Mondays and squat/bench twice a week extending the Russian 6 week cycle used earlier over 9 weeks (if it proves successful). That's the plan, can't wait to smash it!
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My first pregnancy with my son (now 5) I was only 19 and hadn't planned getting pregnant and since my cycle has always been unpredictable I didn't find out until I was 2 months preg! I had an iud put in 3 1\2 years ago and removed March 30th. My obgyn suggested I have at least one cycle before ttc and I got my period (sorry I'm still learning all of these abbreviations) on april 8th. We didn't "try" at first but didn't not try and although I felt really crampy even after a week or so off my period, we didn't get preg. :-( then in may my period came a few days early on the 5th and we have been trying ever since. I've had a few preg symptoms I've been testing ( yes I know way too early) and all have been neg. :-( I didn't have to "wait" before as it was a HUGE surprise so I am having such a hard time getting through this 2ww.... I'm going crazy. Anyone have any suggestions as to how to pass the time? We are so ready for our second baby. Ugh! I hope we got "lucky" this month I really would love to have a feb or march baby because going through the summer with a huge belly is torture!! Help!
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300 Long Islanders, Tied to Connecticut; The Dwindling Population of Fishers Island Is Isolated by State Borders and Winter's Winds
By ROBERT A. HAMILTON
Published: February 6, 2000
FISHERS ISLAND— WILLIAM BLOETHE pulled his grocery van up to the pier at Silver Eel Cove at 7:30 one January morning to collect his morning delivery, a bundle of newspapers and magazines. With the temperature in the single digits and the wind blowing to make it feel like 30 below, he left the engine running while he went aboard the ferry, but even a few minutes outside was enough to leave his fingers near frozen.
''Fishers Island is a great place to live if you can stand the winters,'' Mr. Bloethe said, pulling his hands from their gloves and rubbing them briskly. ''Every winter you get aggravated and you want to give it up, but nobody wants to move in the middle of winter. Then in April the weather starts to warm up and the people start to come back and things get real busy, and you don't have any time to think about it.''
In the winter, the Fishers Island movie theater shuts down. So do the coffee shop and the barber. There are three churches (Catholic, Episcopalian, which also closes for the winter, and United Church of Christ) and two gas stations, but no dentist.
In the summer, the island supports two golf courses. In the winter, sportsmen hunt pheasant on one. Residents get to use the other at no charge because there is no staff to collect the greens fees. The two state troopers who are here from May 1 to Thanksgiving leave the island to part-time constables.
Fishers Island is part of Southold town, whose officials worry whether Fishers Island can maintain a large enough year-round population to sustain itself. In the 1960's, more than 600 people lived there year round; there are fewer than 300 today.
''It's a constant concern out here,'' said Louisa Evans, the Fishers Island representative to the Southold Town Council. ''We worry all the time about how we can keep people, and how we might be able to attract more.
''What's optimal? Certainly more people than we have now. In the school it would be nice to have more children in the classroom. If the population gets much older, will there be enough young people for the fire department?''
The school, a ''magnet'' school with 12 grades, has 75 students, including 19 who commute from Connecticut and one from Rhode Island, who pay tuition.
Also in the winter, the peculiarity of its local government becomes a little more apparent. Southold is 20 miles -- or two ferry trips -- away. The only ferry serving Fishers Island operates out of New London.
As the Southold town supervisor, Jean Cochran, notes, ''They even have a Connecticut ZIP code; when it had a New York ZIP code, no one could figure out how to get the mail out there.''
But she added, ''We have people stationed over there from our fire department. We have our police constables over there. Our highway department serves Fishers Island, and we go over once a year as a town board, in the summertime, and have one of our board meetings there. It's a good connection, and we enjoy going over to visit.''
At just seven miles long and never much more than a mile wide, with frigid winds off the Sound whipping the island into a deep freeze from Thanksgiving to Easter, it is hard to figure out why people might want to live here year-round.
''Can you really call this living?'' Charles J. Morgan asks as he warms himself with a cup of coffee in Mr. Bloethe's store. He came to the island 50 years ago. ''To live here year-round, you have to be a certain type of individual, self-reliant and able to live on your own. You've got to have hobbies. I wouldn't go to the movies if they had it open all year round. I read and I have my photography and I play golf, even in the winter.''
But the real islanders, not the 4,000 residents who show up in warm weather, take perverse pride in being able to eke out an existence. They boast openly about how many things shut down, about how they tough it out until the ice is off the rocky shores and the tourists return.
The winter population is also steeped in tradition. They refer to the ''new'' firehouse, built in 1964, and the ''new'' schoolhouse, which two generations of islanders have already attended.
A semiretired gardener, Mr. Morgan still looks after two homes on the island, including one where he has tended plants for almost 40 years. If he has enough time, he also tinkers with two old cars, a BMW and a Toyota.
''Everybody here is pretty self-sufficient. We just kind of take winter in stride,'' Mr. Morgan said. ''Some people come up here and the first winter, the first time the boat gets cancelled, they panic. Well, where are you going to go if there's a bad storm, even if the ferry was running? It's not like it's never going to come back.''
It's a question of perspective. A visitor may complain that roads are unplowed days after a storm. An islander says it slows down the traffic. In fact, people tend to walk their dogs down the middle of the road, and seem genuinely surprised when they have to move over for traffic. But the islanders are friendly; city dwellers may be surprised to see that drivers wave with all their fingers.


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'I MUST WRITE DOWN AT ONCE What has happened -- what I feel & how grateful I am to God for one of the happiest days of my life!' the Queen wrote at Balmoral on 29 September 1855, soon after her return from Paris. 1 For days past she had been expecting to hear the news which so much excited her, since on the twentieth of the month Prince Frederick William of Prussia had asked Prince Albert if he might propose to the Princess Royal. The Queen had feared he might not do so, that he would not find her daughter sufficiently attractive: as Lord Clarendon said, she was 'always finding fault with her daughter's looks, and complaining of her being ugly and coarse'. 2
Prince Albert had no hesitation in giving his permission for the proposal to be made. Long harbouring a distrust of France, he had consistently advocated closer ties with what he hoped would one day soon be a liberal Germany, unified under the leadership of Prussia. Besides, Prince Frederick -- Fritz, as he was known in the family -- was a pleasant, wellintentioned young man, 'unaffected and amiable' in the Queen's words and moreover (always a strong recommendation to her) handsome, as well as tall and broad-shouldered. Of course, Vicky could not marry until she was at least seventeen and that would not be for another three years; but there could be no harm in an engagement. Prince Frederick was twenty-four and had, he said, hoped that he would be able one day to marry Vicky ever since he had first seen her when she was no more than ten.


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Mindless Behavior is an American boy band, best known for the single "My Girl",produced by Walter Millsap. The band was put together in Los Angeles in 2008, by Millsap (who has previously worked with Beyonxton), and the band trained in dance and singing for two years before releasing a recording.]The members, all in their early teens, are Prodigy, Roc Royal, Ray Ray ,and Princeton The band has toured as opening act for Backstreet Boys and for Justin Bieber in 2010.They performed "My Girl" on The Today Show in November 2010.Read More...
The debut album is #1 Girl.Their influences include Michael Jackson, Usher, and Justin Timberlake. They are all from Los Angeles, California except for Prodigy who is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Mindless Behavior toured with Justin Bieber and Jason Derülo, and is the sole opening act for Janet Jackson's 2011 tour. Now on their tour #1 girl featuring Jacob and lil Twist.
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Trial under way in 2006 Gibson double murder
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:25 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:25 a.m.
HOUMA The trial for a man charged with murder in a Gibson double homicide began Monday with testimony from investigators who say a bloody palm print found at the crime scene belongs to the defendant.
Kevin Smith, 32, is accused of gunning down two men in a trailer on March 16, 2006. Prosecutors sent the case to a grand jury three times before Smith was indicted last year on two counts of second-degree murder. He was charged with murder in January 2007.
The victims, Yuri Johnson Jr., of California, and Noble Kelley, of Texas, were found at 108 Ricardo Court, Gibson. Johnson died the day of the shooting. Kelley died of his wounds two months later.
Johnson, Kelley and Smith arrived in Louisiana the night before the shooting via a bus from their respective cities.
Smith rode from San Antonio, according to testimony.
His mother, Denise Johnson-Walker, of Long Beach, Calif., said Smith was living with her before his May 2008 indictment forced his return to Terrebonne. She maintains his innocence.
This is just a tragedy that happened, and he got caught up in the middle, she said. Now his life has been turned upside down.
A pair of bloody shirts found in a bedroom in the trailer belonged to Smith, Assistant District Attorney Mark Rhodes said during opening statements. Smith changed clothes multiple times after the murders and appeared visibly distressed to friends, he said.
A palm print found in the trailer is Smiths, matched to him by the State Police Crime Lab, Rhodes said. He alluded to other evidence linking Smith to the murder.
There are some big events I cant discuss right now, he said.
Smiths attorney, J.D. Schoonenberg of Houma, says the prosecutors have no evidence supporting their allegation Smith had a .38-caliber revolver, among other details in their weak case. The weapon was never recovered.
Day one of the trial involved testimony from investigators who gathered some of the 40 pieces of evidence introduced in court.
Envelopes and bags containing bloody clothing, marijuana and pieces of the trailers wall and tile floor were piled on a court clerks table.
Two blood-stained shirts were found in a bedroom at the trailer, said Lt. Edgar Authement, a Terrebonne Parish Sheriffs Office investigator who assisted in the case. They were bundled as if they had been worn together, he said.
About 5 pounds of marijuana was found in a closet in the trailer, he said, and wrappers left in a garbage can likely carried more of the drug.
The palm print sent for State Police analysis was found in the hallway, investigators said, and a footprint was also found. Analysis on the footprint did not conclusively match it to Smith, but did not eliminate him as a possibility.
Smith traveled from Texas to Lafayette with friends who had begun their bus trip in Los Angeles. Smiths relatives said he knew Kelley and Johnson from growing up in Compton, a city south of Los Angeles.
Khari LeBlanc, of Gibson, picked them up in Lafayette and brought them to his trailer at 108 Ricardo Court, he testified. He woke early the next morning and went out for coffee.
He returned only to leave again with several of his guests to shop, he said. He left Smith, Johnson and Kelley at the trailer.
LeBlanc later saw his friend Corey Sims and told him Smith was in town. Sims went to visit and discovered the wounded men. He called LeBlanc immediately.
I thought he was playing, LeBlanc said of the phone call.
LeBlanc drove to his trailer, crossing the Jarvis Bridge in the 5600 block of Bayou Black Road. There he saw a breathless Smith running along the road, he testified.
He told me some guys came up in the house and started shooting, LeBlanc said.
LeBlanc arrived to find his back door open, and Sims pointing toward a body in the grass. Johnson lay in the yard, spitting up blood. Inside he saw Kelley lying wounded in the kitchen.
LeBlanc began driving Johnson to a hospital and flagged down a deputy headed to the trailer, he testified. Johnson was flown the rest of the way to the hospital by helicopter.
Sims testified that Smith told him two or three men in ski masks ran inside the trailer and started shooting.
The trial continues today in District Judge Timothy Ellenders courtroom. It is expected to end by Friday.
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New Life Children's Center is one year and $163,000 closer to constructing a 20-bed dormitory for abused, neglected and troubled girls in San Antonio. If matched, the challenge grant from the Mabee Foundation will put the Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc. facility within $100,000 from the target budget for expansion at New Life, which serves girls 11 to 17 with a history of multiple psychiatric hospitalizations.
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Honey Kisses: This flavoring oil has a pleasantly sweet aroma that gives lip balms the comforting smell of real honey. Based on IFRA guidelines, the recommended maximum usage rate for this flavor is 1.5% in lip products.
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Fabulous in my lip balms, alone or paired with sweetener. Very popular with my customers. Thank you for such wonderful products!
I bought Brambleberry's Lip Balm Base. It is very nice. When we used the Honey Kisses Flavor Oil, as described in the Soap Queen tutorial for lip balm with the base that Brambleberry sells, it tasted like nothing, if not a little like a chemical wang. The scent is barely existent and what scent it does have, doesn't smell anything like honey at all. This was a total waste of money. I will soon be asking for a refund as I truly believe that this is a bad batch. Brambleberry usually sells the best products.
While I will agree that this oil didn't smell a lot like honey, it does have a sweet smell, and I think it will work awesome in my lip balms. I haven't tasted it, so I can comment on the flavor...but there are ways to tweak the flavor of your lip balms if you choose. All in all, I love this oil, and would purchase it again!
This is one of my favorite lip balm flavor/scents. I don't think it has any flavor really, which is totally fine with me, but the smell is the greatest. We are beekeepers and make our products with honey and beeswax, so getting a good smelling honey scent really mattered to me. This one is perfect! I love it so much that I'm wondering if I can use it to scent my lotions? Please let me know!
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Application to the Architecture major Yale College students must apply to enter the major during the spring term of their sophomore year, after taking ARCH 150, 154, and 249. An application to the major must be submitted to the office of the director of undergraduate studies no later than 4 p.m. on March 30, 2016, in 328 Rudolph (third floor). All applications are reviewed by a faculty committee. Applications must include the following information: name, address, telephone number, courses related to architecture already taken, a statement of purpose, and a writing sample from Yale College. Portfolios representative of course work for ARCH 150, 154, and 249 must also be submitted for review as part of the application process by May 2, 2016. Applicants must stipulate their first, second, and third choices for the three concentrations in the major. The concentrations, described below, are Design; History, Theory, and Criticism; and Urban Studies. Although qualified students and students who have fulfilled the prerequisites may be admitted into the Architecture major, they will not necessarily be admitted to their first-choice concentration. Applicants will be notified in writing regarding acceptance to the major by May 31, 2016. The major is usually limited to twenty students in the junior year and twenty students in the senior year, with a maximum of sixteen students in the design concentration for each year. Students have an opportunity to petition the director of undergraduate studies at the end of either the fall or spring term of their junior year if they wish to change concentrations. The director of undergraduate studies will notify students of the result of such a petition. Based on a student's performance in required courses, the director of undergraduate studies may also recommend a change in concentration.
Introduction to architecture Introductory courses are ARCH 150, 154, and 249. They are open to all Yale College students except freshmen, and are required for those interested in the Architecture major prior to application. Freshmen may consider courses such as a freshman seminar, ARCH 260, 261, or STCY 176.
The standard major The purpose of the undergraduate major is to include the study of architecture within a comprehensive liberal arts education, drawing from the broader academic and professional environment of the Yale School of Architecture. The curriculum includes work in design, in history, theory, and criticism of architecture, and in urban studies, and leads to a bachelor of arts degree with a major in Architecture. As a liberal arts major in Yale College, it is not an accredited professional degree program. For accredited professional degree programs, refer to the requirements of the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).
The Design concentration introduces complex processes involved in solving spatial and programmatic problems. Creative work is grounded in the study of history and culture, and in the analysis of social conditions influencing architecture. Design studios provide a forum for production and discourse. Studio projects address issues of architectural form, space, composition, site, tectonics, and program.
The History, Theory, and Criticism concentration is intended to establish a broad historical and intellectual framework for the study of architecture. An interdisciplinary approach is encouraged through additional courses taken in various fields of humanities and social sciences. Normally these interdisciplinary courses address subjects closely linked to architectural history, theory, and criticism. Such courses may include archaeology, history of religion, aesthetics, philosophy, or visual culture. Permission of the director of undergraduate studies is required if the courses fall outside the specified course of studies. During their senior year students complete a written senior essay on a topic approved by the faculty.
The Urban Studies concentration encourages a broad, interdisciplinary investigation of the complex forces that shape the urban physical environment. The sequence of courses culminates in a senior essay that builds on course work, and either develops analysis and planning proposals for a specific site or furthers an individual research agenda.
Requirements of the major Students majoring in Architecture are required to take fifteen course credits. Majors are expected to take three prerequisites in their sophomore year and to complete a core of four courses, for five course credits, by the end of their junior year. They must also base their studies in one of three areas of concentration: Design; History, Theory, and Criticism; or Urban Studies.
The courses for all concentrations include three prerequisites: ARCH 150, 154, and 249. The core of four courses required for all concentrations includes the studio courses ARCH 250 and 251, to be taken during the junior year after the student is accepted into the major, and the history of architecture surveys ARCH 260 and 261, to be completed by the end of the junior year. The electives are categorized under four broad subject areas: history and theory of architecture, urbanism and landscape, materials and technology, and structures and computation.
For the Design concentration, the following additional courses are required:
- One elective in history and theory of architecture chosen from ARCH 341, 348, 431, or other relevant course in History of Art approved by the director of undergraduate studies
- One elective in urbanism and landscape chosen from ARCH 340, 344, 345, 347, 348, 351, STCY 176, or other relevant course in American Studies, Ethics, Politics, and Economics, Environmental Studies, or Political Science approved by the director of undergraduate studies
- One elective in materials and technology chosen from ARCH 162, 163, or other relevant course in Environmental Studies approved by the director of undergraduate studies
- One elective in structures and computation chosen from ARCH 161, an approved calculus or physics course, or other relevant course approved by the director of undergraduate studies. Elementary calculus is strongly recommended as preparation for graduate studies in Architecture
- The senior requirement: ARCH 450 and 494
For the History, Theory, and Criticism concentration, the following additional courses are required:
- Four electives in history and theory of architecture, chosen from ARCH 341, 348, 431, or other relevant courses in History of Art approved by the director of undergraduate studies
- One elective in urbanism and landscape chosen from ARCH 340, 344, 345, 347, 348, 351, STCY 176, or other relevant course in American Studies, Ethics, Politics, and Economics, Environmental Studies, or Political Science approved by the director of undergraduate studies
- The senior requirement: ARCH 490 and 491
For the Urban Studies concentration, the following additional courses are required:
- Four electives in urbanism and landscape chosen from ARCH 340, 344, 345, 347, 348, 351, STCY 176, or other relevant courses approved by the director of undergraduate studies in American Studies, Ethics, Politics, and Economics, Environmental Studies, or Political Science
- One elective in history and theory of architecture chosen from ARCH 341, 348, 431, or other relevant course in History of Art approved by the director of undergraduate studies
- The senior requirement: ARCH 490 and 491
Digital media orientation All Architecture students are required to complete orientation sessions in digital media workshop and materials laboratory. Students enrolled in ARCH 249 are required to complete these sessions at the beginning of the spring term of the sophomore year. Access to digital media equipment will not be allowed until the required orientation sessions have been completed. Questions should be addressed to the director of undergraduate studies or the director of digital media, John Eberhart (432-9655, firstname.lastname@example.com).
Library orientation The Architecture program requires all students to complete a ninety-minute introductory library research session. Students enrolled in ARCH 249 must take this session at the beginning of the spring term of the sophomore year. Failure to complete the required orientation will preclude completion of the major. Students may offer no substitutions for this orientation. Students should register with the Haas Family Arts Library Public Services Librarian, Lindsay King (436-8052, email@example.com). Questions should be addressed to the director of undergraduate studies.
Shop orientation The Architecture program requires all majors to complete several woodshop and materials lab orientation sessions. Students enrolled in ARCH 249 must take these sessions during the first weeks of the spring term of the sophomore year. Access to the woodshop and materials lab will not be allowed until the required orientation sessions have been completed. Questions should be addressed to the director of undergraduate studies or to the shop coordinator, Timothy Newton (432-7234, firstname.lastname@example.com).
Senior requirement Seniors in the Design track take ARCH 450, the senior studio, and 494, the senior design project. Seniors in the History, Theory, and Criticism track and in the Urban Studies track take ARCH 490, the senior research colloquium, and 491, the senior project. Proposals for senior projects and essays are submitted in the fall term for review and approval by the senior project coordinator, and then distributed to faculty members for review before the faculty members agree to become senior advisers. Senior essays and projects for ARCH 491 are due in the office of the director of undergraduate studies by Friday, April 15, 2016. In the spring term, all seniors must submit a portfolio of their work to the office of the director of undergraduate studies by Friday, May 6, 2016. For all majors, this portfolio must be representative of the student's design work including prerequisites and the senior project. History, Theory, and Criticism majors and Urban Studies majors must also include a copy of the senior essay and other appropriate texts.
Courses in the School of Architecture Unless otherwise indicated in the course descriptions, all courses in the School of Architecture are open to majors and nonmajors with permission of the instructor and the graduate registrar. They are not open to the Credit/D/Fail option. Students are admitted on the basis of their previous course work and previous performance.
Prerequisites ARCH 150, 154, 249
Number of courses 15 course credits (incl prereqs and senior req)
Specific courses required ARCH 250, 251, 260, 261
Distribution of courses Design—1 elective in history and theory of architecture, 1 in urbanism and landscape, 1 in materials and technology, 1 in structures and computation, all approved by DUS; History, Theory, and Criticism—4 electives in history and theory of architecture, 1 in urbanism and landscape, all approved by DUS; Urban Studies—4 electives in urbanism and landscape, 1 in history and theory of architecture, all approved by DUS
Other Orientation sessions in digital media, library, and woodshop and materials lab
Senior requirement All concentrations—portfolio representative of design work, including prereqs and senior req; Design—ARCH 450 and 494; History, Theory, and Criticism—ARCH 490 and 491; Urban Studies—ARCH 490 and 491
* ARCH 005a, Modern Architecture and the City Karla Britton
Issues in modern American architecture and urbanism examined through the work of prominent architects closely associated with Yale and New Haven. Perspectives on the character, development, and sociocultural consequences of building today. Enrollment limited to freshmen. Preregistration required; see under Freshman Seminar Program.
MW 1pm-2:15pm
* ARCH 009b / CPSC 078b, See it, Change it, Make it Julie Dorsey
Hands-on introduction to the theory and practice of digital capture, modeling, and fabrication. Topics include digital representations of shape, 3D scanning, shape modeling and editing, and physical production, including 3D printing, milling, and laser cutting. Architectural forms at a variety of scales used as vehicles for exploration and experimentation. There are no course prerequisites. Students are expected to be proficient in high school-level algebra, trigonometry, and geometry. No prior knowledge of architecture is expected. Enrollment limited to freshmen. Preregistration required; see under Freshman Seminar Program.
M 2:30pm-4:20pm
ARCH 150a, Introduction to Architecture Alexander Purves
Lectures and readings in the language of architecture. Architectural vocabulary, elements, functions, and ideals. Notebooks and projects required. Not open to freshmen. Required for all Architecture majors.
MWF 9:25am-10:15am
* ARCH 154b, Drawing Architecture Victor Agran
Introduction to the visual and analytical skills necessary to communicate architectural ideas. Observation and documentation of architectural space on the Yale campus. Drawing exercises introduce the conventions of architectural representation: plan, section, elevation, and isometric drawings, as well as freehand perceptual drawings of architectural space. Not open to freshmen. Required for all Architecture majors.
W 2:30pm-4:20pm
* ARCH 162b, Materials in Architecture Timothy Newton
Science and technology of basic building materials studied together with historic and current design applications. Skills and processes required to create, shape, and connect materials experienced through hands-on projects. Technical notebooks, drawings, design and build exercises, and projects required. Enrollment limited to 20.
F 9:25am-10:15am; F 10:30am-1pm
ARCH 163b, Environment, Energy, Building Michelle Addington
An introduction to energy and environmental issues faced by the discipline of architecture. Global environmental issues, basic principles of energy generation and energy use, and fundamental climatic precursors and patterns. The complexity of developing solutions that address a wide range of local and global concerns.
TTh 11:35am-12:50pm
* ARCH 230b / STCY 176b, Introduction to the Study of the City Alexander Garvin
An examination of forces shaping American cities and strategies for dealing with them. Topics include housing, commercial development, parks, zoning, urban renewal, landmark preservation, new towns, and suburbs. The course includes games, simulated problems, fieldwork, lectures, and discussion.
T 1:30pm-3:20pm
* ARCH 249b, The Analytic Model Ariane Harrison
Introduction to the history and practice of architectural analysis. Students produce drawings, models, and diagrams of significant architectural works in order to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of specific architects, buildings, and contexts. Description of a variety of approaches and the reciprocal relationship between analysis and design. Required for all Architecture majors.
Th 10am-1pm
* ARCH 250a, Methods and Form in Architecture I Bimal Mendis
Analysis of architectural design of specific places and structures. Analysis is governed by principles of form in landscape, program, ornament, and space, and includes design methods and techniques. Readings and studio exercises required. Enrollment limited to 25. Open only to Architecture majors.
1½ Course cr
MW 1:30pm-3:20pm
* ARCH 251b, Methods and Form in Architecture II Joyce Hsiang and Alfred Koetter
Continuation of ARCH 250. Analysis of architectural design of specific places and structures. Analysis is governed by principles of form in landscape, program, ornament, and space, and includes design methods and techniques. Readings and studio exercises required.
1½ Course cr
MW 1:30pm-3:20pm
ARCH 260a, History of Architecture I: Antiquity to the Baroque Daniel Sherer
The first half of a two-term sequence in the history of architecture. Architecture and urbanism from ancient Egypt through Greek and Roman classical traditions to the Enlightenment. The formal expression—organizational, structural, and ornamental—and social context of specific buildings and urban areas. Architecture as a form of social expression that builds on its own stylistic development, articulating a response to changes in history and culture. Emphasis on Western architecture, with selections from other parts of the world.
TTh 10:30am-11:20am
* ARCH 261b / HSAR 325b, History of Architecture II: The Eighteenth Century to the Millennium Kyle Dugdale
Modern architecture and urbanism from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Genesis and meaning of architectural form, applying national, cultural, and international contexts.
TTh 10:30am-11:20am
* ARCH 344a, Urban Life and Landscape Elihu Rubin
The built environment as a text tool for constructing narratives of human activity, aspiration, and struggle. Methods of viewing the ordinary landscape of the twentieth-century American city: pulling apart its historical layers, examining social meanings, and observing its function today. Modes of inquiry include video, public presentations, field trips, photography, and writing.
Th 1:30pm-3:20pm
ARCH 345b, Civic Art: Introduction to Urban Design Elihu Rubin and Britton Rogers
Introduction to the history, analysis, and design of the urban landscape. Principles, processes, and contemporary theories of urban design; relationships between individual buildings, groups of buildings, and their larger physical and cultural contexts. Case studies from New Haven and other world cities.
W 9:30am-11:10am
* ARCH 348b, The Benevolent City William Reisz
Cities as places of violence, vice, and irrelevance vs. cities as stages where humanity reaches its most elevated heights of self-realization and cultural production. Critical review of writing about cities to identify recurring arguments and value systems. The question of whether cities should be expected to convey benevolence on their inhabitants.
T 3:30pm-5:20pm
* ARCH 351a / AMST 381a, Poets' Landscapes Dolores Hayden
Introduction to techniques poets have used to ground their work in the landscapes and buildings of American towns and cities including Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Attention to poems from a national automotive landscape as well as narrative poems about cities. Writing exercises in different poetic forms; readings from the works of Dickinson, Frost, Bishop, Lowell, Wilbur, Dickey, Pinsky, Cervantes, and Merrill.
T 1:30pm-3:20pm
ARCH 385a / HIST 152a / PLSC 279a / SOCY 149a, New Haven and the American City Elihu Rubin, Alan Plattus, and Douglas Rae
Introduction to urban studies using New Haven as a broad model for American urbanism. Emphasis on historical development; transportation and infrastructure; architecture, urban design, and the built environment; governance and culture; as well as planning, education, class, race, and ethnicity in the American city. SO
ARCH 431b, Religion and Modern Architecture Karla Britton
The historical evolution of sacred building in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Relations between a building, its cultural environment, and its cult. The influence of religion in contemporary civic life as manifest in the design and construction of prominent religious buildings. Examination of mosques, synagogues, temples, and churches. Perspectives from philosophy, comparative religion, liturgical studies, and architectural theory and practice.
TTh 9am-10:15am
* ARCH 450a, Senior Studio Turner Brooks and Adam Hopfner
Advanced problems with emphasis on architectural implications of contemporary cultural issues. The complex relationship among space, materials, and program. Emphasis on the development of representations—drawings and models—that effectively communicate architectural ideas. To be taken before ARCH 494. Enrollment limited to Architecture majors.
1½ Course cr
MW 1:30pm-3:20pm
* ARCH 471a or b, Individual Tutorial Bimal Mendis
Special courses may be established with individual members of the department only. The following conditions apply: (1) a prospectus describing the nature of the studio program and the readings to be covered must be approved by both the instructor and the director of undergraduate studies; (2) regular meetings must take place between student and instructor; (3) midterm and final reviews are required.
* ARCH 472La, Individual Tutorial Laboratory Bimal Mendis
An independent tutorial focusing on methods and techniques of representation in architecture, including the synthesis of studio work using a variety of visual media. Concurrently with ARCH 471 or after a spring term abroad.
RP ½ Course cr
* ARCH 490a, Senior Research Colloquium Karla Britton
Research and writing colloquium for seniors in the Urban Studies and History, Theory, and Criticism tracks. Under guidance of the instructor and members of the Architecture faculty, students define their research proposals, shape a bibliography, improve research skills, and seek criticism of individual research agendas. Requirements include proposal drafts, comparative case study analyses, presentations to faculty, and the formation of a visual argument. Guest speakers and class trips to exhibitions, lectures, and special collections encourage use of Yale's resources.
Th 11:35am-12:50pm
* ARCH 491b, Senior Project Elihu Rubin
An essay or project in the student's area of concentration. Students in the history, theory, and criticism track or in the urban studies track pursue independent research with an adviser; this project must terminate in a senior essay.
* ARCH 494b, Senior Project Design Studio Steven Harris and Marta Caldeira
Individual design investigations, focusing on independence and precision in the deployment of design ideas. Reliance on visual and nonverbal presentations. Development of a three-dimensional component, such as large-scale mock details, or other visual means of presentation, which might include photography, film, video, or interactive media. Examination of the skills, topics, and preparation to support design research.
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Gayming: The Under-representation of Gay Characters in Video Games - ArticleVGChartz Staff, posted on 13 March 2014 / 4,624 Views
For many games, sexuality is a non-issue. Who cares if Cooking Mama is preparing a meal for Accounting Mama or Teaching Papa so long as she gets a gold medal for her minestrone, right? For other games, though, particularly narrative-heavy games that have the player experiencing many facets of the characters' lives, the issues of love and sexuality crop up from time to time - art imitating life and all that jazz.
Many forms of media seem to have started embracing gay characters for some time now, and in recent years, gay characters have even started being developed well. Sure, a lot of early gay characters in film and television were first included only as fringe characters who were defined by their sexual orientation, but nowadays many characters' sexual orientation does little to define them; they're just people. What about video games then — what is the current representation of homosexuals in gaming?
In short, it's getting better, but it lags behind other media. There's a reason for that though, and that reason is the player's agency — his or her ability to influence what happens to a narrative. The idea of the consumer of the story having an active sway over the chronicle is exclusive to video games and choose-your-own-adventure novels (and I don't recall the "Give Yourself Goosebumps" series as ever addressing the idea of sexuality).
The (possible) problem is that a straight player playing as a gay character removes a portion of that player's agency (though one could say the same for a gay gamer playing as a straight character). This is almost undoubtedly the reason for the surge in games — particularly those with RPG elements — that include what is coming to be known as "the gay option." The gay option basically allows the player to decide his or her character's sexual orientation, and is seen in games like The Sims series, Mass Effect 3, and Dragon Age II (in which sexual orientation seems not to exist; everyone wants to sleep with the hero, regardless of his/her gender).
This is a fairly new frontier in interactive media, and many game writers and producers seem to be slowly easing into the waters of creating major, well-rounded gay characters, ostensibly to see whether or not inclusion of gay characters will impact sales. Their caution is understandable, as there is little precedent from which they can form projections. After all, many video games heretofore have only included gay characters as campy, jokey fringe elements.
There are several video games of yesteryear with gay characters, sure, but they nearly always appear tangentially to the story, and are usually heavily stereotyped, like Ash from Streets of Rage 3 (a member of the village people never looked less threatening). These outdated and frankly harmful stereotypes don't appear as much in modern gaming, favoring instead the much-more-lightly-stereotyped likes of Grand Theft Auto IV's Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince or Persona 4's Kanji Tatsumi, who consciously rebels against stereotypical depictions of homosexuality.
Perhaps the most popular current depiction of gay characters in games, though, is depiction through ambiguity. Depiction through ambiguity is probably popular because it can be taken in either light; someone staunchly opposed to playing as a gay character could totally ignore the suggestive dialogue between Aveline and Patience in the Assassin's Creed IV DLC, whereas someone keen on gay characters' representation in games would notice that there certainly could be something going on between Lara Croft and Samantha Nishimura in the Tomb Raider reboot. You see what you want to see, and everyone is happy. Right?
Well, maybe not so much. There is a need for a normal and definite representation of gay characters in video games. It's no secret to pretty much anyone who games online that there is a vocally homophobic presence in gaming, particularly among the gamers themselves. A 2006 study by Jason Rockwood of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign showed that 88% of the over 10,000 gamers surveyed have noticed the term "gay" generally used in a negative or derogatory way in online gaming, and 83% of those surveyed have heard it directed at another person in a derogatory way. Trolls and homophobes notwithstanding, the inclusion of more normal gay characters in video games might help to stem the tide of this hateful rhetoric, and that's definitely a thing worth having.
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