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I'm in touch with the *Smith* family who lost everything when their house burned last week. She mentioned that she needed a thermometer for sick child last night and did not have one; also mentioned pots, mixer, chopper, sugar/flour containers, rugs, art, lamps. She has two tall slim kids, age 10.5 girl and 5.5 boy.
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Well, it was Tuesday again, and we had quite a lot of announcements here at IBM this week! Over 1,800 clients attended the [Live February 5 webcast]! The announcements were all part of IBM's SmartCloud Storage portfolio. Here are the highlights:
For more information on these announcements, check out the [IBM Smarter Storage landing page].
For a different perspective on this, consider Dave Vallente's thoughts on Wikibon, in his [Message to IBM's Ambuj Goyal: A Prescription for Storage Transformation]. Ironically, Ambuj Goyal was my fifth-line manager for the past two years, but since he took this new job leading Storage and System Networking, he is no longer in my management chain.
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Hi, first I would like to apologize for my English. It's not my native language and I feel my grasp of it is limited.
I've been reading Burago's book on metric geometry and I've that it mentions Finsler manifolds as an example of Alexandrov space. However it restricts to reversible Finsler metrics $F(x, \lambda y) = |\lambda|F(x,y).$
In general Finsler metrics only hold this:
$$F(x, \lambda y) = \lambda F(x,y) \quad \lambda > 0. $$
The problem is that since the goal of book is to study a metric induced like this:
$$d_{F}(x,y) = \inf_{\gamma}\int_{a}^{b}F(\gamma,\dot{\gamma})dt.$$
The resulting distance in the general case is not symmetric.My question is:
Does anyone know any approach that might be pursued to use similar techniques as those presented in the book to study Finsler manifolds in the general case?


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On this day 11 years ago, our nation was forever changed. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 left our nation reeling and many afraid. It was during this time when we realized who the true heroes were. The brave men and women, who selflessly laid down their lives to help those trapped in the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, showed us what heroism really is. Revered qualities such as bravery, courage and selflessness were front and center as we watched these brave men and women lay down their lives for strangers.
What the EMS, Fire Department and Police Officers did that day was not just a part of their job, they went beyond the call of duty. They made a decision that saving lives and preserving what this country stands for is more important than anything else. Let us never forget that this is what they do every day. Every time they put on the badge, their firefighters gear or take off in the ambulance, they are doing more than just their job; they are saving lives and facing challenges that many of us do not/would not face.
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Gregorovitch Zauberstäbe[1] (English: Gregorovitch Wands) was a wand shop owned and run by Gregorovitch from sometime between at least 1945 to around 1987. The shop was located somewhere in Europe, its name suggesting it is to be found in a German-speaking area (at least an area historically so).
Elder Wand theft
At some point in the early 20th century, Gregorovitch came into possession of the Elder Wand, one of the Deathly Hallows and the most powerful wand in existence, and upon realising its true nature, began experimenting to try and duplicate its powers. Gregorovitch, somewhat foolish by nature and hoping it would improve business, started a rumour concerning his possession of the wand and his efforts to replicate its properties. The result occurred one night when Gregorovitch heard someone break into his workshop. He promptly ran inside and saw a blonde-haired young man had taken the wand, a thief who then promptly shot a Stunning Spell at Gregorovitch, allowing him to gain mastership of the wand, before leaping out the window. Gregorovitch never found out who stole the wand.
Viktor Krum
In around 1987, Bulgarian National Quidditch team Seeker Viktor Krum bought from Gregorovitch a hornbeam, 10¼", dragon heartstring core wand.
Gregorovitch's murder
In late 1997, Gregorovitch was interrogated by Lord Voldemort, who was searching for the Elder Wand. Gregorovitch told Voldemort that he did not have it, that it had been stolen from him years earlier by a young man. Voldemort probed Gregorovitch's memories, and after seeing that he was telling the truth, he killed Gregorovitch as the wandmaker was of no further use to him.
Behind the scenes
- In the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it is mentioned that Gregorovitch had retired as a wandmaker, and that Viktor Krum's wand was one of the last ones he sold. If Krum obtained his wand around the age of eleven, like most young wizards, then Gregorovitch would have been retired for nearly ten years before his murder. However, in the film, when Voldemort finds Gregorovitch, he is in his shop and appears to be still in business.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Appears in vision(s))
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Appears in vision(s))
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - (see this image of props used in the scene at Gregorovitch's workshop)


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Colorado football coach Dan Hawkins has always been a "strength in numbers" guy.
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2.7.3 Is There Evidence for Changes in Extreme Weather or
Climate Events?
In this section we assess changes in the intensity and frequency of various weather phenomena. One aspect of change that is important, but which is beyond the analysis of present records, relates to changes in the tracks of storms. Severe storms are often rare, so the analysis of large areas and long lengths of homo-geneous storm records are required to assess changes. So far this combination of data is not available.
22.214.171.124 Tropical cyclones
This section updates the information provided in the SAR regarding changes in tropical cyclones across various ocean basins and those affecting the nearby continents. As reported in the SAR, a part of the multi-decadal trend of tropical cyclones occurring in the Australian region (105° to 160°E) is likely to be artificial, as the forecasters in the region no longer classify some weak (>990 hPa central pressure) systems as "cyclones" (Nicholls et al., 1998). By considering only the moderate and intense tropical cyclones (central pressure 990 hPa), this artificial trend is eliminated. The remaining moderate and strong tropical cyclones reveal a numerical decline since the late 1980s, but the trend is not statistically significant. Similarly, the trend in intense tropical cyclones (minimum central pressure below 970 hPa) is not significantly different from zero. Nicholls et al. (1998) attributed the decrease in moderate cyclones to more frequent occurrences of El Niño during the 1980s and 1990s. However, a weak trend in the intense tropical cyclones implies that while ENSO modulates the total frequency of cyclones in the region, other factors must be more important in regulating their intensity. For example, new work by Higgins and Shi (2000) and Maloney and Hartmann (2001) show that 30 to 80 day Madden-Julian oscillations modulate tropical cyclone activity.
As reported in the SAR, the north-east sub-tropical Pacific has experienced a significant upward trend in tropical cyclone frequency in the short period examined, but additional data since that time show no appreciable trend. There is no appreciable long-term variation of the total number of tropical storm strength cyclones observed in the north Indian, south-west Indian and south-west Pacific Oceans east of 160°E. (Neumann, 1993; Lander and Guard, 1998). For the north-west sub-tropical Pacific basin, Chan and Shi (1996) found that the frequency of typhoons and the total number of tropical storms and typhoons have been more variable since about 1980. There was an increase from 1981 to 1994, which was preceded by a nearly identical magnitude of decrease from about 1960 to 1980. No analysis has been done on the frequency of intense typhoons (having winds of at least 50 m/s) due to an overestimation of the intensity of such storms in the 1950s and 1960s (Black, 1993).
There has been an extensive analysis of the North Atlantic basin for the entire basin back to 1944, and also for the United States landfall tropical storms and hurricanes back to 1899. The all-basin data, however, have been affected by a bias in the measurement of strong hurricanes. This bias has been removed in an approximate way to provide estimates of the true occurrence of intense (or major) hurricanes since 1944 in the North Atlantic (Landsea, 1993). Earlier events lack reliable data on the strong inner core of the hurricanes. The United States record of landfall frequency and intensity of hurricanes is very reliable because of the availability of central pressure measurements at landfall (Jarrell et al., 1992). Both of these data sets continue to show considerable inter-decadal variability, but no significant long-term trends (Figure 2.37, from Landsea et al., 1999). Active years occurred from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s, quiet years occurred from the 1970s to the early 1990s, and then there was a shift again to active conditions from 1995 to 1999. Concurrent with these frequency changes, there have been periods with a strong mean intensity of the North Atlantic tropical cyclones (mid-1940s to the 1960s and 1995 to 1999) and a weak intensity (1970s to early 1990s). There has been no significant change in the peak intensity reached by the strongest hurricane each year (Landsea et al., 1996). As might be anticipated, there is a close correspondence between the intensity of hurricanes in the North Atlantic and those making landfall in the United States (Figure 2.37).
Using historical records, Fernandez-Partagas and Diaz (1996) estimated that overall Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane activity for the years 1851 to 1890 was 12% lower than the corresponding forty year period of 1951 to 1990, although little can be said regarding the intense hurricanes. They based this assessment upon a constant ratio of USA landfalling tropical cyclones to all-basin activity, which is likely to be valid for multi-decadal time-scales. However, this also assumes that Fernandez-Partagas and Diaz were able to uncover all USA landfalling tropical cyclones back to 1851, which may be more questionable.
126.96.36.199 Extra-tropical cyclones
Extra-tropical cyclones are baroclinic low pressure systems that occur throughout the mid-latitudes of both hemispheres. Their potential for causing property damage, particularly as winter storms, is well documented, where the main interest is in wind and wind-generated waves. In place of direct wind measurements, which suffer from lack of consistency of instrumentation, methodology and exposure, values based on SLP gradients have been derived which are more reliable for discerning long-term changes. Over the oceans, the additional measurements of wave heights and tide gauge measurements provide additional ways of indirectly evaluating changes in extra-tropical storm strength and frequency (see Chapter 11, Section 11.3.3). Global analyses of changes in extra-tropical storm frequency and intensity have not been attempted, but there have been several large-scale studies. Jones et al. (1999c) developed a gale index of geostrophic flow and vorticity over the UK for the period 1881 to 1997. This revealed an increase in the number of severe gale days over the UK since the 1960s, but no long-term increase when considering the century period. Serreze et al. (1997) found increases in cold season cyclones in the Arctic region for the period 1966 to 1993. Angel and Isard (1998) found significant increases in strong cyclones (<993 mb) in the Great Lakes region from 1900 to 1990 during the cold season. Graham and Diaz (2001) find evidence for increases in strong cyclones over the Pacific Ocean between 25 and 40°N since 1948 and link the increase to increasing sea surface temperatures in the western Tropical Pacific. Alexandersson et al. (1998, 2000) similarly studied extreme geostrophic wind events in the north-western European area based on homogenised observations during the period 1881 to 1998. These studies revealed an increase in the number of extreme wind events around and to the north of the North Sea. The WASA group (1998) similarly investigated the storm related sea level variations at gauge stations in the south-eastern part of the North Sea. They found no long-term trend during the last 100 years, but a clear rise since a minimum of storminess in the 1960s, which is consistent with the rise in extreme geostrophic wind found by Jones et al. (1999c). This increase is also consistent with changes in the NAO (Figure 2.30). Some analyses have focused on hemispheric changes in cyclone activity. Lambert (1996) analysed gridded SLP over both the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans for the period 1891 to 1991. He found a significant increase in intense extra-tropical storms, especially over the last two decades of his analysis, but the data were not completely homogenised. Simmonds and Keay (2000) used data from 1958 to 1997 in the Southern Hemisphere and found an increase in cyclone activity through 1972 before decreasing through 1997 with strong decreases during the 1990s.
Hourly values of water levels provide a unique record of tropical and extra-tropical storms where stations exist. Zhang et al. (1997a) have analysed century-long records along the East Coast of the United States. They calculated several different measures of storm severity, but did not find any long-term trends. On the other hand, they did find that the effect of sea level rise over the last century has exacerbated the beach erosion and flooding from modern storms that would have been less damaging a century ago.
Another proxy for cyclone intensity is wave height (see Chapter 11, Section 11.3.3). Several studies report increased wave height over the past three decades in the North Atlantic (approximately 2.5 cm/yr) and in coastal areas, though no longer-term trends were evident (Carter and Draper, 1988; Bacon and Carter, 1991; Bouws et al., 1996; Kushnir et al., 1997; WASA Group, 1998).
It appears that recent work points towards increases over time in extra-tropical cyclone activity during the latter half of the 20th century in the Northern Hemisphere, and decreased activity in the Southern Hemisphere. However, the mechanisms involved are not clear, and it is not certain whether the trends are multi-decadal fluctuations, or rather part of a longer-term trend. Furthermore decreased cyclone activity in higher latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere is not obviously consistent with an increase in the positive phase of the Antarctic Oscillation in the last fifteen years or so (Section 2.6.6). A more fundamental question is whether we would expect more or fewer extra-tropical cyclones with increased warming. As pointed out by Simmonds and Keay (2000), the specific humidity increases as temperatures increase, and this increased moisture should enhance extra-tropical cyclones, but Zhang and Wang (1997) suggest that cyclones transport energy more efficiently in a more moist atmosphere, therefore requiring fewer extra-tropical cyclones (see Chapters 7 and 10 for more discussion).
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Spiders a hole in the wall bar does great local pies in a friendly atmosphere with calypso music.
The Radjah Club on banks of the Indian River, does full moon parties by torchlight: jerk chicken, baked breadfruit and Its Dynamite rum drink.
Randy's does great creole cooking like spiced pork and crayfish with Dominica plaintains and beans and rice.
Randy is an island character and fun to meet.
Syme's Zee Jazz Nights (most Thursdays) is a good mingle with improvisations in Classic and Caribbean music, food and drink.
Symes Zee, Dominica best blues man will delight you with his blend of blues, jazz and reggae!
Sugars Coffee House does gourmet Coffee with a local Dominica twist. Their vegetable pizza is great.
For old style English Pub in Dominica, go to Cellars Bar in the Sutton Hotel.
For classic French cuisine There is la Maison and Sea Lounge, both in Rouseau.
The Sea Lounge is one of the Best French Restaurant in the Islands. Started By Gilles, a real French Man, with a delightful accent,
the Sea Lounge will delight you with flovours and ambiance. The Fruit mouse melts in the mounth with the real tast of the tropics.
Gilles and Chef go out of their way to exceed your expectations.
also see Dominica Creole & French Cuisine, Gourmet and local dining


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Yahoo's new CEO -- who also happens to be a new mom -- seems to be embracing the social aspect of her life, both professionally and personally. She's reportedly crowdsourcing the name of her newborn son.
Blogger Jeff Jarvis, who is also a professor at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism and founding editor of Entertainment Weekly, spilled the news via his Twitter account yesterday, telling the world that he had just received an email from Marissa Mayer asking the "large crowd" of email recipients for suggestions of names for the newest member of Mayer's family, who was born Sunday night.
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Jarvis followed up the tweet almost immediately with another, saying "Just to be clear, @marissamayer says she'll take suggestions for a name. Nobody suggest Yahoo, now!"
The yet-to-be-named baby's short life has already been a buzz on Twitter. The news of his birth was broken on Twitter via Mayer's husband, Zachary Bogue, Sunday night.
The Twitter-sphere has been fairly quiet as to suggested names for Mayer's son. Douglas and Michael (Mickey for short) were offered up and, unsurprisingly, @nameberry, a baby-naming website, offered up its services to Mayer's family. Until a name is chosen, the newborn seems to be being commonly referred to on Twitter as "Baby Boy Bogue," a reference to the father's name.
Mayer ascended to the top job at Yahoo in July after a 13-year career at Google. She has vowed to return to work at the struggling Web giant within one to two weeks of having her baby. First though, apparently she's working on a name for her son.
Network World staff writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing and social collaboration. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW.
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A couple days ago, I wrote about how I wanted to develop some goals for the upcoming year(s). I don't have them written yet, but I did get a start. The first thing that I did was to make two lists. One is a list of things that I say and believe are important to me and my family. The other list was a list of things I say are not important or that I don't want in my life but are in my life. For example, I always say I don't need a tv or that we shouldn't ever worry about getting a bigger/nicer/newer tv. However, Hulu Plus and Netflix make it really easy to just sit down and flip something on in the evenings. Shoot.
So, now I'm going to look at those lists for a while and try to figure out what about healthy food I like and want to incorporate into my life and the lives of my family. How realistic is it to try to start running again later in the summer after Baby is born? Do I want to stop watching tv completely or just limit it?


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When looking for a hair extensions shop, you want to find one that offers quality products. Low-quality hair extensions will not look like natural hair and will leave you with a dull look. Dirty blonde clip-in extensions might be off-color and overly yellow, whereas extensions meant to resemble afro kinky hair may simply appear knotted or doll-like.
There are diverse types of hair extensions you can choose from. Some can be used together to create a more uniform look, or one which is thicker than if only one were to be used. When you find a hair extensions shop online or in person, you will see a variety of possible choices. They fall into two primary categories: partials, and pieces.
Partial Hair Extensions
These vaguely resemble wigs, because they are larger pieces of hair which are kept together. They can be either glued, taped, or clipped in, or they can be taken off and on like a wig. Examples include: frontals and closures.
Frontals are placed on top of your head and contain sizable portions of hair at the front of the scalp. The top and back of the head piece are left bare, which is where other types of extensions can be used. You can find these in all types of styles, from afro kinky hair to Vietnamese straight.
Closures are similar, but have a less dramatic effect. These are pieces of hair which are much smaller and are placed based upon the desired style. Closures can also come in an array of styles and can be used to achieve the desired middle part or side part style of your choice.
Hair Extension Pieces
The alternatives – and more commonly used – are clip-in extensions, tape-ins, and sew-ins.
Want most of your hair black but a small portion dirty blonde? Clip-in extensions can do that. They come in as wide a variety of colors, styles, and textures as everything else. They are the most temporary version of extensions, as they can be pulled in and out of the hair at random.
The middling option is tape-in extensions. These are taped into the hair, often under other false hair pieces or beneath the person's natural hair. They are not overly difficult to remove yourself, although they take a lot more effort than clip-ins do. Many people prefer a friend assist them.
The most permanent extension pieces are sew-ins. These are sewn into the person's natural hair, or their larger hair pieces like frontals or closures. They can be removed, but it takes time to do so, and often require the assistance of another person to help. The benefit to these is that they are much less likely to come out when you go about your daily activities.
Which Is Better?
All hair extensions have their unique benefits, and no one is inherently better than the other. Truthfully, they work best when multiple variations are used to create a single look. For example , a frontal with sew-in extensions to form a style that is long in the front but up in the back. Best afro curly hair extensions you can buy online with great prices.


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Most of us have last year's flower pots about, in need of some TLC after the winter months. This Spring activity is fun and gives your children an opportunity to show how helpful they can be.
While your children scrub away cleaning last years pots, you can be getting garden work done. This activity is messy, aprons could be worn or outdoor yard-work clothes.
Materials needed:
several clay flower pots
an assortment of scrub brushes
2 cup measuring cup
table top/surface
pot storage bin/shelf in outdoor shed
From the bin of dirty pots the child chooses which pot to scrub and places it in the basin. Next he fills the measuring cup with warm water (from the water source) and pours it into the basin. The child then chooses a brush that will work best with the size pot he is going to scrub.
Taking the brush he dips it into the water and begins to scrub the pot in a circular motion.
After the pot has been scrubbed, he uses the sponge to wipe off any excess dirt.
When the pot is clean, he places it in the storage bin/shelf and returns to clean up.
He wipes up his space with the sponge and empties the dirty water anywhere in the garden.
- To clean the pot
- Preparation for handwriting (when using circular scrubbing. like table washing)
- Building concentration skills
(Sorry no photo! Blogger is giving me a hard time tonight!)
*inspired by The Outdoor Classroom by Mary Boden


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CLAREMONT >> About a third of Claremont High School students stayed home from school Thursday, a day after authorities found a threat of gun violence in a boys' bathroom.
Many of the school's 2,300 students did show up, some nervous and others unfazed by the threat.
"I don't know if it was really credible. No one was really named," said junior Jacob Babineau. "I am still a little on edge now, waiting to see what's going to happen."
Parents said they received two notices by email about some graffiti that was scrawled in the stall of a boys' restroom on Wednesday indicating a student would bring a gun to school the next day.
Joe Robles, whose son is a junior, said he was happy that the principal described the situation in detail and that the school took it seriously.
Parents showed concern about the threat, but many figured it was probably a practical joke.
"We almost didn't send her to school today," said Tim Ottley, whose daughter, Maggie, is a freshman. "It is a bad joke. I hope that's what it is."
Claremont police officers and school security watched the campus closely throughout the morning as students arrived. Officers, the superintendent and the principal could be seen walking the campus after the morning bell.
Claremont police Lt. Aaron Fate said there have been no arrests.
"There is nothing new at this point," he said.
Police said they did not consider the threat credible, but were looking into it.
"The Police Department is investigating the threat to try and determine its origin and who is responsible for the threat. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the threat and no specific students, staff, or faculty were identified or targeted in the threat," police said in a news release.
Police were also reviewing the school's video surveillance and had narrowed down the footage to a specific window. However, the video quality and the number of people entering the bathroom presented challenges in pinpointing who is responsible.
"The video is not the best bet at this point," said Mike Ciszek, a detective lieutenant with the Claremont Police Department. "Chances are slim to none at this point but people will start chattering about it and we may find a suspect or other evidence from that."
Some parents called the school before bringing their children to the campus.
"The school received several calls this morning just wanting to know if there were any updates," said Jim Elsasser, superintendent of the Claremont Unified School District. "We just kept them informed."
Last week, the senior class was posing for its yearbook photos when the photographer saw that a few students were holding up a Confederate flag. Some students were upset about the flag and reported the incident, which was resolved Monday afternoon.
According to Elsasser, there is no evidence that the incidents were related. He said that the school has had ongoing graffiti in the same boys' restroom for the last couple of weeks.
"It's been off and on, but it's the same style of writing, same color, same Sharpie and we were investigating that when this message came up yesterday," Elsasser said. "They weren't violent in nature. This is the first time it has been threatening."
The school has an average absence rate of 5 percent. While some of the students who were absent Thursday were ill, many stayed home as a precaution.
Some students took the incident in stride, convinced it was a prank.
"If someone really wanted to bring a gun, they wouldn't tell everyone," said Hadi Kobaissi, a freshman.
Paige Williams, a 17-year-old junior, said she would have felt safer not coming to school, but if someone is intent on harming others, skipping one day isn't a solution.
"He can just keeping coming the next day or the next day," she said.
Michelle Alvarez, who dropped her daughter off in front of the campus, said she felt comfortable bringing her child to school because she knew there would be a heavy police presence.
"That made us feel a little better," she said.
After school ended, the Claremont track team donned their red and white uniforms and attended their track meet that evening. Claremont police surrounded the school from a distance, but the rest of the school seemed back to normal. Elsasser said the school resource officer will be at the school today and that the school "won't be needing additional support at this point."
Police were still evaluating the situation.
Staff writers Grace Wong and Greg Cappis contributed to this report.


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From August 14th though September 1st, you can catch San Francisco artist Eric Joyner's imaginative art show "Donut Logic" in Culver City, CA. It's filled with robotry, colorful cupcakes, and a heaping helping of donuts.
His pieces "reveal the secret life of robots", including their penchant for tattoos, their desires, and a glimpse into how they balance their families and careers amidst a frequently frosted and sprinkled landscape. [Hi-Fructose via Laughing Squid]


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NYC Cooking Classes to Take This Week and Beyond
We're teaming up with CourseHorse, a free service that aggregates classes to take in your spare time. This week: food-centric courses selected by the Serious Eats staff to bone up on your cooking chops and food knowledge.
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This Week
Become a gelato chef for a day. $96. Mia Chef Gelateria, Tuesday, August 13th, 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m..
Learn the basics of pairing French cheese and wine. $75. Artisanal Premium Cheese, Wednesday, August 14th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Learn basic knife skills and prepare a meal with your new-found knowledge. $75. Camaje, Thursday, August 15th, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Make your own seasonal summer and fall cocktails. $100. The Institute of Culinary Education, Friday, August 16th, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Take a hands-on approach to learn all about grilling. $115. The Institute of Culinary Education, Saturday, August 17th, 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Learn the essentials of Tuscan cuisine. $120. The Institute of Culinary Education, Sunday, August 18th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Looking Forward
Master the art of cupcake making. $60. Butter Lane, Monday, August 19th, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Learn the basics to delicious sushi. $65. Taste Buds Kitchen, Tuesday, August 20th, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Learn how to cook up Cuban Surf and Turf. $125. The Institute of Culinary Education, Friday, August 23rd, 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Prepare your summer bounty of tomatoes. $110. The Institute of Culinary Education, Saturday, August 24th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Explore the basic elements of wine. $79. Astor Center, Monday, August 26th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Learn how to prepare vegetarian summer dinners. $100. Home Cooking New York, Tuesday, August 27th, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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With the "Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City", an ecologically designed urban development for 350,000 inhabitants will be created to the west of Tianjin, the Chinese port city, by 2025. The cooperative project of the governments of China and Singapore is divided into an area for offices, one for housing, and one at the Gu Dao River for cultural functions. The "Sino-Singapore Friendship Library" designed by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) is a library as well as various archives under one roof, and the first building to be completed in the culture precinct.
With the Display Center, the last and most important component of China Mobile's South Base, the implementation phase of the new headquarters of China Mobile is complete. Before this project the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) had already completed several office buildings, server halls, call centers, and a conference precinct with connected hotel, a boarding house, and "Bürovillas" for China's largest telecommunications company on the campus in Guangzhou.
With their design for "Haus 24" the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) were able to swing the jury's vote in their favor. On the site of the NDR (North German Radio station) in Lokstedt the existing ensemble will be extended with a new building that constitutes the first module of the planned extension.
The 2019 autumn workshop of the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac) focused on the question as to what a design of a temporary home for the Frankfurt Opera could look like. Under the guidance of Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz, the international scholarship students developed designs for a temporary home for the Opera at Bockenheimer Warte which, together with the existing Bockenheimer Depot, could further enhance this area as a cultural hub. The results will be exhibited at the DAM (German Architecture Museum) in Frankfurt from January 24, 2020.
Today, Meinhard von Gerkan, founding partner of gmp, is celebrating his 85th birthday. Starting with the large Berlin Tegel Airport project in the 1960s, von Gerkan has made a significant contribution to architecture in the Federal Republic of Germany. Today, gmp is one of the largest German architectural practices, with an international presence and over 500 employees.
In time for the timetable change on December 15, 2019, trains stopped for the first time at the new Elbbrücken metropolitan railway station. With the opening of this stop, the Elbbrücken Underground and S-Bahn station has been completed and passengers can now change directly from the S-Bahn to the Underground system at this new public local transport interchange. Commuters will now have the opportunity to change trains here on their way to Hamburg city center, which will take some of the pressure off the main railway station. Like the Underground station that has already been completed, the roof of the S-Bahn station and the connecting Skywalk were designed by gmp in cooperation with the structural engineers schlaich bergermann partner.
The Poly Greenland Plaza office complex, built to a design by gmp, has been selected for the Award of Excellence of the 2020 CTBUH Awards in the Urban Habitat–District/Master Plan category, which qualifies it as a finalist in the Overall Category. The ensemble of office towers and commercial buildings forms a unique address in the city environment. A generous sequence of plazas and an open shopping arcade create diverse urban qualities that link the complex with its surroundings.
The Hyparschale building in Magdeburg at the eastern bank of the River Elbe, which dates from 1969, is one of about fifty shell buildings by Ulrich Müther that are still in existence. Having stood empty for over 20 years, the refurbishment of the building in line with monument preservation guidelines is now starting to a design by gmp. The focus is on reviving the structure as an events and exhibition venue, as well as overhauling and repairing the concrete shell roof, which will once again bring to life the spatial effect of this hall with its column-free construction.
At the end of 2019, the Suzhou No. 2 Library will be opened to the north of the historic Suzhou city center. This means that this traditional cultural city will have more than "just" a new library. Embedded in a new park landscape, the new library building with its integrated specialist libraries, collections, and exhibition rooms also fulfills the functions of a culture center. The key feature of the library is the intelligent storage system with a capacity of seven million books—the first in the country. gmp had won the competition and received the commission in 2014.
On October 18, 2019, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), in cooperation with landscape architects Capatti Staubach, were announced as winners of the competition for the design of the new build-ing for Bavaria's State Archives in Kitzingen. Of the 80 practices that had originally applied to take part, 25 were admitted to the competition. The new State Archive is intended to provide facilities for scientific work and also to be available to visitors and Kitzingen citizens. This meant that a holistic design concept was required that also includes the surrounding terrain with its proximity to the old city.
The plan is, in the years to come, to refurbish the concert hall dating from 1965 in accordance with conservation principles. In a two-stage process negotiated by the administration of the state capital, Kiel, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners, together with the Kiel architects' practice bbp, were successful in obtaining the commission. The refurbishment will focus on the acoustic and technical upgrade of the concert hall, with 1,400 seats for classical concerts as well as for theater performances, festivals, and congresses.
HafenCity is currently undergoing expansion in the Elbbrücken Quarter. Last summer, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) won the competition that was held to design a congress hotel with a large conference hall on this key site at the tip of Baakenhafen basin. After a comprehensive phase of revisions, the congress hotel is now presented in updated form.
Meinhard von Gerkan will be honored in Beijing on September 24, 2019, with the Liang Sicheng Prize – the highest distinction for architects in China. The news of the award coincides with the 20th anniversary of gmp's building activity in China.
The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been awarded first prize in the competition for the modernization and restructuring of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin from Hans Scharoun. The jury found that the design for the golden "ship of books" meets the demands of new, open libraries in the 21st century while at the same time preserving and again revealing the outstanding architectural qualities of this important academic library.
A new high-rise building makes its impact on the skyline of Hangzhou, the Chinese metropolis with 9 million inhabitants. The 130-meter-high tower is part of the extension and redesign of the GDA Plaza, a business center in the traditional business quarter of the city, which includes a shopping mall and hotel. Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), who had previously won the competition, were in charge of the design and implementation.
With its timeless and clear pattern language, the design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners impressed the jury. The ensemble comprising the indoor sports swimming pool and health center at Otto-Runki-Platz continues the block structure of Neustadt and, at the same time, makes a link to the neighboring parks.
The aac spring workshop was focused on the Japanische Palais—the last element in Dresden's museum landscape that still requires refurbishment. Under the guidance of Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz, the students developed designs that open the building towards Neustadt and the River Elbe, and convert the Japanische Palais into a "working collection" in which the general public is involved in the process of artistic creation. From August 15 the results will be shown in an exhibition in Dresden.
After just 24 months of design and construction, the topping-out ceremony for the Miquelallee school center was held at the building site on July 30, 2019. By using prefabricated wood modules, a temporary home of high quality was erected for two schools in very short time. The design concept of architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) also enables the modular building to be dismantled and rebuilt at another location.
In the competition for the China Telling Communications Building, the design by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) impressed the jury with its ensemble of two high-rise buildings that are linked by a shared podium landscape. The form concept of two floating cubes, which symbolize the different business sections of China Telling Corp., reflect the world of business in its widest sense.
Embedded in a landscape of wooded hills, the head office of the second largest Chinese power network operator has been created in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou. The campus, which has been designed by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), places the architecture at the heart of nature: the buildings—some of which feature an atrium—have been developed to LEED sustainability standard and create a sequence of landscaped plazas and atriums, which are linked via bridges and footpaths.
An exhibition initiated by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) and the Shanghai fashion label ICICLE, places the two applied arts of architecture and fashion in a dialogue and establishes a relationship between the two disciplines. To mark 20 years of gmp in China, the exhibition will be shown in Germany from June 29 to July 12, 2019, as part of the Hamburger Architektur Sommer.
The Bucerius Kunst Forum has relocated to its new premises at Alter Wall 12 along the revitalized Alter Wall in the city center of Hamburg. The building block behind the listed historic facades of Alter Wall 2–32 is currently being completely reorganized to plans by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The art venue will be formally inaugurated at a festive event on June 6, 2019. And starting June 7, 2019, the public is invited to explore the new exhibition spaces.
As part of the upgrade of the A1 federal motorway, the new bridge designed by the engineers Leonhardt, Andrä und Partners (LAP) and the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) replaces the existing bridge across the Norderelbe River. The double cable-stayed bridge with its pylons of different heights will be visible from afar, marking the point at which it crosses the river. The project is included in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan for 2030.
A little more than one year after laying the foundation stone on the Springer Quarter site in April 2018, the next milestone has been reached: the topping out ceremony took place on 23 May 2019. On the former site of the Axel Springer publishing house, Momeni Group is realizing a new building with offices, apartments, commercial units and restaurants designed by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), and the existing historic listed high-rise building is being refurbished and upgraded to current energy conservation standards.
The flagship store of the ICICLE fashion label opened in Shanghai at the end of 2018. The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) were commissioned to design the two-story shop facade. The most important design element consists of a curtain of 800 porcelain tubes made in the traditional Chinese way.
Based on a 2016 feasibility study, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), in cooperation with developers Quest Investment Partners, were able to persuade the City of Hamburg to develop a residential and commercial building on the vacant plot at Cremon 1. With construction work having started in April 2019, it will now be possible to fill this site in the old city that has been vacant for a long time. In future, Cremon 1, together with the Haus der Seefahrt opposite, will once again form the portal that marks the entrance to the Fleet.
The 15-month construction schedule for the realization of Wuyuanhe Stadium on China's popular holiday island of Hainan was tight – a challenge which, after having won the design competition, the architects of von Gerkan, Marg und Partners (gmp) were excited to take on. gmp managed to hand over the building designed for more than 41,000 visitors, on time for the opening in 2018. The proximity to the South China Sea characterizes the special atmosphere of the venue and provides the spectators with a unique panorama.
In Hangzhou, the new southern railway station built to a design by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) is starting operations. It is the third-largest station of the metropolis which, thanks to its favorable geographic position on the Yangtze River Delta, flourished culturally at an early stage and to this day is considered one of the most attractive cities in China. The transport intersection is part of the high-speed line between Shanghai, 180 kilometers away, and Kunming at a distance of 1,800 kilometers, and was built within the space of five years (2013–2018).
On March 26, 2019, Peter Altmaier, Federal Minister of Economics, and Pham Bình Minh, the Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, ceremonially opened the German House, which was built to a design by gmp. The building is located in District 1, the commercial and cultural...
Shenzhen is growing: a new business district called "Super Bay City" is being created. In the competition for the Hengli Investment Group the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) submitted the winning design with a building complex consisting of three distinct blocks that are linked at the base. With a height of 250 meters, the Hengli International Building's office tower with its adjacent conference center and "culture tower" forms an impressive landmark. "Sky gardens" at various levels provide a rhythm to the verticality of the soaring towers and are designed to be used as public amenity areas.
With the Shanghai Public Safety Education Training Base, a new attraction has been created in the Oriental Land park in Shanghai: a training center where children and young people can learn how to behave correctly in dangerous situations. In response to this special building brief, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have designed a sculptural complex of buildings. A parametrically designed facade consisting of diamond-shaped metal panels emphasizes the visual impact of the building and, depending on the angle of light, seems to merge the structure with the sky and the landscape.
The Olympic Sports Center in Suzhou, built to a design by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), has now opened. In a 47 hectare publicly accessible landscape park, a stadium, training and leisure pool, indoor arena, shopping center and extensive sports facilities for the surrounding residential areas have been completed. For the very first time in China, a single-skin cable network roof construction has been used to cover the large sports buildings. With their curved roofs, the buildings form a distinct ensemble and a new center of that part of the city.
The new Chinese year "Ben Ming Nian" is dedicated to the pig.
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With the DAM Preis 2019 for architecture in Germany, the jury showed its appreciation for the reconstruction of an outstanding building in the Moderne style of the GDR in line with conservation principles and praised the new concept by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The converted building is home to the new concert hall for the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, amongst others, the new central library, and the "Herkuleskeule" cabaret venue. Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz, together with Nicolas Pomränke and Christian Hellmund, will receive the award from the German Museum of Architecture (DAM) at the awards ceremony on January 25, 2019 in Frankfurt.
On December 6, 2018, Volkwin Marg together with the gmp team received the awards from the Association of German Architects (BDA) during an official awards ceremony. In addition to a 1st prize for the office building project at Hamburg's HafenCity, the Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) received a 3rd prize for the Gyula-Trebitsch School in Hamburg-Tonndorf, as well as a special mention for the garden pavilion building housing a library.
On December 6, 2018, the new Elbbrücken Underground station of the U4 line will be ceremonially opened. The station was designed by gmp in cooperation with the structural engineers schlaich bergermann partner (sbp). Located at the Elbbrücken bridges at the end of the new HafenCity district, the Underground station with its conspicuous roof construction is a milestone in the development of HafenCity. From December 7, 2018, all visitors to HafenCity can, for the first time, arrive at the new stop and view the growing HafenCity vista from the platform at the Elbe River.
The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) produced a town-planning design for the precinct of Deutsche Linoleum-Werke (DLW) in Bietigheim-Bissingen, which nestles into the grown urban structure and combines new forms of living and working with conventional typologies. The idea is to create owner-occupied homes, affordable housing for rent, as well as special forms of housing such as living/working accommodation, studios, and small apartments. The concept includes longish building blocks along the railway tracks and the main road that screen the new quarter from the considerable noise from these sources.
In the Chinese metropolis Shanghai, another project for the Shanghai Caohejing Hi-Tech Park Development Corp. has been completed to a design by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp). Influenced by the specific conditions of the place, the dynamic of the passing traffic, the crisscrossing pathways and visual relationships, the building symbolically contributes to the urban development of this originally industrial part of the city. Xinzhou Plaza has been conceived as a prismatic glass volume bearing on monumental pilotis—a building with an experimental character that makes its architectural mark.
The Binhai Cultural Center at Tianjin, the metropolis in the east of China, which includes five cultural buildings by international architects, has been created to a masterplan by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). With the concept of a roofed-over cultural concourse, gmp has created a specific typology for this unique project. The inverted umbrella-like structures are a distinct architectural element and unify the art and cultural buildings that were designed by different architectural practices.
The Guangxi Culture & Art Center in the Nanning metropolis in southern China has been ceremonially opened. Following the completion of similar projects in Tianjin, Chongqing und Qingdao, this is the fourth grand theater to be completed by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) in China. Nanning, the capital of Guangxi province, now has the benefit of this type of venue which, with its wide-ranging cultural events program, is very popular in China and thus adds to the city's attractiveness. Following the completion of Nanning's trade exhibition and conference center, this is gmp's second building for the city that adds its distinct appearance to the city's skyline.
The new facade by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp) imparts a lightness and a sculptural effect to the modernized hotel tower, which can be seen from afar. Its angled vertical elements and the alternating closed and glazed panels create a play of light and shadow. Horizontal ledges are inserted every two stories, thus creating a calm facade geometry with balanced proportions. In addition to the external envelope, gmp designed the multifunctional "Glasshouse" to add a venue with a special atmosphere to the hotel complex.
The Greenland Towers soar 284 meters into the sky above Zhengzhou metropolis in eastern China. The sil- houettes of the towers are characterized by the sky lobbies, recesses that are inserted offset at various levels. Designed as public spaces in the vertical, the sky lobbies are prestigious amenity areas for the offices, providing the unusual experience of being able to enjoy an outside terrace at a height of up to 240 meters. In total, the Greenland Central Plaza complex, which was built to plans by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), comprises about 746,000 square meters of gross floor area.
The Deutsche Theater in Berlin has put its new Rehearsal Stage Center into operation. The new building designed by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners fits snugly into the courtyard of the theater and respectfully complements the adjoining listed buildings. In spite of its slender exterior appearance, the build- ing accommodates three rehearsal stages in the exact dimensions of the original stages in the main theater. For the first time, the rehearsals of the DT can take place at one central location, thereby optimizing the logistical processes in the various workshops.
Besides the venues for this year's World Cup, Krasnodar Stadium is one of the newest stadium buildings in Russia. In dialogue with the client, gmp ∙ Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners have developed the building from the urban design aspects through to the last detail, throughout the design and construction period. The result is a high-quality football arena to UEFA guidelines that provides a unique experience to spectators: whereas from the outside there is a reference to the amphitheater of antiquity as the generic type of venue for all modern stadiums, on the inside the world's first 360 degree screen of its kind offers new opportunities for media display.
Subsequent to the new building of the Kunsthalle Mannheim being handed over to the city and its citizens in an official ceremony at the end of 2017, a three-day grand opening follows at the beginning of June. With the artworks, which have moved into the various exhibition areas of the old and new buildings during the last months, the intended coexistence of art, architecture, and urban landscape can be experienced as designed by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
Last weekend, the Baaken Park in HafenCity was officially opened with a two-day opening fair. For the first time, numerous visitors used the new Baakenhafenbrücke to reach the park. The slender steel construction is the result of a competition initiated by the HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, which was won in 2013 by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) in cooperation with structural engineers Knippers Helbig from Stuttgart.
By 2020, an innovation campus with offices and laboratories for young companies in the high-tech field will be developed in Suzhou, the eastern Chinese metropolis. The total of 330,000 square meters of gross floor area is provided in five building clusters of different sizes, which are arranged offset from each other around a park and lake landscape. In the spring of 2018, the design by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) and WES landscape architects won first prize in the competition for the project.
From 2020, the Gasteig Cultural Centre in Munich will move to an interim location in Munich Sendling for the five year refurbishment period. As a result of a two-stage negotiated procedure, gmp has been commissioned to design the new temporary concert hall and the conversion of the adjoining hall E. The practice's design combines an effective, sustainable, modular building method with the requirements of an acoustically sophisticated concert hall for the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and many other artists and guest orchestras.
In the cultural and recreational park in Chorzów, Poland, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have converted the Śląski stadium. Yesterday it has been officially inaugurated by a friendly match: On Tuesday, March 27, the Polish national squad played against Southkorea's national team. With the completion of the venue the Silesian province has been given a new sports venue for track and field competitions to international standard.
The foundation stone ceremony for the new head office of the online trader Jingdong (JD.com) took place at Chengdu, the commercial metropolis in western China, at the end of 2017. The building was designed by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), who won the international competition in the previous year.
On Tuesday, December 10, Nikolaus Goetze will speak at the second congress of the Ho Chi Minh City Architect Association. In his lecture "Designing in Dialogue" he will discuss the importance of dialogic design using the example of numerous projects from the gmp portfolio. The lecture will be followed by a discussion between invited guests and the audience.
Public discussion about the "Stadteingang Elbbrücken" – jury chairman Prof. Kees Christiaanse will present the designs of the three participating teams, including gmp with WES LAndschaftsArchitektur.
On Saturday, Evelyn Pasdzierny of gmp and Andreas Kachel of WES will present the draft for a clearly formulated entrance to the city of Hamburg crossing the Elbe bridges. Three renowned architecture and landscape planning teams had worked on the task.
On Thursday, November 14, gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze and Sven Plieninger of schlaich bergermann partner will speak at the Tongji University in Shanghai. In the joint lecture "Friendship – where nothing is impossible!" they will both present the specific aspects of their co-realized projects.
On Tuesday, November 12, Volkwin Marg will talk about "Bridge Construction Projects and Genius Loci". The lecture series "Bridge Building Culture in Germany" will take place within the framework of the Colloquium on Constructive Engineering.
On Tuesday, November 12, Stephan Schütz will speak at the symposium, "Robust Construction – Illusion or Necessity?" in Munich. Together with Elisabeth Endres, he will discuss the question of how robust an interim building can really be.
At BAU China 2019, Stephan Schütz will give a lecture on renovating existing buildings using German and Chinese examples.
On Monday, November 4, 2019 at 7 pm, gmp and FSB host a film screening of "Years of Construction – Baujahre [2013 – 2018]", documenting the building process of the Kunsthalle Mannheim. Following the screening, the internationally renowned German film pioneer and illustrator Heinz Emigholz will be present for a discussion with gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze and is happy to answer questions from the audience.
In the lecture series "On the Duty and the Power of Architecture", organized by the Section Architecture of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, international architecture offices present their current work. Volkwin Marg will be a guest on October 22. His lecture and the subsequent discussion with the architectural historian Werner Durth will focus on the changes in building culture and the responsibility of architecture.
As of this year, Tegel Airport is a listed building. On this occasion, the Landesdenkmalamt Berlin and the Architektenkammer Berlin are hosting the event "Jung, aber Denkmal" at the Urania Berlin on Monday, October 21. Stephan Schütz, partner at gmp, will take part in a panel discussion on the monument's future.
On Thursday, October 17, gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze and sbp partner Sven Plieninger will speak at the International Forum Architects Dialogue Structurists, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Engineering in Beijing.
On October 9, the project MIK e.V. and Verseidag invite you to a discussion with Volkwin Marg about Krefeld and architecture in the Krefeld Pavilion. The Pavillon is a walk-in sculpture by Thomas Schütte, winner of the Biennale Prize, and is a contribution to the nationwide anniversary event Bauhaus 100.
Stephan Schütz speaks at the International Library Summit in Venice on October 4th. The one-day conference is dedicated to the theme "Libraries and Their Architecture in the 21st Century".
At the opening of the exhibition " Stadt, Land, Fluss " on 12 September in Berlin, gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze will speak about the many years of cooperation with the architectural photographer HGEsch. Among the exhibited works are photographic documentations of numerous gmp projects.
On September 6, Christian Hellmund of gmp architects will speak at the lecture evening "Magdeburg - City of Modernism" (in german) about two striking buildings: the Stadthalle, built in 1927, and the Hyparschale by Ulrich Müther. He presents the planning for the renovation and extension of the Stadthalle as well as the planned construction measures on the Hyparschale in the immediate vicinity. Another speaker is the art historian Sabine Ullrich.
On 28 August, Stephan Schütz, Partner at gmp, will give a lecture on the theme of tradition and progress at the "JUNG Architecture Talks" event in Singapur.
On 21 August, Volkwin Marg will be a guest in the Theater Hall of the Alte Molkerei in Worpswede. He is one of five panelists in the discussion, "Concepts of contemporary building and urban planning" - with a focus on specific challenges in the near and long-term future.
On Tuesday, August 20, the DGNB e.V. and the Hamburg Chamber of Architects invite you to the event "Sustainable Building - Towards a New Normal" (in german). As one of the speakers, Urs Wedekind, Associate Director - DGBN Auditor at gmp, will present the German House in Ho Chi Minh City. The practical example shows how certification can help with the planning and construction of a sustainable house for the future.
The aac spring workshop was focused on the Japanische Palais—the last element in Dresden's museum landscape that still requires refurbishment. Under the guidance of Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz, the students developed designs that open the building towards Neustadt and the River Elbe, and convert the Japanische Palais into a "working collection" in which the general public is involved in the process of artistic creation. From August 15 the results will be shown in an exhibition in Dresden.
The 14th edition of the JUNG Architecture Talks in Freiburg on 11 July, 2019 is devoted to the topic "Modular + Serious". Bernd Gossmann, associate partner at gmp, is part of the panel and will talk about his experiences with the planning of a temporary school building in modular timber construction in Frankfurt's Westend.
Volkwin Marg speaks at the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg on Tuesday evening. In his lecture he discussed the opportunities and challenges of his work.
On Friday, 28 June 2019, the exhibition "Architecture x Fashion - A Dialogue" will open as part of Hamburg's Architecture Summer 2019. This exhibition runs until 12 July, 2019.
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On Thursday, 2 May 2019, the "DAM Preis 2019" exhibition by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum will open at the Zentrum für Baukultur Sachsen (ZfBK) in Dresden.
Stephan Schütz will be guest at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin tomorrow evening. In a talk with Claudia Wessling, Head of Publications at MERICS, he shares experiences from 20 years of building in China.
As part of the upcoming aac spring workshop, Prof. José Gutierrez Marquez, co-founder of the architecture studio Bruno Fioretti Marquez (Berlin), will give a talk on "Palimpsest" on 27 March at 7 pm. The event is free of charge. Pre-registration is kindly requested.
Architect Antonio Cruz, co-founder of Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, is giving a talk on 21 March as part of the upcoming aac spring workshop "Japanisches Palais. The Art Cabinet as a Working Collection" in Hamburg. One of the topics addressed during his lecture will be the project New Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
On 21 March at 7 pm, Prof. Dr.-Ing. h.c. HG Merz, founder and Managing Director of hg merz architects (Stuttgart), will open the lecture series of this year's aac spring workshop "Japanisches Palais. The Art Cabinet as a Working Collection" under the guidance of Meinhard von Gerkan and
Stephan Schütz. The event is free of charge. Pre-registration is kindly requested.
On 4 February, Volkwin Marg will speak at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce about gmp construction projects in Kazakhstan and China at the event The New Silk Road. Among the further guests of the meeting rank Professor Dr. Karl Pilny, Folker Hellmeyer, Professor Dr. Joachim Nagel, Hendrik Wehlen and Alen Jangozin.
In his 30-minute lecture, Volkmar Sievers introduces the Kunsthalle Mannheim and the headquarters of the Hengdian Group in Hangzhou, as well as the door handle that was used in both projects.
In his lecture, gmp founding partner Meinhard von Gerkan is providing a look behind the scenes of his architectural project as well as the philosophy that has shaped his work since the beginning.
Markus Pfisterer and Bernd Gossmann will present the school campus Miquelallee Frankfurt am Main, designed in modular timber construction, on the second day of SCHULBAU.
On the occasion of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, Christian Hellmund presents the Magdeburger Stadthalle at the theme evening of Saxony-Anhalt's Chamber of Architects.
In the context of his "Li Dehua & Luo Xiaowei Guest Professorship" Nikolaus Goetze deals in this lecture with gmp projects in Germany - from door handles to airports.
On 7 November, Nicolas Pomränke, associate partner at gmp, will give a lecture as part of the lecture series "Bauen im Kontext" at hochschule 21 in Buxtehude.
On November 2, Johann von Mansberg, Director at gmp, will give a lecture at the FENESTRATION BAU China 2018 trade fair workshop in Beijing on the sustainability aspect of prefabricated buildings.
On Friday, 2 November, Stephan Rewolle, associat partner at gmp, will give a lecture at the FENESTRATION BAU China 2018 trade fair, adressing the question of how high-quality working environments can be created in industrial areas.
On Wednesday, 24 October, gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze will give a lecture on mobility as part of the Master in Design Engineering program, a collaborative degree program between the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
In the winter semester 2018/2019 Nikolaus Goetze will take over the "Li Dehua & Luo Xiaowei Guest Professorship" as the Chair of Architectural Design at Tongji University in Shanghai. In his inaugural lecture on 10 October, he dealt with how museums can be designed in the future.
Every year, the international real estate industry meets in Munich: gmp will also be present at Expo Real, which takes place from 8 to 10 October 2018. For a personal appointment, contacts from the Hamburg and Berlin offices will be available in Hall B2, Stand 430 on both days of the fair.
When the 13th International Conference on Advanced Building Skins takes place in Bern (Switzerland) on 1 and 2 October, gmp will also be represented: Urs Wedekind, Associate Director at gmp, will talk about "Facade design in foreign markets - First double skin facade in Vietnam" at 10:45 am on 2 October.
"Contraction and Relaxation – New Spatial Concepts for Headquarters Architecture" – that is the title of the lecture on 27th September by gmp partner Stephan Schütz on the occasion of the 2nd Super Tall Building Industry International Summit, which is scheduled to be held on 27-28 September in Shenzhen, China.
The sixth edition of DETAIL's lecture series, "The Future of Building", on 20 September in Munich will focus on modular building. In his lecture at the symposium, Dipl.-Ing architect Christian Hellmund, Director at gmp, will talk about the Gasteig Interim, for which gmp has recently been awarded the contract.
On 13. September, Sara Taberner Bonastre (gmp) will be part of at the VII. Latin American Symposium on Tensile Architecture in the capital of Peru. Her presentation will showcase relevant projects from the gmp portfolio.
On 6 September, the 10th "Stiebel-Eltron Dialogue on the Evolution of Architecture" will take place in the space of BER Airport, at which Hans-Joachim Paap will give a lecture on the topic "Energy Efficiency in Transportation Structures - Demands and Reality".
The project Deutsches Haus by gmp in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City is the first DGNB-certified building in Vietnam. In a lecture by gmp partner Nikolaus Geotze next Saturday and a photo exhibition during the Vietnam Energy Efficiency Building Week 2018 taking place from 25 August to 1 September at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi, visitors can learn more about the building.
Under the headline "Building Bridges - Brücken bauen ", experts from all over the world will meet from 26 to 28 June for the International Baukultur Days 2018 in Venice. Markus Pfisterer, Associate Partner at gmp, will be presenting bridge constructions from the gmp portfolio in a Pecha Kucha format as part of closing panel on 27 June.
The recently reopened Kunsthalle Mannheim considers itself as a "museum in motion". The new building is conceived as a 'city in the city'. On the occasion of the synposium "The Museum of the Future", gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze will be giving a tour of the house on 21 June, explaining the architecture, together with the team of the Kunsthalle Mannheim.


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A sold out crowd at the KFC Yum! Center saw the History of the Eagles and relived some of the greatest moments in the history of rock and roll on Saturday night. The Eagles were the biggest selling band of the 70s and proved it with sing along hits and some surprises, too. The band seemed fresh and inspired by hitting the road again and playing the first show of the tour in front of an arena packed to the rafters with fans.
They started their set with founding members Don Henley and Glenn Frey just sitting down in a couple of chairs in front of a black curtain. They played guitar and opened with "Saturday Night" from the unfairly maligned "Desperado" album. As they mentioned, that was how the idea of the band started. Just a couple of guys sitting around playing.
From there another founding member, Bernie Leadon, came out for "Train Leaves." Fans who know the history of the band know that Leadon left in 1975 and hasn't been part of most of the reunion stuff that has taken place with the exception of their 1998 induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.
From there, they went with familiar hits like "Peaceful Easy Feeling" followed by "Witchy Woman" as Timothy B. Schmit joined them in front of the black curtain.
Fans of Joe Walsh had to wait a few more moments before they'd see him. But then all at once the evening changed. The black curtain came away and the full, open, airy stage set was set in motion. The Eagles continued to rock while the fans were treated to enormous flat screens behind the band.
The screens evoked memories of 70s rear-projection systems with a 2013 twist. Those blobs of color morphed into video accompaniment which was especially effective on "Tequilla Sunrise."
As might be expected, a three hour show with only one act contained an intermission but the Eagles built in excitement before the break by rocking "One of These Nights" and "Take It to the Limit" which received standing ovations.
One of the great parts of the show was subtle. The way they sequenced the music to take fans on an emotional ride might be lost of the casual concert goer, but you knew you had been rocked by the end of the night. The final third of the show picked up the pace with such intensity that staying in your seat became impossible.
The Eagles said their good nights after blazing through "Life In the Fast Lane" but fans were having none of that so the band came out for their planned encore "Hotel California." They torched that one as well.
After another round of goodbyes, the fans still demanded more and the Eagles delivered "Take It Easy," "Rocky Mountain Way" and "Desperado" to close their show.
The first show of any major arena tour is usually to work out the kinks and get ready for the world at large. Without any major flaws to report, the Eagles are ready to give a tour de force history lesson.
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Lied (plural Lieder) simply means 'song'. But the word connotes a genre of music in which the operatic is made miniature, told through the intimate forces of voice and piano. Its combination of epic and domestic, high art and universal emotions, is for many a perfect distillation of 19th-century thought and the philosophy of the Romantics.
As such, the Lied's genesis has inspired a degree of myth-making. The genre has even had bestowed upon it a specific birth date – 19 October 1814, the day Franz Schubert composed Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the spinning wheel). This notion of a 'Eureka' moment obscures much: the handful of songs commonly considered Lieder by 18th-century composers, such as Haydn and Mozart; textual evidence that suggests the primacy of song in German thought from at least the 1740s; and, perhaps most grievously, the significance of Beethoven's exquisite song cycle An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved). And yet that date has its allure, in the emphasis it places on two key figures – Schubert and Goethe.
The Lied begins with Goethe, and the lyric renaissance in German poetry that occurred over the second half of the 18th century. Goethe and others of his era looked to folksong. They incorporated folkish, natural elements such as short lines and strophic structures in poetry that also drew on sophisticated Classical devices and post-Enlightenment thought. The product was a body of poetry at once simple and complex, accessible and rarefied, familiar and yet novel. It found a ready audience in an educated middle class nostalgic for the past.
In 1809 Goethe expressed his belief that lyric poetry could only be completed through music setting: 'Only then is the poetic inspiration… sublimated (or rather fused) into the free and beautiful element of sensory experience… [and] we think and feel at the same time'. Schubert was the first to realize this belief. He went far beyond the sensitive word-setting and atmospheric accompaniment of earlier song composers. In his mature work – from Gretchen on – he fused music and text to create Lieder that transformed the poetry he used into a new art form, and encapsulated in each Lied a unique world.
Schubert took advantage of recent technical developments in the piano to create an astonishing variety of textures, compressing an orchestra down into just one instrument. He used this rich language to powerful expressive effect, often with imaginative motifs that immediately suggested images of the text – such as the continual spinning motion of Gretchen am Spinnrade, or the thundering hooves in Erlkönig (Erlking). He made these motifs crucial structural elements, infusing the Lied with his passionate response to the poem. Largely syllabic settings allowed the poetry to be strongly declaimed, and emphasized the synthesis of words and music – while often through-composed music added a further dimension to principally strophic poetry. From songs of less than a minute through to his great song cycles – Die schöne Müllerin (The beautiful miller-maid), Winterreise (Winter journey) and Schwanengesang (Swansong) – he created works of great beauty and dramatic power.
Schubert's Lieder found popularity with the same middle class, who now brought pianos into their homes. In Schubertiade evenings, his Lieder were celebrated, either in large gatherings or by one individual alone with the piano. Schubert's well over six hundred Lieder (an astonishing number given his short life) engendered the genre in which the popular and the individual were both represented, and in which the drama and effects of opera were distilled into something that could be powerfully conveyed wherever the setting.
Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch perform Schubert's Winterreise on the Royal Opera House main stage on 6 April 2014. Tickets are sold out, but returns may become available and there will be 67 day tickets on the day of the performance.


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