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Archinect - News 2017-05-28T14:53:57-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/150002387/frank-gehry-to-design-new-krakow-academy-of-music-complex Frank Gehry to design new Krakow Academy of Music complex Justine Testado 2017-04-11T12:51:00-04:00 >2017-04-11T12:51:09-04:00
The Krakow Academy of Music recently announced Gehry Partners as the winner of a competition to design the school's new complex of educational facilities and main concert hall, which will be built on a former military site in the southern part of Krakow's Grzegórzki district.

When the Krakow Academy of Music, a Polish higher-ed institution, launched the two-stage competition last year, they sought a "lively" design that presented the most fitting architectural, functional, and acoustic solutions.

Images via afasiaarchzine.com.

The initial renderings depict a campus of silver cubic buildings with slightly skewed edges, and it looks pretty typical of the Gehry brand to anyone already familiar with his work. In explaining their decision, the jury noted how the winning proposal has "good integration" with the site and realizes its full potential, allowing room for future developments. "The composition of the designed buildings of the Academy is created with a complex of pavilions respectf...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/149992437/the-resounding-success-of-allied-works-architecture-s-national-music-center The resounding success of Allied Works Architecture's "National Music Center" Julia Ingalls 2017-02-16T20:39:00-05:00 >2017-02-23T12:37:20-05:00
Incorporating both physical and intangible elements of Canada's musical history, the National Music Center by Allied Works is a nine-towered, terra-cotta tile clad complex that not only ropes a 112-year old hotel/blues club into the mix, but creates the kind of spaces suited for gazing dreamily into one's future.

According to Brad Cloepfil, Principal at Allied Works Architecture, the structure was "inspired by the light, landscape and geography of the northern prairie."

He goes on to note that "Studio Bell was created to amplify the rich history and future possibilities of Canadian music. The building aspires to create a sense of wonder and mystery, inspiring the visitor to explore. Nine separate towers rise five floors above the street, each resonating with music and activity. The building is alive with the life of music throughout its exhibition, recording, editing, performance and education spaces. The distinct vessels of music are bound together by the space between them, moments ...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/149951156/david-adjaye-is-releasing-a-vinyl-record-with-his-brother David Adjaye is releasing a vinyl record with his brother Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-06-13T12:51:00-04:00 >2016-06-17T23:40:48-04:00
'David says I'm the ears and he's the eyes,' Peter says of their working relationship. 'When I see architecture I hear sounds – I respond to the visual. David responds to sound – he creates with a soundtrack in his mind.' The collaboration first started in 2003 with the Asymmetric Chamber – an architectural installation that Manchester's CUBE gallery commissioned David to design. As part of the work, Peter composed a soundscape titled 'Echoes' to play in the space.

David's brother Peter Adjaye, aka AJ Kwame, is a composer, musician and DJ based in London. Their vinyl collaboration, Dialogues, will be released on July 8.

Listen to one of Peter's pieces for architecture below:

For more on David Adjaye, the "very artistic architect":

David Adjaye is the best bet for the Obama Presidential Library – but not because of the color of his skin

David Adjaye named as recipient of 2016 McDermott Award at MIT

Architecture vs. Housing: The Case of Sugar Hill

David Adjaye reflects

 http://archinect.com/news/article/149944862/daniel-libeskind-turns-70-designs-musical-labyrinth-for-frankfurt-opera Daniel Libeskind turns 70; designs Musical Labyrinth for Frankfurt Opera Alexander Walter 2016-05-12T13:29:00-04:00 >2016-05-20T00:47:38-04:00
Preparations are still running for various events around Daniel Libeskind's 70th birthday, among them the concert project "One Day in Life." Libeskind has designed the project for Frankfurt's Old Opera. A total of 75 concerts are to be given on May 21 and 22 at 18 different locations spread over the city of Frankfurt. Libeskind's idea was to bring music to places where hitherto no music had been played, for example hospitals, public baths or hidden bunkers.

Via @daniellibeskind on Instagram: "In Frankfurt installing the Musical Labyrinth for One Day in Life that opens May 20th. #onedayinlife"

Other recent Libeskind stories in the Archinect news:

"Architecture is a field of repression": Daniel Libeskind on childhood memories, trauma, and architecture

Downtown Jerusalem gets a Libeskind-designed Pyramid Tower

Daniel Libeskind launch guest editor of new CNN Style platform

 http://archinect.com/news/article/149943474/cobe-mvrdv-s-rockin-new-ragnarock-museum-opens-to-the-public COBE + MVRDV's rockin' new Ragnarock Museum opens to the public Justine Testado 2016-05-03T13:27:00-04:00 >2016-05-06T00:28:50-04:00
Nestled within an industrial patch of warehouses in the Danish city of Roskilde stands the golden-studded, newly inaugurated Ragnarock, a museum where rock, pop, and youth culture are housed under one roof. COBE and MVRDV joined forces to design the new museum, which is part of the larger ROCKmagneten masterplan that the architects won in 2011.

Head over to Bustler for more details.

Previously:

ROCKmagneten: MVRDV and COBE Win Danish Rock Museum Competition in Roskilde
 http://archinect.com/news/article/149942843/prince-s-minneapolis-estate-to-become-a-museum Prince's Minneapolis estate to become a museum Nicholas Korody 2016-04-28T19:59:00-04:00 >2016-05-06T00:10:03-04:00
Prince's Paisley Park home in Minneapolis is set to be turned into a museum, according to the late musician's brother-in-law, Maurice Phillips. "We will turn Paisley Park into a museum in Prince's memory," Phillips told the Sun. "It would be for the fans. He was all about the fans — this would remember his music, which is his legacy." Prince died last Thursday at the Paisley Park estate. An autopsy was conducted, but the cause of death has yet to be announced. His remains were later cremated.

Named after Prince's song of the same name, Paisley Park is located outside of Minneapolis. The $10 million, 65,000-square-foot space housed more than just the musician's private residence: it included recording studios, offices, and a nightclub.

The complex was built in 1987 and designed by Bret Thoeny of BOTO Design.

For more news from the intersection of music and art, check out these links:

Take a look at these installations from this year's Coachella Festival

Sex Pistols graffiti secures famous Tin Pan Alley building Grade 2* listed status

Beyoncé filmed her NOLA-themed "Formation" video at this historic Pasadena mansion

Take a listen to the NYT's beautiful sonic portraits of architectural spaces

 http://archinect.com/news/article/149941806/take-a-look-at-these-installations-from-this-year-s-coachella-festival Take a look at these installations from this year's Coachella Festival Nicholas Korody 2016-04-21T18:38:00-04:00 >2016-05-05T00:41:45-04:00
Every April, music fans venture in droves to the High Desert outside of Los Angeles for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival – a veritable rite of spring for the selfie era.

And, like with any good spring bacchanal, the musical experience is often enhanced through the consumption of substances, licit or otherwise. But while imbibing may help you maintain stamina for the dance floor, it can also ramp up your internal body temperature (likely already elevated by the grueling desert sun).

Enter the architects and artists responsible for the latter half of Coachella's proper name. Tasked with designing structures that both shade and visually-entertain, the selected designers are given one of the more unusual – and fun – prompts around.

Here's a look at some of the structures that adorned the Empire Polo Club this year:

The Tower of Twelve Stories
Jimenez Lai (Bureau Spectacular)

Described in accompanying texts as a "a cartoonish metropolis of tiny bubble-like spaces populated by ecce...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/149935964/sex-pistols-graffiti-secures-famous-tin-pan-alley-building-grade-2-listed-status Sex Pistols graffiti secures famous Tin Pan Alley building Grade 2* listed status Ellen Hancock 2016-03-22T13:23:00-04:00 >2016-03-22T13:55:54-04:00
The cartoon drawings and graffiti scrawled all over the 1970s hangout of the Sex Pistols - a former silversmith's workshop attached to a townhouse in London's Denmark Street – have helped the building be awarded Grade 2* Listed Status. The decision by the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, on advice from Historic England, is a major victory in the campaign to maintain Denmark Street, known as "Tin Pan Alley", which is widely seen as a spiritual home for British popular music.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/149426415/from-bryan-ferry-to-sam-smith-dame-zaha-hadid-shares-a-few-of-her-favorite-tracks-on-bbc-s-desert-island-discs From Bryan Ferry to Sam Smith, Dame Zaha Hadid shares a few of her favorite tracks on BBC's Desert Island Discs Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-03-02T13:21:00-05:00 >2016-03-31T16:42:16-04:00
"It's Drake, "Hotline Bling". It's what I'm listening to right now. I don't know why."

I don't think anyone would have predicted her love of Midnight Cowboy. Hadid and Kirsty Young, host of BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs", discuss the Pritzker Prize-winning architect's childhood in Baghdad and London, how she deals with conflict, and the evolution of her career, pausing throughout to listen to Hadid's favorite tracks.

Listen to all of Hadid's Desert Island Discs below:

Bryan Ferry "These Foolish Things"

Umm Kulthum, "Al Atlal (The Ruins)"

Hey Jude, "The Beatles"

Harry Nilsson, "Everybody's Talkin'"

Simply Red, "Holding Back the Years"

Drake, "Hotline Bling"

Adele, "Someone Like You"

Sam Smith, "Stay With Me"

 http://archinect.com/news/article/147829447/beyonc-filmed-her-nola-themed-formation-video-at-this-historic-pasadena-mansion Beyoncé filmed her NOLA-themed "Formation" video at this historic Pasadena mansion Justine Testado 2016-02-10T20:16:00-05:00 >2016-02-29T11:51:20-05:00
Despite the themes of the video, nothing was shot in New Orleans...The concept and quick turnaround required Tobman and the rest of the crew to convert [the Fenyes Mansion in Pasadena into a] fitting Southern Gothic set...A Beaux Arts mansion commissioned by and built for Dr. Adalbert Fenyes and his wife Eva Scott Muse Fenyes in 1905, there was nothing really Southern about architect Robert D. Farquhar's design

If you're still bumpin' the Queen Bey's latest hard-hitting single, get a glimpse of the history behind the Fenyes Mansion in Pasadena, where parts of the song's impressive music video were filmed.

More music-related goodness on Archinect:

LA mayor Eric Garcetti slow-jams 101 freeway closure announcement

Jimenez Lai to create "a very large structure" at Coachella 2016

Take a listen to the NYT's beautiful sonic portraits of architectural spaces

 http://archinect.com/news/article/143604709/risd-architecture-students-perform-minimalist-music-masterpiece-for-course-credit RISD architecture students perform minimalist music masterpiece (for course credit) Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-12-17T18:23:00-05:00 >2015-12-28T01:25:53-05:00
Their choice of Terry Riley's piece was ideal. Goethe called architecture "frozen music." "In C" perfectly illustrates Goethe's corollary: "Music is liquid architecture." [...] Interdisciplinarity is a popular buzzword on many campuses, but in most cases it remains a mere slogan. Here was a shining model for other schools [...] It prompted students like Huizhong Sun and Marco Aguirre to remind me about the architectural concepts of simultaneity and interpenetration, and of "transparency"

The performance was part of a new RISD collaborative initiative, organized by the architecture department's head, Laura Briggs. Briggs brought together David Gersten (architect) and Michael Harrison (microtonal composer) to teach "Outside the Guidelines," where they approach architecture from complementary visual and auditory perspectives.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/137505768/turning-alvar-aalto-s-mount-angel-abbey-library-into-a-concert-hall Turning Alvar Aalto's Mount Angel Abbey library into a concert hall Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-09-25T18:03:00-04:00 >2015-09-28T23:49:44-04:00
Music ensemble Third Angle will team up with choir group Cappella Romana for a new project, "Frozen," on Oct. 3-4. They're giving a voice to one of Oregon's most famous buildings...the Mount Angel Abbey library in St. Benedict, Oregon [...] "We're going down into a stairwell and we started singing, and we found a pitch that really resonated the hell out of the building...We want this to be, in effect, a harmony of the building. We want to reimagine the building as an instrument."

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/133648887/create-sonic-architecture-with-mesh-music-and-lights-at-the-new-museum-this-weekend Create sonic architecture with mesh, music, and lights at the New Museum this weekend Justine Testado 2015-08-06T14:50:00-04:00 >2015-08-09T10:34:30-04:00
Museum displays are typically meant to be seen and not touched, but a recent wave of exhibitions is upending those rules. Take DELQA, an interactive music and light installation opening in the New Museum's NEW INC space on August 6. Showcasing the music of Matthew Dear combined with Microsoft's Kinect technology, the project allows participants to touch, push and poke suspended mesh walls to manipulate a musical composition, creating their own unique experience of the space.

If you're on the hunt for weekend plans in NYC, DELQA will be at the New Museum only from August 6-9!

More on Archinect:

How architecture helped music evolve - David Byrne

Frank Gehry: Is Music Liquid Architecture?

How an "egalitarian incubator" music venue hopes to revive Brooklyn's art scene

"Soundscape New York" captures the sounds of NYC's iconic buildings

Jam to your heart's desire with Stereotank's "Heartbeat" installation in Times Square
 http://archinect.com/news/article/132953936/how-an-egalitarian-incubator-music-venue-hopes-to-revive-brooklyn-s-art-scene How an "egalitarian incubator" music venue hopes to revive Brooklyn's art scene Justine Testado 2015-07-28T16:56:00-04:00 >2015-08-11T17:05:31-04:00
Music venue National Sawdust, formerly OMW workshop, slated to open this fall, hopes to revive, even temporarily, the thrill of '90s and early 2000's Williamsburg, a time when anything felt possible and artistic collaboration ruled supreme. The [13,000 sq.foot] space will offer a rare outlet for musicians of lesser appreciated art forms, from opera to experimental jazz, the opportunity to study, practice, perform, and receive mentorship through an in-venue, non-profit program.

Fresh faces for new spaces. Non-profit arts group National Sawdust collaborated with architect Peter Zuspan — founding principal (and classically trained opera singer) of local emerging practice Bureau V — in designing the group's upcoming music performance space. While Brooklyn has become a commodified brand in recent years, National Sawdust and Bureau V hope the new venue will mix things up a bit by "[combining] the historic European concert hall model with the late bare-bones blackbox [theater] model".

Check out more of Bureau V's work on Archinect.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/132489224/lego-architecture-launches-new-student-acoustic-design-challenge-to-restore-a-destroyed-music-theater LEGO Architecture launches new student acoustic-design challenge to restore a destroyed music theater Justine Testado 2015-07-22T14:29:00-04:00 >2015-07-22T14:30:42-04:00
Following a successful inaugural event last year, LEGO Architecture is presenting another opportunity for architecture students in the Villa Pennisi in Musica 2015 summer workshop to hone their acoustic-design and LEGO-building skills in the upcoming #FILLTHETHEATRE challenge.

Taking place in August at the Villa Pennisi in Italy, the workshop challenge is part of the 15-day Villa Pennisi in Musica festival that brings together classical music, architecture, and performance design. Attendees get to check out live music performances, exhibitions, lectures, and presentations by major classical musicians and notable practitioners in architecture and sound design.

Using the 1,200-piece monochromatic LEGO Architecture Studio sets, students will build scale models of indoor structures that will amplify the acoustics of the historic Teatro Bellini of Acireale, a baroque theater that was destroyed in a fire in the 1960s. The theater was only partially reconstructed, but is no longer in use due...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/129274733/make-music-ny-crowdfunds-upcoming-youth-archi-music-show-concerto-for-buildings Make Music NY crowdfunds upcoming youth archi-music show "Concerto for Buildings" Justine Testado 2015-06-11T09:04:00-04:00 >2015-06-15T21:30:29-04:00
The architecturally and musically inclined can join in on Make Music New York festivities this year with a special orchestral performance called "Concerto for Buildings" on Sunday, June 21. Make Music New York is a one-day music fest on the first day of summer that boasts more than 1,000 free concerts, which all take place throughout NYC's five borroughs.

For its ninth year, MMNY set up an Indiegogo campaign with a flexible goal of $7,000 to reel in further support for Concerto for Buildings. The musical showcase stars two NYC youth orchestra ensembles, Face The Music and Mantra Youth Percussion, and four composers: Paula Matthusen (winner of the 2014-2015 Rome Prize), Scott Wollshleger, Daniel Goode, and Face the Music student-composer Elijah Valongo. Surrounded by SoHo's historic cast-iron buildings, the performers will play their hearts out as they take advantage of the structures' percussive qualities, thus transforming them into a complementary musical backdrop.

Funds from the In...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/127248609/hardcore-architecture-the-homes-that-produced-80s-punk-bands Hardcore Architecture: the homes that produced '80s punk bands Alexander Walter 2015-05-13T19:24:00-04:00 >2015-05-18T20:37:41-04:00
Of all the variants of punk rock, hardcore always gave the impression of having the most blue collar flavor to its anti-authoritarian vibes. Pulled from the 1982-1989 issues of the infamous punk fanzine Maximum Rocknroll, Hardcore Architecture examines how true that impression is. Cross-referencing the addresses of mostly long-extinct hardcore and punk bands with modern Google Street View [...] snapshot of the homes, neighborhoods, and early apartments of these struggling bands.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/126299129/frank-gehry-to-design-stage-set-for-berlin-state-opera Frank Gehry to design stage set for Berlin State Opera Alexander Walter 2015-04-27T18:34:00-04:00 >2015-05-04T21:00:00-04:00
Frank Gehry will be the stage designer of a new production of the Christoph Gluck opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" for Berlin's Staatsoper, the company announced on Monday in unveiling its 2015-2016 season. [...] Gehry, one of the world's foremost architects, has engaged in arts projects in the past [...] designed a set for a concert staging of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" in Los Angeles in 2003.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/124217768/detroit-s-p-funk-inspired-mothership-is-ready-to-get-the-party-started Detroit's P. Funk-inspired Mothership is ready to get the party started Justine Testado 2015-03-31T20:24:00-04:00 >2015-04-05T13:32:38-04:00
Most people would probably be envious of the lucky DJs that got to spin tunes in The Mothership (I know I am). Ann Arbor-based practice Anya Sirota + AKOAKI looked to legendary funk collective P-Funk and their iconic album Mothership Connection to design the swanky modular DJ and broadcast booth for Detroit's North End neighborhood and its local music scene.

Akoaki created The Mothership to mark the start of the collaborative O.N.E. Mile initiative, which brings together architects, designers, and artists to revive the public spaces along historic Oakland Avenue for a series of experimental cultural events all year long. The Mothership made its debut during O.N.E. Mile's free (and unprecedented) Mothership Launch event this past October, where 12 honorary members of Parliament-Funkadelic did a special live performance in an empty garage on Oakland Avenue. The mobile unit is still stationed there but has more future public appearances in tow.

The Mothership is constructed by an aluminu...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/119889336/composer-tries-to-evoke-gehry-home-in-frank-s-house Composer tries to evoke Gehry home in 'Frank's House' Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-02-03T13:38:00-05:00 >2015-02-12T19:17:18-05:00
"It has a quality which is almost sort of punk, iconoclastic and in-your-face," [Norman] says with earnest wonderment. "And when you get inside the house, it's incredibly luminous and spacious and whimsical and really lovely." [...] His assignment for the first of three concerts in a Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra series exploring links between music and architecture was to evoke in music what Gehry made of a nondescript early 20th century pink wooden house he'd bought in 1978.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/112276898/from-music-row-to-condo-row From 'Music Row' to Condo Row Nam Henderson 2014-10-27T19:29:00-04:00 >2014-10-27T21:21:15-04:00
"I know the progress is great...This is my hometown, and I love to see it grow and expand. But I'd sure hate to see Music Row not be Music Row 20 years from now" - Pat Holt, 61

Richard Fausset reported on the looming loss of Studio A (RCA Victor Nashville Sound Studios), the 49-year-old studio recording room, that is steeped in music history and scheduled for demolition to make way for a luxury condominium project.

 It is but the latest example of how a booming real estate market, is threatening the original architecture of "the Vatican City of country music".
 http://archinect.com/news/article/105943780/a-preview-of-the-vis-vis-performance-series-at-materials-applications-in-los-angeles A preview of the VIS-Á-VIS performance series at Materials & Applications in Los Angeles Justine Testado 2014-08-06T15:07:00-04:00 >2014-08-06T20:08:03-04:00
Materials & Applications in Los Angeles has some fun social Saturday night events lined up for the entire month of August! The four-part VIS-Á-VIS performance series will include dance, music, a video and sound installations, and a film screening.

Starting August 9, all events will take place in the Materials & Applications space at the La Cage aux Folles, a 346-piece metal pipe temporary playground installation designed by Warren Techentin Architecture.

August 9: LA Fort Presents: Daedelus (DJ set), Lawrence Lindell, Matt McGuire and Will Walden (StaG) - experimental + electronic music performance

August 16: Tracy Abbott Szatan / IN/VISIBLE - video installation and performance

August 23: bel-air / New York Memo - sound recording installation

AND Ear Cleaning Workshop with Greg Ruben, based on the teaching methodology by Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer (spaces limited)

August 30: Eugene Kotlyarenko presents: "Nobody Wants to Play With Me" (Werner Herzog)+rare feature film - a film screening curated by L.A. filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko.

Head over to Bustler to learn more about each event.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/102099789/archimusic-renders-famous-musicians-into-characteristic-buildings "Archimusic" renders famous musicians into characteristic buildings Justine Testado 2014-06-17T17:12:00-04:00 >2014-06-23T22:12:58-04:00
Illustrator Federico Babina from Barcelona looks to some of the world's most influential musicians in his latest series, "Archimusic." Depicted in Babina's signature whimsical style, he architecturally renders 27 familiar names in various music genres like J.S. Bach, Miles Davis, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Björk, Freddie Mercury, and Radiohead.

Maybe these drawings can spark a few creative notes (pun totally intended) of inspiration.

The buildings surely emphasize the enduring fame of these musicians, with some of them even resembling their physical appearances. Based on mere sightreading, the few measures of notes right below could also perhaps be a hint at the musician's musical personality.

Previously on Archinect news:
"Archibet": if architects designed an alphabet...
André Chiote illustrates the role of iconic buildings in the "urban collective memory"
 http://archinect.com/news/article/100705882/at-disney-concert-hall-hadid-picks-up-on-gehry-s-tune At Disney Concert Hall, Hadid Picks Up on Gehry's Tune Alexander Walter 2014-05-30T13:18:00-04:00 >2014-06-03T22:59:52-04:00
It was an artistic collaboration delayed by some 25 years: The London architect Zaha Hadid responded as much to Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles as she did to "Così Fan Tutte" when she designed her undulating all-white set for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's performance of Mozart's opera this week (it closes on Saturday). "We were responding to the context, to Frank's design," Ms. Hadid said in a telephone interview from London.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/98279226/exhibition-recap-instruments-reimaging-the-music-room Exhibition recap: Instruments: Reimaging the Music Room Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-04-18T20:46:00-04:00 >2014-04-21T14:42:02-04:00
"Instruments: Reimaging the Music Room" is a fascinating exhibition of student work from the Piet Zwart Institute's Master Interior Architecture & Retail Design program, studying the role of sound in the domestic space. Each work creates a physical manifestation, or conduit, of the soundscapes that pervade our most private spaces, either raucously or imperceptibly.

Find more info, photos and videos by visiting the news listing on Bustler...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/86833749/opera-adaptation-for-plan-of-the-city-film-currently-in-the-works Opera adaptation for "Plan Of The City" film currently in the works Justine Testado 2013-11-18T13:29:00-05:00 >2013-11-25T22:34:09-05:00
 Since our sister site Bustler first mentioned Joshua Frankel's "Plan Of The City" in 2011, a new project is now underway to bring the film to the stage as an opera. An official title for the production is yet to be decided.

 Frankel, composer Judd Greenstein, and 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith wlll combine their artistic talents to tell the story of urban planner Robert Moses and journalist Jane Jacobs, who each influenced the New York City landscape and the field of urbanism.

 Be on the lookout for some Plan Of The City events happening this week. The "indie classical" NOW Ensemble will give a live performance of the Plan Of The City on Nov. 19 at the Winter Garden in Brookfield Place. The event is free!

 Frankel will then conduct his first animation study at the BAM Next Wave Festival on Nov. 23, as part of the 21c Liederabend program. As musical exploration, the animation will be presented with a music segment written by Greenstein set to Walt Whitman's M...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/84300873/gehry-and-salonen-discuss-ten-years-of-music-at-disney-concert-hall Gehry and Salonen discuss ten years of music at Disney Concert Hall Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2013-10-16T16:15:00-04:00 >2013-10-23T18:29:55-04:00
 To celebrate Disney Hall's tenth anniversary, architect Frank Gehry and Conductor Laureate for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Esa-Pekka Salonen reminisced on the building's inspiration last night, at a discussion held at the Hammer Museum. Co-hosted by the LA Phil, far from the actual concert hall and its spotty downtown L.A. environs, the discussion's moderator Nicolai Ouroussoff (former architecture critic for the New York Times) tried to tease out the relationship between architecture and music. While Salonen touched upon questions of classical music's relevance, Gehry didn't delve too deeply into the particulars of his design.

 As Music Director for the LA Philharmonic from 1992-2009, Salonen oversaw the orchestra during its transition from the slightly-stuffy Dorothy Chandler Pavilion over to Disney Hall, and is highly regarded for whipping the Philharmonic into shape as a progressive and formidable cultural institution. The trajectory of the LA Phil is largely wrapped up in b...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/83372126/moby-dancing-about-architecture Moby: Dancing About Architecture Archinect 2013-10-04T14:50:00-04:00 >2013-10-07T21:50:07-04:00
It's the perfect time to talk to the DJ about structures: in a week in which Moby has released new album Innocents, he is currently in the middle of a residency at LA's 1920s Fonda Theater, a venue featured on his Los Angeles architecture blog. London-based artist Simpson has imbued today's pictures with a sense of each corresponding track, adding a mysterious figure to add scale and a narrative.

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Panicky cost-cutting measures during construction left out elements that would have made the exterior and lobby more dazzling and the hall more flexible. The Music Center, which maintains the hall, seems in danger of taking the venue for granted, not eager to invest in it when it can bask in glory by doing nothing. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning a subway line under the hall, raising concerns that train vibrations will spoil the sound.

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"My hopes are that greed for knowledge, art, self-determination and expression go a long way. It is a true honor to have my name attached to so much hard work, alongside great names like Henry Louis Gates Jr. and W.E.B. Du Bois and to such a prestigious and historical institution, and all in the name of the music I grew to be a part of."

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text: April is "Month of the Military Child", and organizations want you to purple up.Purple is the color symbolizing all branches of the military. It mixes army green, coast guard blue, air force blue, marine red and navy blue. There are purple shirts you can buy. All of the money raised will help send military kids to summer camp.The goal is to help make things a little easier for military families.Purple up day is Friday.The shirt's cost ten dollars. You can buy them at Leadbetter's on Outer Hammond St. in Bangor.

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The automatic spending cuts poised to hit the federal government are brought to you not by the Republican Party, but by none other than the Obama White House.
Listening to President Obama on Tuesday, you would think the sequester was something his immediate predecessor George W. Bush forced him to "inherit" — like so much else the president refuses to own.
The president claims Republicans must either compromise or be "willing to put hundreds of thousands of jobs and our entire economy at risk just to protect a few special interest tax loopholes that benefit only the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations."
"Border Patrol agents ... FBI agents ... federal prosecutors will ... let criminals go ... Air traffic controllers and airport security ... thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off."
And "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."
In other words, that asteroid that missed the earth last week will turn around and cause Armageddon after all, courtesy of Republicans enthralled to their "ideological goals."
On Wednesday, White House mouthpiece Jay Carney was forced to admit it was all balderdash, that "No," the sequester would not destroy "hundreds of thousands" of Americans jobs, as Obama claimed, "but there will be job losses."
There certainly will. This, after all, is the Obama Economy.
After four years in office, President Obama has found a new way to disown his economic misdeeds. Before, it was Bush's fault; now it's the fault of the "Republican Sequester."
You wouldn't think from any of this, would you, that on Tuesday that very same Jay Carney admitted that the sequester "was an idea that the White House put forward."
You wouldn't think a Senate under Democratic control passed it.
And you wouldn't think that during the third presidential debate, after Mitt Romney warned of the damage to defense of sequestration cuts, Obama assured the nation that the sequester "will not happen."
As the Washington Post's Bob Woodward, whose latest book, "The Price of Politics," examines the 2011 budget negotiations, told Politico the day after that debate gaffe, "What the president said is not correct. He's mistaken. And it's refuted by the people who work for him."
Woodward pointed out that "The idea was to design something .. . so onerous that no one would ever let it happen."
Woodward added, "They all believed that the supercommittee was going to come up with a $1.2 trillion deficit-reduction plan, so there would be no sequestration. Of course, the supercommittee failed and so the trigger went off, which has all of these very Draconian cuts."
No one forced the president's hand in signing the deal into law that included the sequester, which he did on Aug. 2, 2011.
Defending the deal that day, Obama claimed it makes "a serious down payment on the deficit reduction we need, and gives each party a strong incentive to get a balanced plan done before the end of the year."
Covering the signing, the New York Times later that day reported: "There is something you should know about the deal to cut federal spending that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday: It does not actually reduce federal spending. ... Indeed, both the government and its debts will continue to grow faster than the American economy, primarily because the new law does not address federal spending on health care."
And as National Review's Jim Geraghty points out, the sequester will not slash federal workers' pay, even though some federal employees think "the fact that they haven't gotten a raise since January 2010 amounts to a pay cut."
As in his foreign policy, President Obama placed too much faith in his ability to talk adversaries into doing what he wants.
A sequester, even one largely symbolic, may not be the neatest way to bring some semblance of control to Uncle Sam's spending, but under this president it's the only glimmer of hope.


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Something Different
Over the past half-century local, water-powered grain mills either converted to electric or shut down completely. In Union County, Pennsylvania there is one remaining hold out. Miller Curt Falk is doing something different - he is turning grain into flour and animal feed using water power. This beautifully shot short documentary offers a glimpse into the past through the day-to-day operations of the Grove's Mill on Buffalo Creek. Something Different: A Working Gristmill offers a glimpse into a world that many people will never see in their lifetimes - a working gristmill running on water power.
Curt walks us through the process of using water to generate power and turning grain into flour and corn into corn meal. From cleaning to cracking to sifting each process is unique and done on machines that were built before the 1950s. Interwoven with the workings of the mill, Curt explains his family history and how he came to run the operations.
Something Different was created as a partnership between myself and two Bucknell Faculty members, historian David del Testa and mechanical engineer, Tom Rich. So far, it has been accepted to the Big Muddy Film Festival, the Frozen River Film Festival and the Lewiston Auburn Film Festival. Check out the trailer above.


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Quick question about paint codes/colors
I went to the auto store to buy some duplicolor PXR brilliant black crystal spray paint but they dont stock it and it only shows as having it in the small touch-up bottle, but I need to paint my stillen headlight covers. Would a black mica match close to it? Also on a site I just saw the brilliant black crystal is called a "candy" color, and someone said i needed the right base coat and not just any regular primer before the color coat to make it match the stock color, is that right?
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
timmy im not sure about the colors,
i buy all my colored paint from automotivetouchup.com
alternatively, lots of 'body shop supply' places will sell you paint to color codes too.
the paint I get is a full color base. it has the metallic and all that. then you just need a CLEAR on top of it......
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
Im still wondering about the "candy" color comment I saw on that site, because the ground effects i had a shop paint do not match my car exactly. Its like they are black with no crystals or whatever in it. Im wondering if its because they didnt use the right base color.
I wanted to do this tonight, thats why I figured id ask on here, if the black is really close i wouldnt mind if its not perfectly exact. They had a black mica where the cap color seemed to be really close to my car. Think ill go grab a can and test it anyways, only 6 bucks.
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
yup, good idea. since they arent directly next to each other, it may look perfect.
i have OEM Grey wheels. everyone thinks they were matched to my Mineral Grey. They are very different but not to the 'avg joe.
Good Luck.
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
order from automotivetouchup.com Timmy.......
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
I went to a local auto supply paint store where they can mix me up some PXR and they have a spray bottle thing to spray the paint with so i'll do that if this doesnt work right now. I just grabbed a small can of Black Metallic for $2.56 at advanced auto since its all 50% off duplicolor paints. If it comes out like crap ill just redo it, no biggie
Here's my questions now. I have a set of the stillens that are already painted khaki i believe. So after sanding do i still use a primer,and then after the black color coat is a clear coat needed? I bought a big can of it anyways. But in the duplicolor book it says only a clear coat is needed if there is a "cc" next to the paint color, which on this can there is no "cc". And on the stillen site it doesnt mention applying a clear coat, just says paint then install. Im going in my basement right now to sand as much of the existing paint off as i can, because I noticed its a very tight fit over the headlights. And I have a grey primer, is that ok for black color because the duplicolor book said to use a black primer on black paints.
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
I would prime them and clearcoat them for sure
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
Im finally about to prime them right now. I ended up removing all the existing paint and primer that was on them down to the plastic. I used 220 to remove the paint, then used a 400 grit then an 800 finally. Im curious if after priming I use a 1000 grit . But for that i'd need to wait for it to fully cure a day probably correct?
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
Did I even need to remove all the existing paint and primer, or did i go overboard? I figured what the hell, get it all off while im sanding it anyways to have it hopefully come out the best it can.
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once its smooth, it might be overkill.
those things are urethane and can be tricky to not get little bubbles on the edges. also i think requires a flexible primer. so if the finish was good before, i would of just scuffed them up with scotchbrite, a touch of primer, then color and clear if necessary.
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
I think it was better that I took them down to the plastic again. There were uneven surfaces along the edges where its curved around the headlights. The 220 grit allowed me to slightly reshape the edges round again, or as close to perfect as i could get them.
Is it me, or does every picture im seeing of these stillens on WK's not seem to match in paint color "perfect" to the car? All the ones ive seen appear slighty off in color. Does anyone have them where they match perfect to the car?
Re: Quick question about paint codes/colors
light makes things look different.
i think mine match perfectly.......http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/n...e/IMG_0503.jpg
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Methane vs. CO2 Global Warming Potential
Methane and Carbon Dioxide - CH4 and CO2
105 times. Level of heat trapping potency that methane is greater than carbon
dioxide over a 20-year time frame according to NASA research. "But
[Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology at
Cornell University] and company took things even further, incorporating
data from Drew T. Shindell at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies, who published a study in 2009 in the journal Science that
suggested that the interaction of methane with certain atmospheric
aerosols might well amplify the global warming potential of methane,
rendering it up to 105 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the
20-year time frame. Although the 100-year time horizon is more commonly
used by climate scientists, Mr. Howarth relies on the shorter
time-horizon, which would greatly intensify the impact of leaking
methane on climate. Combining that with the novel methane leakage
estimates at various points along the production and transmission life
cycles, he and his co-authors were able to push the climate impact, per
unit of energy, of unconventional natural gas industry well beyond that
of the perennial environmental and climate demon, coal." (Tom Zeller Jr., "Methane Losses Stir Debate on Natural Gas," The New York Times, April 12, 2011
72 times. Methane has a global warming potential 72 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period. Compared with carbon dioxide, methane has a high global warming potential of 72 (calculated over a period of 20 years) or 25 (for a time period of 100 years). (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC - "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis - Summary for Policymakers," Fourth Assessment Report -FAR, Working Group 1, Chapter 2, IPCC Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, February 2007, p. 212)
72 times. Over a 20-year period, one pound of methane traps as much heat as at least 72 lbs. of CO2. "Methane is a far more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, though it doesn't last nearly as long in the atmosphere. Still, over a 20-year period, one pound of it traps as much heat as at least 72 pounds of carbon dioxide. Its potency declines, but even after a century, it is at least 25 times as powerful as carbon dioxide. When burned, natural gas emits half the carbon dioxide of coal, but methane leakage eviscerates this advantage because of its heat-trapping power." (Anthony R. Ingraffea, "Gangplank to a Warm Future," The New York Times, July 28, 2013)
72 times. Over 20 years, emission of 1 ton of methane has the same climatic impact as the emission of 72 tons of carbon dioxide. "After Carbon Dioxide, Methane is the next most important GHG [greenhouse gas], because it has high capacity to absorb infrared radiation and is relatively abundant. [T]he observed lifetime of methane, in today's atmosphere, is on average 12 years. Methane has a GWP [global warming potential] of 72 over a 20 year period, meaning that over this time period, the emission of 1 ton of methane will have the same climate impact as the emission of 72 tons of carbon dioxide, or in other words methane is 72 times stronger than carbon dioxide. When looking at a 100 year period of time, however, the emission of 1 ton of methane has the same climate impact as the emission of 25 tons of carbon dioxide." Energy + Environment Foundation, email@example.com, Global Warming Potentials, Energy + Environment OpenCourseWare, Washington, DC, 2008, p. 3)
Gangplank to the future. "As a longtime oil and gas engineer who helped develop shale fracking techniques for the Energy Department, I can assure you that [natural] gas is not 'clean.'
Because of leaks of methane, the main component of natural gas, the gas extracted from shale deposits is not a 'bridge' to a renewable energy future — it's a gangplank to more warming and away from clean energy investments."
Anthony R. Ingraffea
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
64 times. Number of times more potent that methane is compared to carbon dioxide as a heat-trapping gas. "For the same volume, methane is 64 times more potent as a heat-trapping gas than carbon dioxide, and there is a lot of it." Methane compared to carbon dioxide. (Ian Hoffman, Staff Writer, "Global warming could trigger methane release," The Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, August 29, 2006 reporting findings in T. M. Hill, J. P. Kennett, D. L. Valentine, Z. Yang, C. M. Reddy, R. K. Nelson, R. J. Behl, C. Robert, and L. Beaufort, "Climatically driven emissions of hydrocarbons from marine sediments during deglaciation," published online before print August 30, 2006, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0601304103 and published in print Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS September 12, 2006 vol. 103 no. 37 13570-13574 pp. 13570–13574)
30 times. Number of times more potent methane is than CO2 in terms of heat-trapping potential. "Methane is a greenhouse gas more than 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide." How does methane compare to carbon dioxide? ("Methane Releases From Arctic Shelf May Be Much Larger and Faster Than Anticipated," Press Release 10-036, National Science Foundation, March 4, 2010)
25 times. Methane GWP potency compared to carbon dioxide over a 100 year period.
"Methane is a relatively potent greenhouse gas. Compared with carbon
dioxide, it has a high global warming potential of 72 (calculated over a
period of 20 years) or 25 (for a time period of 100 years).
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC - "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis - Summary for Policymakers," Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group 1, Chapter 2, IPCC Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, February 2007, p. 212)
23 times. Methane has about 23 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide when it is released into the atmosphere. "Methane (CH4) . . . is the simplest hydrocarbon, and is the primary component of the natural gas that we burn for energy. Methane is also an important greenhouse gas, it has about 23 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide when it is released into the atmosphere. There are many sources of methane. Some methane comes from human activities, for example, landfills, rice cultivation, and ruminant farm animals (like cows) are all large methane sources. Other large methane sources, like the ocean and wetlands, are natural." (Monica Heintz, University of California, Santa Barbara, "Methane in the Ocean," Ocean Explorer, ," National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC, revised August 25, 2010)
21 times. Methane is about 21 times more powerful at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. "Methane (CH4) is a principal component of natural gas. It is also formed and released to the atmosphere by biological processes occurring in anaerobic environments. Once in the atmosphere, methane absorbs terrestrial infrared radiation that would otherwise escape to space. This property can contribute to the warming of the atmosphere, which is why methane is a greenhouse gas. Methane is about 21 times more powerful at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide (CO2) by weight. . . Methane's chemical lifetime in the atmosphere is approximately 12 years. Methane's relatively short atmospheric lifetime, coupled with its potency as a greenhouse gas, makes it a candidate for mitigating global warming over the near-term (i.e., next 25 years or so)." (U.S. EPA, Science - Greenhouse Gas Properties, Climate Change Division – 202-343-9990, Office of Atmospheric Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, June 22, 2010)
20 Times. Global warming potential of methane compared to carbon dioxide. "In the ongoing debate over global warming, climatologists usually peg carbon dioxide as the most dangerous of the atmosphere's heat- trapping gases. But methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, might be even more problematic. According to Tessa Hill, a geologist at the University of California, Davis, more methane is released into the atmosphere from ocean deposits during periods of warming than previously thought. This expelled methane increases temperatures and releases more methane, creating a positive feedback loop." (Elizabeth Svoboda, "Global Warming Feedback Loop Caused by Methane, Scientists Say," National Geographic News, August 29, 2006 reporting findings in Tessa M. Hill - firstname.lastname@example.com, J. P. Kennett, D. L. Valentine, Z. Yang, C. M. Reddy, R. K. Nelson, R. J. Behl, C. Robert, and L. Beaufort, "Climatically driven emissions of hydrocarbons from marine sediments during deglaciation," published online before print August 30, 2006, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0601304103 and published in print Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS vol. 103 no. 37 13570-13574, September 12, 2006, pp. 13570–13574)
Methane Heat-Trapping Potential Compared to CO2
Are policymakers failing to pay sufficient attention to the climate instability risks of methane?
Focusing disproportionately on controlling those greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide that produce warming impacts in the distant future at the expense of not controlling those gases like methane that inflict climate disruption impacts in the immediate future, could yield a harvest of regrets.
In the words of Nobel Laureate Dr. Kirk R. Smith, doing so engenders the undesirable result of "spending more money to protect people thousands of years into the future and ignoring the needs of ourselves and our children." (1)
Increases in Natural Gas Production
Produce Increases in Methane Emissions
See accompanying PowerPoint presentation by Robert W. Howarth, Renee Santoro and Anthony Ingraffea, Developing Natural Gas in the Marcellus and other Shale Formations is likely to Aggravate Global Warming,
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and School of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, March
15, 2011
Climate Impact Per Unit of Energy
Natural Gas vs. Coal Emissions
Comparison of greenhouse gas emissions from shale gas with low and high estimates of fugitive methane emissions, conventional natural gas with low and high estimates of fugitive methane emissions, surface-mined coal, deep-mined coal, and diesel oil. Hydraulic fracking. Source: Climatic Change 2011, Robert W. Howarth, Renee Santoro, Anthony Ingraffea, "Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations," Climatic Change, March 13, 2011.
Coal mines have traditionally vented methane into the atmosphere.
Coal mine ventilation systems are the biggest source of methane emissions, accounting for 81 billion cubic feet, or 51% of coal mine methane emissions in 2006. (2)
Kris Maher
The Wall Street Journal
(1) Kirk R. Smith, PhD, Nobel
Laureate, "Carbon on Steroids, The Untold Story of Methane, Climate, and Health," PowerPoint presentation to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Sacramento, California, November 10, 2008, Slide 18. See video of presentation.
(2) Kris Maher, "Mining Project Aims to Capture Methane," The Wall Street Journal, New York, June 2, 2010
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Tips For Your Heating System As The Temperature Begins To Drop
GAINESVILLE - More than 50,000 times a year, that's the number of fires that FEMA says ignite in residential buildings in the United States because of heating systems. And the temperature is finally beginning to drop. Here are some tips to have a warm but safe winter.
Heating and air conditioning systems can be one of the costliest appliances to fix in a home. But money aside, they can also be the most dangerous. For your safety, now that the cold has set in you want to make sure your heating system is working properly before the cold weather really hits.
As more leaves fall on the ground and trees brace for the winter months ahead, so do the residents of North Central Florida. Not only do they prepare with a blanket on hand but also by turning on the heater.
"Our air conditioning broke a couple of weeks ago so the guy that came down and repaired it said that we had a part that was broken and if we turned on the heating that we might get some carbon monoxide," Richard Burt a Gainesville resident said.
Burt is glad this problem was detected before he actually turned on his heater. Ryan Dollard of Bertie Heating and Air Conditioning says Burt's problem is common among furnace type units. "Those units burn and once they burnt hey shoot carbon monoxide out of the flue pipe... If the flue pipe is clogged or it's having a situation the carbon monoxide runs into the house and it can kill your family. We call it the silent killer because you can't smell it, you can't taste it and it happens right away," Dollard said.
Whether you have a furnace, chimney or central heater like this one, it should be serviced at least once a year to prevent fire and smoke damage.
Burt says a carbon monoxide detector is something he recently acquired to ensure safety for him and his family. Another suggestion Dollard has is changing your filter as that's something people tend to ignore.
"It is a low cost to make sure that your family is safe and that it's running correctly. Biggest things are making sure that flu pipe, there's no debris on that flu pipe... That the filters are cleaned and checked and also that the safety operations of the system are checked and inspected," Dollard said.
Dollard says before it gets cold, you should turn your heating system on and check out how it's working. If you detect a smoke or burnt smell that may mean something is wrong, like too much dust in the system. That sign should trigger an inspection.
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Project DescriptionDesigned in 1920 as a two-level bath house fashioned in Classical Revival style, the rehabilitated Rita R. Church Community Center is a contributing structure in a National Register Historic District. Previously neglected and left untouched, GWWO's rehabilitation of this dilapidated structure breathed new life into the facility and made it a safe, beautiful destination for the community.
Rehabilitation included the exterior of the pool house, in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, as well as the interior to accommodate program spaces. The original fabric of the exterior was in relatively good condition; hence the majority could be restored to its original condition. Non-contributing later additions to the original structure that distracted from the original concept were removed. Masonry blocks and wood panels that had been used to fill in some openings were removed and replaced with doors or panels to complement the style of the original structure.
The upper level open-air pavilion was enclosed with a curtain wall system, containing both solid and glazed panels. Serving as a back-drop to the original columns that define the space, the glazing system, located behind the pilasters, complements the proportions of the historic structure.
The upper level program is comprised of a lounge, multi-purpose room, kitchen/craft room, game room, computer lab, and various support spaces. The lounge, located at the center of the building provides a tall open space that allows elements of the historic structure, such as the heavy timber trusses and masonry chimneys, to be integrated into the rehabilitation. All construction materials match or complement the original aesthetic.


text: Whats up guys i got an o4 wrx tbe intake with a new 2.0 motor from the dealer with less than a 1000 miles on it. I went to get my tire replaced and my car drove there fine but when i went to start it to leave it sounded like it was not getting any gas so i listened to see if the fuel pump was workin and it wasnt so i went out got another fuel pump from a junkyard that had another subie there and they pulled it for me but once i changed it still no priming from the pump, changed the relay tested the fuel pump and it worked when i connect it from the battery so i am lost at this point and i need to get it working by today to go to work in the am. So plz if anyone can help me i would really appreciate it


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September 21, 2009
Take a look at this photograph:
(Photo 1) Taken at 200 times life-size, the semi-transparent line is a human hair, about 100microns wide. (200x)
The metallic spheres above are about 200 to 500+ microns in diameter. Notice that the majority are near-perfect spheres and highly reflective. They are probably NOT micrometeorites, but contamination from man-made sources.
Other images I have show similar microspheres less than 50 microns, the largest are more than 600 microns. Some are colored differently (probably rust) and with rough surfaces. While I cannot confirm (this requires an electron microscope) that these are micrometeorites I do have a photo from the Defense Department showing micrometeorites on page 3 of this article.
As micrometeorites enter the atmosphere at 20,000 miles an hour, they melt into spherical shapes and gradually descend through the atmosphere in the wind, or commonly in water droplets. Likewise do metallic particles when heated to high temperatures in low-gravity environments.
My interest in micrometeorites began with the fact that they have high iron content to which they are easily attracted to magnets. Because rain, snow, and hail need some particle -- a solid particle, dust is typical, micrometeorites or chemical substances in the atmosphere form droplets, and for study, micrometeorites are typically gathered in a wide plastic basin as it rains.
A magnet then is used to sort the extremely small, iron-containing particles from other debris that comes with the rain. What is attracted to the magnet is just barely visible to the naked eye, passed through a filter (I use a plastic-mesh coffee filter) and put it under my 50x and 200x lenses.
When I started this hobby, I wasn't familiar with the "basin-gathering" technique nor just how (un)common they are, so thinking I could find micrometeorites practically anywhere, I went to the recreational area and gathered with a magnet from a surface area of perhaps only two square yards some of what you see above and in images 1, 2, and 3. The six points of light is the light-source for my digital microscope, six LED's (light-emitting diodes) arranged in a circle.
I haven't counted all the spheres from the two square yards at the open, exposed-to-the-sky, football field, but would easily estimate around 100 of these spheres in only one sample.
Upon recommendation from two technicians of the local planetarium, I sent the images to the physics professor at the university who specializes in the analysis of micrometeorites, and was I disappointed -- not from his reply, but as to the likely sources of these spheres"
He wrote (translation below) that 99.9% of these objects are from man-made sources - typically coal-powered electrical generation plants, metal foundries, and high-temperature ovens.


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Packers' Jennings has something to prove down the stretch
Chris Sprow of ESPN Insider put together a list of the NFL free agents who have "the most on the line down the stretch in terms of their future market values.
He puts Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings in that category.
"Green Bay likely won't beat out big offers for Jennings," Sprow said. "But he needs to get back on the field and show something to draw interest."
Sprow said Miami or Detroit might be the best fits for Jennings.
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Techniques to Save Failing Hearts
Published 11/20/09
From drilling holes to icy therapy, state of the art procedures that are saving heart patients.
Dr. Adel: The heart is a mighty muscle. It beats 35 million times a year, and pumps life giving blood through 100,000 miles of blood vessels. If something goes wrong, you can die. Here are three new techniques that use drilling, chilling, and filling to save failing hearts. Marian: My eyes are good. My teeth are good. My hearing leaves a lot to be desired. Dr. Adel: After years as a competitive skater, Marian Cook is now using different wheels to get around. Marian: My limitation is my heart arteries are just not providing enough blood, and I just can't physically do very much. Dr. Adel: It resulted in persistent chest pain, diagnosed as angina. 7 million Americans have it. For Marian, medications didn't help, and stints are not an option for him. So, doctors looked for an alternative. Man 1: To actually go in surgically, drill holes in the heart muscle using a specially designed laser, and that sounds a little far-fetched, but what these holes do is they deliver new blood flow to the heart muscle, through these small channels. Dr. Adel: The laser creates microscopic channels that stimulate the heart muscle. Man 1: It's almost like irrigating your lawn, where you have small channels that allow a new, fresh blood, and fertilizer, so to speak, to enter the heart muscle. We know that these small channels serve as a stimulus for the heart to try to repair itself. Dr. Adel: Researchers are now injecting stem cells into those channels to see if that will reverse heart disease. Marian: I'd like to keep going. I'd like to keep going. Dr. Adel: For patients like Marian, it's a chance to put chronic chest pain behind them. Edison: We were married on June the 21st, 1953. Dr. Adel: Edison Russel has a special term of endearment for his wife of 56 years. Edison: She's my miracle lady. Dr. Adel: But one day, Marlene Russel's heart stopped. Paramedics got it beating again, though she arrived at the emergency room unconscious. Marlene: I kept waiting for the gates to open and for me to see a light. But that didn't happen. Dr. Adel: Doctors used hypothermia therapy in an effort to boost Marlene's survival odds. Her body temperature was lowered from the normal 98.6 to 91 degrees. Man 2: You can simply pack someone in ice bags. You can infuse cold saline. You can also apply devices that cool the skin. Dr. Adel: It's the same therapy used to treat people with spinal cord injuries. In this case, cooling protects the brain from damage caused by lack of oxygen when the heart stops pumping. Man 2: When you make the body and the brain cold, you reduce the brain's metabolism. Dr. Adel: Edison isn't the only one who calls Marlene's recovery miraculous. Marlene: Really, I shouldn't be here. Dr. Adel: Of course, she and her family are all grateful for a second chance. Marlene: I'm going to celebrate a new life. Dr. Adel: Model train enthusiast Richard Wallace also got derailed in the prime of his life. Richard: I had a heart attack on March 5th of my 47th year. Dr. Adel: In the seven years since, Richard has had 25 stints inserted in his heart. Richard: They make a puncture wound in your groin usually, and they feed the catheter up to the heart. Dr. Adel: A catheter is less invasive than opening the chest, but getting it out isn't always easy. Richard: They're straddling you. There are at least two people. It feels like they're reaching in and pulling your bones out through your skin. Dr. Adel: Now a new procedure is easing the pain. Man 3: It's a soft sponge that's absorbable. Dr. Adel: A sponge is threaded through the catheter. It plugs up the hole in the artery to stop the bleeding, which eliminates the need for a doctor to apply extreme pressure. Man 3: They ought to be able to stop any bleeding with just two fingers, rather than putting your whole hand on somebody's groin and pushing down. Dr. Adel: Richard was up and walking around within a day. Richard: Recovery was so much faster. It was almost [inaudible 00:04:20]. Dr. Adel: Allowing him to get back to what he enjoys right away.


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'Gaddar' Imran Khan on Andpersand
If looks could kill, then, this romantic dude would be behind bars for killing the hearts of all the ladies globally, merely with his smile. Getting him to pose in front of the camera today wouldn't have been as easy around a year back. Imran, in his own confession, says "One year ago, if you had asked me for a cover shoot, you would be spending all the time convincing me to look into the camera." Some words those are. Talking of words, Imran also goes onto add that, "Abhay Deol suffers at this more than I do. He is constantly angsty and we hold epic debates on movies.
In fact, Anurag Kashyap and Abhay call me a 'Gaddar' every time
we meet, saying I am a traitor who strayed from their path of good
direction". When one talks of Imran, how can his lady-love be far
behind! Talking about his girlfriend-turned- fiancee Avantika; he
says "I don't believe in the 'we're just friends' theory. Avantika
has been a huge support in my life. How can I dismiss it to keep a
certain image?" Lastly, one 'word' from us - Imran looks like a
million bucks with those 'specsy' frames!
As we said earlier, some words those are! Imran Khan is definitely the flavor of the season and is undoubtedly here to stay!


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Who Is Trolling Social Media Sites to Get Information on You?
Original Air Date: May 26, 2011
Debt collectors are using peoples Twitter, Facebook, LinedIn and MySpace accounts to send messages to debtors' friends and families and gather personal information about people who owe them money? Police and the IRS check out peoples social media profiles for evidence that they may be breaking the law or cheating on their taxes? Consumer advocate Howard Dvorkin shows us the pitfalls of social media use that no one has told them about.


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Thermaltake Urban SD1 Conclusion
I'll try and summarize my experience with the Urban SD1 in terms of Performance, Appearance, Construction, Functionality and Value categories, but I feel like I should add a disclaimer. You must understand that my own preferences and uses for cases differ from most; while I try to view each case as objectively as I can, I probably can't avoid my own bias from affecting my conclusion in some manner. I implore you to think in depth of your OWN uses and preferences, and use my reviews as a guide or simply as another perspective.
With the right components, I think the Urban SD1 would be a satisfactory performer. However, I'd hesitate to use anything other than mid-range open air cooled GPUs due to poor stock airflow. Using blower-style coolers or adding an additional fan would help (thus removing the ability to mount most AIO liquid coolers for the CPU), but to deal with heat monsters like the R9 290 the passive ventilation just wasn't enough – some additional exhaust was needed to keep fan speeds at reasonable levels. If you're comfortable with the PSU fan doing double duty as an exhaust, that may help the heat buildup a little. More stock airflow is needed for this chassis to really qualify as "high-performance" in my opinion.
The appearance category is where the Urban SD1 really shines. I like the designs of the Urban series, and the SD1 is by far the best looking Lanbox Lite yet. The conservative aluminum front panels are beautiful, and the clean lines are complimentary and tasteful. That other side of my brain still wishes the top blue power LED would scan back and forth "Knight Rider" style though… Missed opportunities aside, the Urban SD1 is an attractive enclosure overall.
The reduced use of plastic really enhanced the overall construction "look and feel" of the SD1 compared to the similar A30 or Lanbox Lite. Even with the large number of removable parts, everything fit together nicely. The power supply bracket is a little wobbly on its own, but once installed it is very solid. It would be nice to not have to deal with so many thumbscrews when removing components (or the six screws for the power supply bracket), but I don't really see a way around that without re-engineering the entire thing. Besides, that's something most people only have to deal with once or twice, it isn't that big of a concern.
The biggest contribution to functionality for the Urban SD1 is the various sub-assemblies that can be removed for easier installation of components. The removable motherboard tray, PSU bracket and drive cages really do make for an easier time of assembly. It's too bad a complete lack of cable management complicates this process a bit, but with this many removable components perhaps tied-down cables would just get in the way anyway. The small updates help keep the Urban SD1 modern, but the main feature would still be the external drive bays – there just aren't that many cases this small that still make provisions for external devices.
The Thermaltake Urban SD1 was listed online for $93.00 (Newegg / Amazon) at the time of this review. While performance-oriented micro-ATX cases are still a bit rare, there have been some excellent candidates on the market for some time. BitFenix's Prodigy based enclosures are especially compelling if cooling performance in a smaller mATX form factor is your main consideration (along with Fractal Design's Arc Mini R2 and Define Mini, Silverstone's TJ-08B-E, Corsair's Obsidian 350D…) The external bays of the Urban SD1 are relatively unique for this particular form factor though, and fills a niche the other towers can't. The only problem I can see is there are quite a few proven performers in this price range (most fall within $10). The competition is strong, and I fear the updates to the Lanbox formula, while certainly an improvement, may not ultimately be enough to shift the value back in favor of the Urban SD1.
Overall, the Urban SD1 is an attractive update to a classic form factor. There are a number of performance-oriented micro-ATX enclosures though, and I just don't feel like I can recommend the Urban SD1 to anyone that doesn't need the external bays (if you do, the SD1 is one of the only options). The stock airflow is just too limiting for high-end components, but at least there are some optional tweaks that can mitigate that somewhat. The updates modernize the chassis enough to keep up with current components, but it feels like the internal design has aged faster than the rest of the case. However, as an HTPC or with careful selection of low-heat components I think the Urban SD1 would be a great choice if you like the look and form factor.
+ Very attractive, small form factor chassis
+ mATX, wider range of compatible components
+ One of the few cases this small that can still use full-size optical drives or external bay devices
+ "Modular" design does assist in installing components
– No cable management
– Can run warm – needs additional GPU cooling or careful component selection
– Only the front panel blocks noise
Performance: 6.75
Appearance: 9.25
Construction: 8.00
Functionality: 7.50
Value: 7.25


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Teenagers in a pocket of rural Georgia have held their first integrated school prom, ending decades of racial segregation that kept black and white pupils apart.
The inaugural "Love Has No Colour" event was organised by a group of four school-leavers from Wilcox County High School in Rochelle. "We live in rural south Georgia, where not too many things change," the group said. "We want to make a difference."
Teachers and parents had refused to break the county's 40-year tradition of separate proms classified as private events organised by parents. The so-called "white prom" went ahead this month. Parents who sent their children to it have previously told reporters that the ongoing separation is justified because black and white pupils enjoy different types of music.


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Linklaters' projects practice gets wholesale makeover" />The future of Linklaters' projects team is clouded. Although considered one of the City's pre-eminent project finance groups, advising on such significant deals as the mammoth Russian natural resources project Sakhalin, a recent wholesale review of the team has left its direction in question.
New global head of projects Bruce White initiated the review soon after he took the helm in May. It aimed to examine whether the group should reorganise its client base, expertise, advice and offices, and identify ways to cut costs and downsize the group's partnership.
Given that White re-placed former practice head Alan Black after 12 years at the helm, the implementation of a review comes as no surprise. White clearly needs to distinguish his own management style and develop a comprehensive understanding of the challenges before him. But what is not clear is how far-reaching the recommendations of the review will be.
Around 100 of the firm's global project finance lawyers trooped off to Lisbon over the weekend to discuss the future direction and strategy of the practice and to hear the results of the review. Although a closed conference, White reveals that items on the agenda included which jurisdictions, clients and niche areas the group is set to target. "The review is done and we're moving on to taking concrete steps to implement its recommendations," says White. "Our strategy is to differentiate ourselves from our competitors and deepen our relationships with our key clients."
As part of the new strategy, the firm is likely to ramp up its oil and gas expertise, as it is one of the only areas within projects that is not overcommoditised and also booming. This is especially crucial, as projects has seen dropping profitability for most firms for some time because of low hourly rates and growing competition.
White admits that the firm is examining new and developing jurisdictions related to the oil and gas market to combat this. In particular it is looking at launching in the Middle East and expanding its presence in Latin America and Russia.
"The firm is actively considering opening in the Middle East," says White. "We're analysing from a percentage of work perspective whether not having an office will become prejudicial to us in the future.
"We moved [partner] Daniel Tyrer to Moscow for project finance last year and we're looking at whether we should build that up more. We would potentially move more people to Moscow."
Costs have also been highlighted, given that Linklaters' finance department, which incorporates projects and capital markets, is facing increasing pressure to improve its fees. During 2004-05, the group was the least profitable of the firm's three core groups, the other two being corporate and commercial, following overhiring. Finance reported a revenue of £257.6m, due largely to a strong capital markets performance.
As part of the review, it is understood that management is encouraging several senior partners to take early retirement, although discussions are still ongoing and further exits could follow (The Lawyer, 12 September). The move, which is similar to the overhaul of the firm's corporate practice last autumn, should loosen a logjam of projects partners at the top of the lockstep and create room for younger lawyers to progress.
Linklaters is notoriously reticent about naming anyone that could be construed as a managed exit, a spokesman confirmed that at least one senior London-based projects partner will depart later this year.
White instead claims that the group is recruiting heavily and has taken on eight new associates in recent weeks. Nine projects lawyers have also been made up into the partnership in the last three years, including four in May.
But while this is good news for younger lawyers, the group does have a policy against lateral hires of UK-qualified partners. The recruitment figures are also not reflective of actual net growth, as a series of senior associates, including Philip Thomson and Alexander Currie, have quit the firm in the last three months. This leaves the London projects team with 17 partners and around 45 associates.
One competitor comments that the team is now very young, with only a couple of remaining plateau partners – and the futures of the few remaining plateau partners are in doubt following the review. This, though, is sure to assist the group's financial situation significantly.
It was clear that a shake-up within the London projects practice was brewing even before White took over management and for as long as two years. The London projects team lost partners Peter Gray and David Weber in 2003.
Rainmaker Stuart Salt subsequently left London in May when he transferred to Hong Kong to head the Asian banking and projects group. This was a significant blow to the local team, although in 2004 partner James Douglass returned to London after his own stint in Hong Kong. This is not to mention the shake-up that resulted in White, who was previously head of PFI and PPP, one of the divisions in the projects department, actually taking over management of the entire group.
White claims that these changes are not directly connected. But until the review, the group had struggled, along with most of the projects sector, with growing competition, forcing hourly rates down from an already low starting point. One insider explains: "The problem with projects is that it used to be a sexy frontier area of law that few firms had expertise in. Now it's become commoditised and, as a result, fees have reduced.
"In order to get profitability, the group needs to bill lots of hours; and in order to protect those fees, they need to reduce the number of partners. Getting rid of the odd plateau partner can change the gearing significantly."
While the group's gearing remains under discussion internally, there is little doubt that the team has been securing sizeable and significant mandates. But because – oddly – Linklaters does not report the deals its projects team has advised on to league table generators such as Mergermarket or Thom-son Financial, it is difficult to confirm this conclusively.
The group's mandates on projects such as Sakhalin and Greater Equate are, however, in the public domain. Combined with the changes recommended by White, the group appears to be making the proactive steps needed to ensure it remains top of the heap, even if a few partners will not be along for the ride.
Recent deals acted on by Linklaters' projects team
Greater Equate Acting for the sponsors in connection with a $2bn (£1.1bn) expansion scheme of a petrochemicals facility in Kuwait.
Qatofin LDPE Polyethylene Plant Advising the lenders on the financing of the Qatofin LDPE Polyethylene Plant (and a share in certain downstream assets) in Qatar.
Sakhalin Advising the project sponsors on the financing of a substantial oil and gas development off Sakhalin Island in Russia. This multibillion-dollar project consists of upstream developments, transportation and liquid natural gas downstream developments.
M6 Toll Road Advising the government of Hungary in relation to its first PPP project.
Portsmouth Hospital Acting for the sponsors on credit guarantee facility financing (with monoline wrap) of the new PFI hospital.


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Jun 13 2016
Vichy Republicans
Is my new favorite put down for those members of the GOP who can't seem to find where they left their moral compass………
Drowned out in the cacophony of tragedy this weekend, was a very well delivered and well written speech by filmmaker Ken Burns (who has done great documentary series on The Civil War among many others) who let us know, in no uncertain terms, why, He, Trump, is a dangerous threat to the American Republic-every bit as dangerous as our fetish about firearms. It is worth reading, and for the record I agree with him. If you don't, well, may God have mercy on you, but don't expect any sympathy here.
Take it away Mr. Burns:
For 216 years, our elections, though bitterly contested, have featured the philosophies and character of candidates who were clearly qualified. That is not the case this year. One is glaringly not qualified. So before you do anything with your well-earned degree, you must do everything you can to defeat the retrograde forces that have invaded our democratic process, divided our house, to fight against, no matter your political persuasion, the dictatorial tendencies of the candidate with zero experience in the much maligned but subtle art of governance; who is against lots of things, but doesn't seem to be for anything, offering only bombastic and contradictory promises, and terrifying Orwellian statements; a person who easily lies, creating an environment where the truth doesn't seem to matter; who has never demonstrated any interest in anyone or anything but himself and his own enrichment; who insults veterans, threatens a free press, mocks the handicapped, denigrates women, immigrants, and all Muslims; a man who took more than a day to remember to disavow a supporter who advocates white supremacy and the Ku Klux Klan; an infantile, bullying man who, depending on his mood, is willing to discard old and established alliances, treaties, and longstanding relationships. I feel genuine sorrow for the understandably scared and — they feel — powerless people who have flocked to his campaign in the mistaken belief that — as often happens on TV — a wand can be waved and every complicated problem can be solved with the simplest of solutions. They can't. It is a political Ponzi scheme. And asking this man to assume the highest office in the land would be like asking a newly minted car driver to fly a 747.
As a student of history, I recognize this type. He emerges everywhere and in all eras. We see nurtured in his campaign an incipient proto-fascism, a nativist anti-immigrant Know Nothing-ism, a disrespect for the judiciary, the prospect of women losing authority over their own bodies, African-Americans again asked to go to the back of the line, voter suppression gleefully promoted, jingoistic saber-rattling, a total lack of historical awareness, a political paranoia that, predictably, points fingers, always making the other wrong. These are all virulent strains that have at times infected us in the past. But they now loom in front of us again — all happening at once. We know from our history books that these are the diseases of ancient and now fallen empires. The sense of commonwealth, of shared sacrifice, of trust, so much a part of American life, is eroding fast, spurred along and amplified by an amoral internet that permits a lie to circle the globe three times before the truth can get started.
We no longer have the luxury of neutrality or "balance," or even of bemused disdain. Many of our media institutions have largely failed to expose this charlatan, torn between a nagging responsibility to good journalism and the big ratings a media circus always delivers. In fact, they have given him the abundant airtime he so desperately craves, so much so that it has actually worn down our natural human revulsion to this kind of behavior. Hey, he's rich; he must be doing something right. He is not. Edward R. Murrow would have exposed this naked emperor months ago. He is an insult to our history. Do not be deceived by his momentary "good behavior." It is only a spoiled, misbehaving child hoping somehow to still have dessert.
And do not think that the tragedy in Orlando underscores his points. It does not. We must "disenthrall ourselves," as Abraham Lincoln said, from the culture of violence and guns. And then "we shall save our country."
This is not a liberal or conservative issue, a red state–blue state divide. This is an American issue. Many honorable people, including the last two Republican presidents, members of the party of Abraham Lincoln, have declined to support him. And I implore those "Vichy Republicans" who have endorsed him to please, please reconsider. We must remain committed to the kindness and community that are the hallmarks of civilization and reject the troubling, unfiltered Tourette's of his tribalism.
The next few months of your "commencement," that is to say, your future, will be critical to the survival of our republic. "The occasion is piled high with difficulty." Let us pledge here today that we will not let this happen to the exquisite, yet deeply flawed, land we all love and cherish — and hope to leave intact to our posterity. Let us "nobly save," not "meanly lose, the last best hope of earth."
The entire address can be found on Stanford's You Tube channel here.
4 Responses to "Vichy Republicans"
# Curtison 14 Jun 2016 at 6:44 am
Holy cow!
He is talking about Hillary or even Obama. I have to admit I'm surprised you posted this hit piece against your lying evil lineup of socialists. I can't believe he also praised Castro, Chavez, and Stalin. Way to go skippy! A trifecta of evil endorsed by a radical Marxist who leans Bolshie!
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# Skippy-sanon 14 Jun 2016 at 11:26 am
Uh, no. He made it clear who he was talking about. A worthless man named Donald Trump.
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# Curtison 16 Jun 2016 at 8:11 am
Yea but from here, it looks like Hillary and her priceless husband….hold on, he, like her, has a price. They're the rent boys of American politics.
I was 5 paras into you question about the 2nd amendment when my brand new computer rebooted. You would have been blown away. Srsly, at one point, I agreed with your point. I think it had to do with Huntsville.
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# Curtison 16 Jun 2016 at 8:21 am
Somehow the cries of fascism aimed at trump always seem to land on Sanders and Hillary. If you were a grown up you'd know that by their very own behavior you should know them. I'm curious, what part of the known quality of Hillary or Bernie are you ignoring? From here? They're both spectacularly evil. One is the suited version of Pol Pot and the other wears a pant suit and would do the same exact thing.
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