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5 Best Places to Eat and Drink This Week in Metro Phoenix
Dishcrawl: Old Town Scottsdale Tuesday, March 18
This Tuesday, Dishcrawl will lead a walking tour of three of Old Town Scottsdale's dining and drinking destinations. And as much as we'd love to tell you where the tour will be going, the surprise is part of the fun. Starting at 7 p.m. attendees will hit one of Old Town's well-known watering holes, a new spot for food and drink, and finish with a sweet ending. The tour costs $45 a person and includes food only -- drinks will be available at additional cost. For more information visit the Dishcrawl website.
See also: T. Cook's at the Royal Palms to Launch #PM31 with Executive Chef Paul McCabe
Alexa Bowler of Cowboy Ciao will debut a new cocktail menu on Wednesday.
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Cowboy Ciao Wednesday, March 19
This Wednesday, Cowboy Ciao's mixologist, Alexa Bowler, will debut a new spring cocktail menu that features her homemade snow pea infused vodka you might have tasted at Arizona Cocktail Week. The menu includes drinks such as the Hop, Skip, and a Jump ($13) with Anchor Distilling Hophead vodka, green chartreuse, Luxardo maraschino, and lime, and the Peas and Thank You ($9) with snow pea-infused vodka, lime, honey syrup, and Fee Bros rhubarb bitters.
Chef Mel Mecinas puts the finishing touches on a dish.
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Talavera Friday, March 21
The Taste Talavera wine dinner series kicks off this Friday when chef Mel Mecinas teams up with Kistler Winery for a four-course wine paired tasting menu. Kistler winery, located in California, specializes in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir produced using old world Burgundian techniques. The dinner will begin with a course featuring scallops, oysters, and caviar, paired with Noisetiers Chardonnay, while the main course will be a choice of coffee rubbed ostrich loin or a poached main lobster paired with Kistler's signature Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir. Dinner costs $110 per person. Call 480-513-5085 for a reservation.
Now through Saturday The Herb Box will be serving St. Patrick's Week specials.
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The Herb Box
St. Patrick's Day doesn't have to end after today because The Herb Box at DC Ranch and Southbridge will be serving Irish specials from 3 to 6 p.m. now through Saturday, March 22. The menu items include Irish Sliders with capicola ham, swiss, sauerkraut, pepperoncini, and caraway-honey mustard available for $3 each of four for $11. And Potato Leek Soup with Irish cheddar and frizzled leeks. The specials also include $3.50 pints of Guinness, of course.
Yakibuta Ramen
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Hana Japanese Eatery
Last week, we kicked off our March Madness Ultimate Battle of the Ramen with a throw down between Hana Japanese Eatery and Clever Koi. In the first match, during round one, Hana came out ahead thanks to well-balanced shoyu broth and perfectly roasted pork. Of course ,that's just the first of a series of match-ups we'll be sharing over the next few weeks while our tournament style battles goes on. You can check out the complete bracket here -- and do your own taste tests to see which bowl you think will reign king.
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HOUSTON - Singer Patti LaBelle's bodyguard was found not guilty of misdemeanor assault in a 2011 incident at IAH.
It was a high-profile trial that even included Patti LaBelle herself taking the stand. In the end, the jury sided with the bodyguard, finding him not guilty.
Efram Holmes was accused of punching Richard King, who was on spring break from West Point, during an incident that took place at Bush Intercontinental Airport in March of 2011.
Holmes claims he used the appropriate force to protect LaBelle's son.
"I just want to thank my legal counsel," Holmes said after the verdict was read. "I'm disappointed in the actions of other parties involved. Again, to reiterate what Mr. Cogdell (his lawyer) said, it should have never come this far."
King told Local 2, "I'm pretty disappointed with the outcome. I look forward to our next battle. I wish it would have turned out differently, but it is what it is."
Patti LaBelle testified last week that Holmes only took action after King tried to get in her limo and punch her son.
The incident was caught on surveillance video and attorneys for each said told the video paints a different picture of what happened. Even on Monday, the jury asked to see the surveillance video.
"You have an easy decision," defense attorney Dan Cogdell said during closing arguments. "The decision is whether you believe or have reasonable doubt that Holmes acted to protect a third party."
Cogdell told the jury that King was responsible for the incident because King was "visibly and obviously intoxicated and mumbled racial obscenities at LaBelle."
"You can tell by his demeanor that he (Holmes) is a good person and by his testimony that he thought he was doing the right thing," Cogdell told the Jury. "(He's) a good man who didn't commit a crime."
However, prosecutors painted a different picture.
"The defense is trying to divert attention from the truth and the truth is on that video," said prosecutor Josh Phanco.
"This is not justified self defense," said prosecutor Kaylynn Williford. "This is an assault. This is about holding people accountable."
Each side was given 45 minutes to sway the jury during closing arguments. A few minutes after the jury began deliberating behind closed doors, the foreman sent a note to the judge asking for a copy of the surveillance video.
Richard King has a civil suit pending against LaBelle, Holmes and other parties involved in the incident that night.
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Sand Dollar Cottage
Sand Dollar Cottage is the perfect romantic getaway cottage. This ocean view cottage has 2 comfy queen beds, toasty fireplace, relaxing whirlpool tub, and a convenient full kitchen complete with wine glasses. Pet friendly and just 1 block to the beach, close to the promenade and downtown. Rent it along with the Sand Dollar House for a group of up to 15!
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Herakles, the Greek hero of superhuman strength, was the son of the Greek god Zeus and Alkmene (28.77; 11.55). According to Greek mythology, Zeus desired to sire a son who would be the guardian of mortals and immortals. Thus, he visited the mortal woman Alkmene in Thebes, where they conceived Herakles. However, on the day Herakles was to be born, Zeus boasted that his son would rule over Greece. Homer describes how Hera, wife of Zeus, delayed the birth of Herakles until the day after his cousin Eurystheos was born. Thus, the vengeful Hera ensured that Eurystheos inherited the throne. And she sent two snakes to destroy the infant Herakles as he slept in his cradle. Yet even as a baby Herakles' strength was legendary, and he saved himself from Hera's serpents by grasping one in each hand and strangling them (25.28).
After Herakles married the Theban princess Megara, Hera afflicted the hero with madness, and he murdered his wife and all their children. According to some literary accounts, the Greek god Apollo instructed Herakles to atone for his crime by performing labors for Eurystheos, king of Mycenae. The first of these labors was to kill a vicious lion that terrorized the area around Nemea in the Peloponnese. Eurystheos instructed Herakles to bring back the skin of the slain Nemean Lion, but the hero's weapons—his club, bronze sword, and bow and arrow—were useless against the impenetrable skin of the beast. Instead, he wrestled the lion to the ground, strangled it, and removed the creature's tough hide with its own claws (63.11.6). Thereafter, Herakles wore the legendary lion's skin as his own impenetrable armor.
As a second labor, Herakles was instructed to slay the Lernaean Hydra, a serpentlike creature with nine heads and poisonous venom (27.20.2; 1999.325.227). He accomplished this task by cutting off each of the Hydra's heads and burning the exposed stumps, which finished off the beast. As a third labor, Eurystheos ordered Herakles to capture the Hind of Keryneia, a deer sacred to Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Eurystheos hoped that Herakles would incur the wrath of Artemis. For one year, Herakles hunted the beast until it finally stopped to rest, whereupon he shot it with his bow and arrow. On his journey home, he encountered the infuriated Artemis, but begged her forgiveness. The goddess consented and allowed Herakles to bring the animal to Eurystheos. However, when he arrived, the sacred Hind leaped out of the hero's arms and eventually returned safely to its mistress.
Thus, as a fourth labor, Herakles was ordered to capture a vicious wild boar that lived on a mountain called Erymanthus. He chased the boar to exhaustion and then drove it into deep snow, where he successfully netted the beast and brought it to Eurystheos. The king was angered by Herakles' continued success and ordered him to clean out the Augean Stables, home to the greatest number of cattle in all of Greece. The stables had never been cleaned, and Herakles was instructed to complete the task in one day. This he accomplished by rerouting two rivers and flushing out the mess. When he returned, Eurystheos demanded of him another chore. He ordered Herakles to kill an enormous flock of man-eating birds that gathered near Lake Stymphalia in Arcadia, an area surrounded by a dense forest. According to legend, Athena and Hephaistos provided Herakles with bronze clappers that frightened the birds into flight and he successfully shot them down with his arrows.
As his seventh labor, Herakles was ordered to capture the Cretan Bull. He stifled the beast with his bare hands and shipped it back to Mycenae, whereupon Eurystheos decided to sacrifice it to Hera. The goddess, however, refused to accept a sacrifice that was a sign of Herakles' success. Thus, Eurystheos demanded that Herakles capture four man-eating mares that belonged to the Thracian king Diomedes. According to many versions of this eighth labor, Herakles killed Diomedes and then fed his flesh to his horses. The act had an immediately calming effect on the beasts and Herakles successfully brought them to Mycenae. When he returned, Eurystheos demanded yet another task—that he steal the magical belt of Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons. However, Hippolyte was so enchanted with Herakles' physical strength that she gave the belt to him. While they met on board his ship, the ever-vengeful Hera spread a rumor among the Amazons that the Greek hero intended to abduct their queen. The women warriors charged down to the ship, and Herakles, sensing danger and perhaps betrayal, pierced the heart of Hippolyte and made off with her belt (22.84.2).
As a tenth labor, Eurystheos commanded that Herakles fetch the red cattle of Geryon, a monster with three heads and three sets of legs that lived on the island of Erythia, near the far edge of the known world (41.162.29). Herakles killed Geryon, as well as the monster's two-headed watchdog Orthos, before successfully escaping with the herd of red cattle. By some accounts, he also commemorated his extensive journey by building two mountains, one in Europe and the other in Libya. They are known today as the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar.
Upon the hero's return to Mycenae, Eurystheos demanded yet two more labors of Herakles. The first of his tasks was to retrieve the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides. The three golden apples were kept in a garden guarded by a hundred-headed dragon and the Hesperides, the nymph daughters of Atlas (24.97.5). During his journey, Herakles did battle with Ares, the sea god Nereus, and the sons of Poseidon. Many of these mythic battles are featured on Greek vase paintings.
Having successfully retrieved the apples of the Hesperides, Herakles had one final labor-the most dangerous one of all. Eurystheos demanded that he travel to the Underworld and bring back the monstrous three-headed guard dog Kerberos (08.258.21). Using brute strength, Herakles wrestled the vicious creature into submission, and with that completed his twelve labors.
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Nathaniel Timmermann knew since his senior year in high school that he wanted to be a pastor. His dream became reality for him after he was installed last Sunday as the new pastor at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church.
"I grew up with good pastors as role models in my life," Timmermann said. "I wanted to have their career and bring other people the truth in life and help people in their own walk with faith."
His new position includes sharing preaching, teaching and home visit duties with the Rev. Jonathan Brohn. In the future he will participate in community unity and engage in interaction on behalf of the church with the community at large.
"I'm looking forward to getting to know people and their lives and satisfying their needs with the word of God and the mercy of Christ in his Word," Timmermann said.
He's moved to Stillwater with his wife and two children and has really appreciated the reception he's been given.
"Everybody's been very nice and very helpful," Timmermann said. "It's really surprising to have people be so supportive of you and willing to give you the tools to do your job well."
His past experiences include teaching English in China and studying there after seminary school.
"I was there from '05 through '06 and then again after seminary school," Timmermann said. "I helped people learn an extra language, talked to people about coming to the states and giving them help and assistance in whatever they would need."
Timmermann said it was an experience that taught him much about cultural differences between the Chinese and Americans when it comes to matters of faith.
"Americans don't really like to talk about what's really important to us. We're not really good at sharing our faith with others. We're more sensitive about the issue whereas the Chinese are far more blunt about it," Timmermann said. "I hope that I can help people become more adept at articulating their needs and spiritual wants to talk about the deeper things and help individuals become more practiced at discussing their faith with the community."
Timmermann's immediate goals are to learn more about his new church and congregation. He also said one of his challenges will be finding his place and respecting the long 130-year tradition of Salem.
"I hope to preach the word and teach the word and understand how to carry out my ministry with all of my congregation and also the larger community," Timmermann said.


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An idea that would force banks to register every city of San Diego home that's in the foreclosure process is gaining traction.
And according to one poll, it appears a number of San Diegans support the proposal, which aims to fight blight in neighborhoods and hold banks accountable for the maintenance of distressed homes.
Seventy percent of residents said they either strongly favor or favor the measure, which also would fine banks if they fail to properly maintain homes in the foreclosure process. The poll, conducted in early April, surveyed 600 residents.
The measure, the idea of two local groups, is scheduled to be formally heard at the city's Land Use and Housing Committee on July 11. It was first introduced by the Center on Policy Initiatives and Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment before the committee last fall.
The April poll also showed that support for the anti-blight measure "cuts across partisan subgroups" with Democrats (78 percent in favor,) Independents (66 percent in favor,) and Republicans (66 percent in favor.)
Aside from creating a registry, the proposal also would require banks to pay a small fee to maintain the database and fine banks up to $1,000 a day if they do not properly maintain their foreclosed homes.
Banks also would be required to give a point of contact within the filing of a default notice, which is the first formal step in the foreclosure process.
In 2011 alone, close to 19,000 default notices were filed in San Diego County.
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HOUSTON - A man is accused of taking "upskirt" photos at a Houston-area grocery store.
Police said a security guard saw Stanley Gaskin, 37, using a camera to take pictures up women's skirts around 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Fiesta in the 4700 block of Airline Drive.
Houston police officers were called and Gaskin was arrested.
Gaskin is charged with improper photography/visual recording.
He's being held in the Harris County Jail on $2,000 bond.
Gaskin is due in court on Thursday.
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Archinect - News 2017-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150014155/renzo-piano-s-new-museum-in-spain-shuns-the-bilbao-effect Renzo Piano's new museum in Spain shuns the 'Bilbao Effect' Anastasia Tokmakova 2017-06-23T13:41:00-04:00 >2017-06-27T13:16:19-04:00
Almost 20 years since Frank Gehry's $100m titanium-clad Guggenheim Bilbao opened, another city on Spain's north coast is getting a major contemporary art centre designed by an internationally acclaimed "starchitect".

Renzo Piano's first big commission in Spain, The Centro Botín, is opening today. The architect claims that its comparisons with the museum that became a model for culture-driven regeneration schemes worldwide are too simplistic. According the president of the Fundación Botín's visual arts committee, Vicente Todolí, the center's primary mission is to serve the local community by providing the city with appropriate cultural infrastructure.

The 10,300 sq. m building is covered in thousands of light-diffusing ceramic tiles, prioritizing "luminosity and lightness" and making it almost invisible from the city center. Split into two, the structure houses 2,500 sq. m of galleries and a 300-seat auditorium respectively. (This compares to around 11,000 sq. m of exhibition space across 19 galleries at the Guggenheim Bilbao.) With vast amount of green space around, the museum is raised on four-meter pillars to preserve the views of the waterfront.

Renzo Piano's Centro Botín arts centre. Photogr...

 https://archinect.com/news/article/150009981/renzo-piano-about-the-idea-of-openness-as-an-antidote-to-terrorism Renzo Piano about the "idea of openness as an antidote to terrorism" Alexander Walter 2017-05-30T13:46:00-04:00 >2017-05-30T13:47:26-04:00
For Renzo Piano, every building should tell a story. The 79-year-old architect is as busy as ever with a workload that spans from Los Angeles to Uganda. With no signs of fatigue in a nearly 50-year career, Piano doesn't struggle to find meaning in each new project. "I've wanted to make buildings since I was a kid," says the Italian-born architect, who fondly recalls spending time at construction sites with his dad.

CityLab recently sat down with Piano for a conversation that, among other topics, touched on urban peripheries, Columbia University's new Manhattanville Campus, and "the importance of designing buildings that reject paranoia in a world increasingly concerned with terrorism."
 https://archinect.com/news/article/149987583/the-pompidou-centre-to-get-a-100m-facelift The Pompidou Centre to get a €100M facelift Nicholas Korody 2017-01-20T12:33:00-05:00 >2017-01-31T00:16:37-05:00
Even the most punk of buildings eventually gets older. The Pompidou Centre in Paris, the landmark contemporary art museum designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, turns forty this year. To mark its birthday, the museum will get a two-year long facelift estimated to cost at least €100 million.

The renovations will include replacing the "caterpillar", the famous escalators on the front of the building, but won't result in any changes to the building's overall appearance. Additionally, museum officials are hoping that renovations can occur without closing the Centre.

Part of the reason the building needs the renovation is that its innovative design, which comprises putting the inner workings of the building on its exterior, has led to increased wear and tear. Back in the day, its appearance caused a ton of controversy. But today, the museum is witnessing a rise in attendance that surpasses either the Louvre or the Musée d'Orsay.
 https://archinect.com/news/article/149965915/in-wake-of-deadly-earthquake-italy-s-prime-minister-calls-on-renzo-piano-to-help-reconstruction-effort In wake of deadly earthquake, Italy's prime minister calls on Renzo Piano to help reconstruction effort Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-08-30T14:02:00-04:00 >2016-09-04T23:23:44-04:00
The 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit central Italy on August 24 reduced the medieval towns of Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto to ruins, and has claimed the lives of at least 290 people. With over 3,000 people displaced by the quake's damage, Italy's prime minister Matteo Renzi called on "Italian senator for life" Renzo Piano to lead the reconstruction and disaster prevention efforts in response.

The current plan is to build lightweight wooden structures to house the majority of the displaced residents, and then begin reconstruction of the towns in six to eight months. Piano, speaking to The Guardian, spoke to the importance of government regulation in addition to rebuilding quickly: "Anti-seismic requirements must be inserted in the laws of the country to make our homes safe, just as it's compulsory for a car to have brakes that work."

Piano has previous experience working in "high-risk quake zones" in Japan and California, but admitted to The Guardian that working in Italy...
 https://archinect.com/news/article/148283782/as-the-met-moves-into-the-old-whitney-can-it-shrug-off-the-iconic-building-s-associations-with-its-former-tenant As the Met moves into the old Whitney, can it shrug off the iconic building's associations with its former tenant? Nicholas Korody 2016-02-16T17:13:00-05:00 >2016-02-27T23:06:40-05:00
On March 18, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens an annex at Madison Avenue and 75th Street in Manhattan, it will be attempting to shrug off the ghost of a museum past. The specter is the Whitney Museum of American Art, which called the iconic Marcel Breuer building on that corner home for nearly five decades. In an eight-year deal, the Met is leasing the Breuer building from the Whitney— which relocated to its dazzling new Renzo Piano–designed home last year...

The Breuer-designed building will house some of the Met's modern and contemporary collection. But shrugging off the association between the Brutalist masterpiece and its former tenant may prove a tough task. For many, nothing say's "the Whitney" more than those protruding windows...

For related coverage, check out some of these older articles:

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Take a Tour Inside the Brand New Whitney Museum!

Archinect's critical round-up for the new Renzo Piano-designed Whitney Museum

Protests at Renzo Piano's new Whitney Museum building

White Space: The Architecture of the Art Fair

 https://archinect.com/news/article/145594421/sir-terry-farrell-faces-off-against-renzo-piano-over-paddington-place-plans Sir Terry Farrell faces off against Renzo Piano over Paddington Place plans Nicholas Korody 2016-01-13T04:00:00-05:00 >2016-01-18T21:14:43-05:00
...the Paddington Place scheme – a huge development around the eponymous London station intended to include a 72-storey tower designed by Renzo Piano... [has] drawn the ire of Sir Terry Farrell, the famous architect and local resident who was also, slightly awkwardly, previously in charge of the developers' masterplan for the area. Farrell, known for designing the MI6 building on the Thames and Charing Cross station, made his views known in a dense, 1,500-word objection...

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A raft of museums, most backed by private money, are springing up in what is, for many, an unlikely cultural hub: Beirut, the capital of Lebanon [...] The design competition launched on 1 October; the architect Zaha Hadid is on the jury along with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Julia Peyton-Jones of London's Serpentine Galleries. Salamé, who founded the Aïshti fashion chain, invested $100m in funding a contemporary art museum, designed by the British architect David Adjaye, in Jal El Dib [...].

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> https://archinect.com/news/article/137197254/renzo-piano-s-kum-go-hq-enters-construction-phase-new-better-renderings Renzo Piano's Kum & Go HQ enters construction phase + new (better) renderings Alexander Walter 2015-09-22T09:00:00-04:00 >2015-09-28T23:59:13-04:00
Earlier this summer, Midwest convenience store chain Kum & Go revealed a first peek at their new Renzo Piano-designed Des Moines, Iowa headquarters. The initial round of design illustrations were of a rather austere, CAD-like quality, and Archinect commenters remarked that the renderings failed to express how the project would relate to its urban context.

Now several new, photorealistic renderings have been revealed that help to get a better understanding of the 5-story building at 1459 Grand Avenue, officially dubbed the Krause Gateway Center.

↑ East View.

With construction fencing going up and demolition work of existing buildings beginning this week, the project is certainly moving forward. Presentation of updated plans to the Urban Design Review Board is scheduled for the coming days.

↑ West View.

All images courtesy of Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
 https://archinect.com/news/article/132554306/you-want-a-piece-of-renzo-piano You Want a Piece of Renzo Piano Isaac Wilhelm 2015-07-23T11:32:00-04:00 >2015-07-25T18:03:10-04:00
He's Mr. Lifestyle of the rich and famous, do you want a piece of him? No not Britney Spears, but rather world-renowned architect Renzo Piano. Visitors to the recent Piece by Piece: Renzo Piano Building Workshop at the Power Station of Art in Shanghai were engaged in the evolution of the famous architect's key works through multi-media presentations. Various study models made of wood, foam, morphed plastic, and even pantyhose provided insight into the limitless and unpredictable avenues of the architectural creative process. Suspended models of various scale and detail hovered above viewers as informative construction process documentaries played on the wall.

The entire the exhibition space pulsed with creativity. It was as though visitors were inside Piano's brain. The display workshop tables the neurons. Visitors the receptors. The exploratory exhibit is now closed, but like a catchy American pop-song, piece by piece Renzo Piano's ingenious design ingenuity has already trick...
 https://archinect.com/news/article/131969348/renzo-piano-knows-how-to-build-a-mean-sandcastle Renzo Piano knows how to build a mean sandcastle Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-07-15T20:14:00-04:00 >2015-07-16T00:31:16-04:00
Making sandcastles was my training in fantasy. Now, as an architect constructing buildings like the Shard, I have to think about the final result, but as a child making castles of sand I didn't, they were ephemeral.

Imagine the architect responsible for such momentous projects as the new Whitney Museum, The Shard in London, and reunified Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, on his hands and knees on a sandy beach. Imagine him digging a trench and piling buckets of wet sand into a mound with concerted precision, only to start laughing and cavorting like a child as the tide comes in and his work is destroyed. Then doing it all over again.

He may be on to something: as quoted in The Guardian, he explains matter-of-factly, "I have four children; the oldest is 50 and the youngest 16, so I have been making sandcastles for a long time. There is no age limit – you can enjoy making a sandcastle however old you are, although it helps to think like a child."

His method for sandcastle building is at times very precise (the angle of the sand mound's incline should ideally be 45°) and decidedly whimsical: "The magic moment is when the waves come and the ditch becomes a moat ... To capture the image in your memory quickly...
 https://archinect.com/news/article/130946035/renzo-piano-s-designs-for-kum-go-hq-revealed Renzo Piano's designs for Kum & Go HQ revealed Alexander Walter 2015-07-02T13:49:00-04:00 >2015-07-07T17:53:28-04:00
When Midwest convenience store chain Kum & Go announced the selection of Renzo Piano as design architect for their new Des Moines, Iowa headquarters last November, speculations immediately ran wild about what the Italian master would put to paper.

The secrecy has now been lifted with the official reveal of the designs for the 5-story Krause Gateway Center, scheduled to open in 2018.

Scroll down for the announcement Kum & Go published, along with first design impressions, this week.

Kum & Go shared today the designs for their new Downtown Des Moines headquarters, Krause Gateway Center, located at 1459 Grand Avenue. The building was designed to provide Kum & Go associates a modern and highly collaborative work environment that offers flexibility for growth in the years to come.

The five-story building is being planned and constructed for LEED certification, and will feature glass prominently on all sides to provide transparency and light throughout the building. The layout was designed to...
 https://archinect.com/news/article/126822760/new-renzo-piano-designed-residential-tower-to-rise-in-nyc New Renzo Piano-Designed Residential Tower to Rise in NYC DianePham 2015-05-06T15:27:00-04:00 >2015-05-12T08:36:24-04:00
Renzo Piano's versatility continues to win the hearts of NYC developers, and it looks like the starchitect is finally getting his chance to flex his muscle in the residential realm. Piano—who just cut the ribbon to the new Whitney to rave reviews—has been chosen by Michael Shvo and Bizzi & Partners to design a brand new 290-foot tower at 100 Varick Street in up-and-coming Hudson Square bordering Soho.

The tower will be Piano's first large-scale residential project in the U.S.
 https://archinect.com/news/article/125983571/exclusive-photos-take-a-tour-inside-the-brand-new-whitney-museum EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Take a Tour Inside the Brand New Whitney Museum! Alyssa Alimurung 2015-04-23T18:38:00-04:00 >2015-04-24T10:04:14-04:00
May 1st will mark a new era for the Whitney when its brand new home along the High Line swings its doors open to the public for the first time. A project that has been decades in the making, the $422 million structure designed by Renzo Piano is a game changer for a museum that had long outgrown its Upper East Side space.

 https://archinect.com/news/article/125835685/archinect-s-critical-round-up-for-the-new-renzo-piano-designed-whitney-museum Archinect's critical round-up for the new Renzo Piano-designed Whitney Museum Nicholas Korody 2015-04-21T18:33:00-04:00 >2015-05-04T13:32:06-04:00
With almost two weeks left before its public opening, the Whitney Museum of American Art's new Renzo Piano-designed building is already shaping up to be one of the most talked-about buildings of the year. The 200,00 square-foot exhibition space is the long-awaited, and controversial, replacement of Marcel Breuer's 1966 brutalist (and equally, if not more, controversial) Upper East Side masterpiece. Critical responses have already started proliferating across the Internet. Inevitably, most include comments on Piano's precedent, as well as the drawn-out design process that included proposals by OMA and Michael Graves to expand Breuer's original building.

Piano has designed more museums than probably any other contemporary architect: the Pompidou in Paris, the Menil Collection, two buildings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. So far, many critics have commented that, with the new Whitney Museum, Piano is putting his experience to good use. The design can accommodate...
 https://archinect.com/news/article/125371251/protests-at-renzo-piano-s-new-whitney-museum-building Protests at Renzo Piano's new Whitney Museum building Nicholas Korody 2015-04-15T17:59:00-04:00 >2015-04-20T19:46:57-04:00
The Whitney Museum of American Art has yet to open its doors in a new location in the meatpacking district, but on Tuesday night it unwittingly played host to its first radical art exhibition. At 11 p.m., activists from groups including Occupy Museums and Occupy the Pipeline gathered on the street in front of the museum for a performance art-style demonstration about a natural gas pipeline that is adjacent to the $422 million building and its vast art collection.

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The galleries are immense, the Renzo Piano design is arresting and the views of the Hudson River are expansive. As it prepares to open its new $422 million Lower Manhattan home on May 1, the Whitney Museum of American Art is pulsing with anticipation as it plans the inaugural events, including a neighborhood block party. But behind the scenes the museum is also preparing for the challenge of paying to operate a building that is three times as large as the old one.

Previously:

Whitney announces opening date of its new home in Chelsea

Whitney Museum to Offer Year of Free Admission to Construction Workers

Follow the construction of Renzo Piano's new Whitney online

 https://archinect.com/news/article/122837421/renzo-piano-the-future-of-european-architecture-lies-in-the-suburbs Renzo Piano: the future of European architecture lies in the suburbs Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-03-13T20:48:00-04:00 >2015-03-17T14:13:40-04:00
In the 1960s and '70s, like many of his contemporaries, Piano was involved in the battle to revive forlorn and decaying historic centers of cities. Now he's fighting to save their often desolate outskirts. Unlike the suburbs of U.S. cities, which are often well off, the suburbs of many European cities tend to be the poorest parts of the metropolitan area. [...] Piano believes "the suburbs are the place where energy is in the city — in the good, in the bad."

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> https://archinect.com/news/article/114120518/renzo-piano-will-design-the-new-kum-go-corporate-hq-in-iowa Renzo Piano will design the new Kum & Go corporate HQ in Iowa Justine Testado 2014-11-20T15:57:00-05:00 >2015-07-02T13:52:26-04:00
Renzo Piano Building Workshop will be the design architect for the new corporate headquarters of Midwest convenience retailer chain Kum & Go. The 120,000 sq.foot building will be located at the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. After competing teams submitted written proposals, six finalists were interviewed last month before RPBW won the project. In the next few months, a local architect and general contractor will be chosen as the design process begins.

UPDATE: Renzo Piano's designs for Kum & Go HQ revealed
 https://archinect.com/news/article/114114079/whitney-announces-opening-date-of-its-new-home-in-chelsea Whitney announces opening date of its new home in Chelsea Alexander Walter 2014-11-20T13:55:00-05:00 >2014-11-20T17:46:13-05:00
The Whitney Museum of American Art announced today that it will open its new home in Chelsea on 1 May 2015. With double the exhibition space of its "old" Marcel Breuer-designed building, the museum will be able to show far more of its collection of Modern and contemporary American art in its Renzo Piano-designed new space in the Meatpacking District. [...] Weinberg told us that Piano saved the institution from making one decision that it would have lived to regret.

Previously
 https://archinect.com/news/article/113425910/photos-of-the-renovated-harvard-art-museums Photos of the Renovated Harvard Art Museums Alexander Walter 2014-11-11T15:39:00-05:00 >2014-11-13T19:00:12-05:00
After six long years of laboring on the renovation and expansion of the Harvard Art Museums, lead architect Renzo Piano had but one simple message at the unveiling of the new complex to the press on Friday. "There is very little an architect should say about a new building," he said. "Just 'Welcome.'"

Previously: Renzo Piano-designed Harvard Art Museum Nears Completion
 https://archinect.com/news/article/113035783/centre-pompidou-to-open-design-and-architecture-gallery Centre Pompidou To Open Design and Architecture Gallery Alexander Walter 2014-11-06T14:01:00-05:00 >2014-11-06T14:04:09-05:00
[...] a gallery dedicated to design and architecture will soon also be added the Centre. Like the "Galerie de Photographies," which is housed in former technical facilities, the future design gallery will be located within the existing Piano + Rogers-designed building. "Eventually, there should be almost no offices in the building, and we'll keep only the technical facilities that are strictly indispensable," said Seban.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> https://archinect.com/news/article/112957840/new-competition-launched-for-national-gallery-and-ludwig-museum-in-budapest New competition launched for National Gallery and Ludwig Museum in Budapest Alexander Walter 2014-11-05T13:36:00-05:00 >2014-11-05T13:43:27-05:00
The international jury choosing an architect to design a new National Gallery, which will also provide a new home for the Ludwig Museu in the Hungarian capital, has invited seven leading practices to take part in a new competition after a first competition did not produce a winning design. The seven architects invited to compete for the high-profile commission are: Jean Nouvel, David Chipperfield, Mecanoo, Nieto Sobejano, Renzo Piano, Sanaa and Snøhetta.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> https://archinect.com/news/article/111195701/new-podcast-new-banknotes-new-neurons-weekly-news-round-up-for-october-6-2014 New podcast, new banknotes, new neurons: Weekly News Round-Up for October 6, 2014 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-10-13T20:27:00-04:00 >2014-10-15T21:26:58-04:00
Sunday, October 12:

A classic American look, feng shui notwithstanding: Investigating the impact of wealthy Chinese immigrants on suburban Seattle's real estate boom.

Saturday, October 11:

Indiana Ponders Abolishing Licensing for Architects: Part of a state-wide reconsideration of more than "200 types of professional licenses, permits and certifications", aimed at cutting regulatory costs.

Announcing "Archinect Sessions", our brand new podcast! Listen to Episode #1 now: We're launching a weekly podcast to discuss prominent news items, feat. members of the Archinect community and other special guests. Ep. #1: "Where are the women?"

Thursday, October 9:

Architects Create a 3-D Printed Column That Survives Earthquakes: Made of cement and based on ancient Incan techniques.

Renzo Piano admits he's "struggling to do something good" for the LA Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences project: A fable to remind us that architecture is never solely the product of architects.

Wednesday, October 8:...
 https://archinect.com/news/article/110868931/renzo-piano-admits-he-s-struggling-to-do-something-good-for-the-la-academy-of-motion-picture-arts-and-sciences-project Renzo Piano admits he's "struggling to do something good" for the LA Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences project Archinect 2014-10-09T12:16:00-04:00 >2014-10-16T23:39:51-04:00
A few minutes after sitting down to talk with Renzo Piano in his large, airy Paris studio Tuesday, I asked the architect about the progress of the film museum he is designing for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wilshire Boulevard. "The academy?" he asked. "Ha. The academy is a good story. "Look, I know you don't like that scheme," referring to my recent coverage of the design. "I don't think it will be that bad. Actually, I'm struggling to do something good."

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> https://archinect.com/news/article/108787651/breaking-up-with-renzo Breaking up with Renzo... Gregory Walker 2014-09-12T12:18:00-04:00 >2014-09-25T11:50:12-04:00
"And so, you know, having named my son after him, what was I going to do? Of course I said yes."

The Architect's Newspaper has an insightful interview with Zoltan Pali about his firm's decision to "consciously uncouple" with Renzo Piano's firm on the design for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts museum project. It's not always easy when you get matched up with someone, even if you've named your son after them...
 https://archinect.com/news/article/108371541/before-and-afters-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures-renzo-piano Before and Afters: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Renzo Piano Orhan Ayyüce 2014-09-07T14:09:00-04:00 >2014-09-09T21:27:10-04:00
I really like it. I don't get the hate for the sphere. I think it will be a cool space to enjoy in person, vs. just looking at drawings. - reader comment (NeutraFilmmaker67)

Not that LA is so pristine with its architecture, mainly disliked and condemned by the form gendarmerie, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is looking better. It might be the ever so missing link which will tie-in all the disparate parts of LACMA from Fairfax eastward, even Zumthor's blot if ever.
 https://archinect.com/news/article/108020530/why-modern-architecture-struggles-to-inspire-catholics Why Modern Architecture Struggles to Inspire Catholics Alexander Walter 2014-09-02T13:45:00-04:00 >2014-09-06T02:11:19-04:00
Outside a few rare examples such as Ronchamp, I sense that Modernism has failed to deliver an architecture that connects with most Catholics and other traditional Christians. Much of this has to do with fact that Modernism as a cultural movement is inherently atheistic as it is based on a secular materialist philosophy.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> https://archinect.com/news/article/107558197/a-banker-s-bold-vision-inspires-an-arts-center-and-neighbors-doubts A Banker's Bold Vision Inspires an Arts Center, and Neighbors' Doubts Alexander Walter 2014-08-27T13:45:00-04:00 >2014-09-03T19:11:26-04:00
From the horizon, the new Botín contemporary art center hovers over Santander's agate-colored bay like a fleet of spaceships poised for a close encounter. [...] The $106 million center — designed by Renzo Piano, the Italian architect, to jut over the bay — is the latest private museum emerging in Europe that matches star architects and dramatic designs with billionaires who have huge ambitions and brands to promote.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> https://archinect.com/news/article/106094101/renzo-piano-designed-harvard-art-museum-nears-completion Renzo Piano-designed Harvard Art Museum Nears Completion Nicholas Korody 2014-08-08T13:42:00-04:00 >2014-08-12T22:37:07-04:00
Curators at the Harvard Art Museums are spending the summer installing works in the new Renzo Piano-designed building, which has significantly boosted the university's ability to display its wide-ranging collections. They're working toward November 16, the date when Harvard's Fogg Art Museum, closed six years ago for renovation and expansion, reopens as part of a new entity uniting three previously separate university museums.

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It would be better to reconsider this wholesale demolition. Especially as the proposed replacement, designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, leaves much to be desired. [...] Or maybe it's the quintessential Angeleno building? After all, replacing an aging faithful spouse with a younger, more stylish trophy wife is an established Hollywood custom.

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Tuesday calendar
Findlay Senior Center, 339 E. Melrose Ave.; fitness center open, 5 a.m.-9 p.m.; billiards, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; EnhanceFitness, 9-9:50 a.m.; SilverSneakers yoga, 10-10:50 a.m.; blood pressure clinic, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., cafe; SilverSneakers Splash, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Birchaven; lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; bridge, 12:30-3:30 p.m.; euchre/pinochle, 1-3:30 p.m.; Recipe for a Healthy Life nutrition group, 1:30-3 p.m., Younger Room; cardio mix class, 5:15-6 p.m.; line dance lessons, 6 p.m.; dance, 7-9 p.m., featuring Randy and Diana Quate, $2.
Alcoholics Anonymous, closed discussion, 6:30 a.m., Pioneer Club; closed discussion, noon, Pioneer Club; 12×12 open discussion, noon, Dry Haven, Fostoria; closed discussion, 5:30 p.m., Seventh-Day Adventist Church; women's By the Book 12/12 discussion, 6:45 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church; women's open discussion, 7 p.m., Dry Haven; closed discussion, 7:30 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, Carey; closed discussion, 8 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church annex; open discussion/Big Book split, 8:30 p.m., Holy Family Catholic Church, North Baltimore.
McComb Alumni Breakfast Club, 9:30 a.m., Dark Horse; all alumni and guests welcome.
Findlay Ministerial Association, noon meeting, St. Michael Parish, 750 Bright Road.
Smart Recovery, meeting for addictions, 1 p.m., Focus on Friends, 509 W. Trenton Ave.
Al-Anon, meeting, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 519 S. Cory St.


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da kine diego's
lucy loo
i love some open outdoor eating…. especially, when it comes with mexican food! why do i always feel like i'm on permanent vacation here on the space coast? because of eateries like da kine's.
they are fast, fast, fast with the food too, which is good because i'm pretty certain the line for lunch is as long everyday as it was when we were there.
the patios are shaded, surrounded with flowers, buffered from the street, and they even have a separate play area for the kids, complete with sandbox and a tiny person picnic table. there is also a nice grassy area with a single picnic table if you want to be away from the crowd. … not us. i'd love to come in the evening and enjoy a refreshing beer and see what it looks like with all of the strung lights lit up. the military has a great presence here as well. i imagine there are several regulars. if i lived closer, i, certainly would be one.
the "insane burrito" caught my eye. about anything you could want on it, and i chose chicken. this thing is huge!! huge!! a cornucopia of mexican (whatever you can think of: beans, rice, onions, cilantro, keep going) housing inside. i was delighted to see that it came with instructions. it almost needs adoption papers. best to wash down with a nice lime jarrito….mmmm. and why not sample the steak tacos, with rice, beans and chives, tomatos, pineapple and spicy carrot. never have seen carrots as a mexican side and they should be. with all of the warm and wonderful combos, the spicy carrots cleaned the platte.
reliving this in writing is making me hungry!! so, "mahalo" yourself da kine diego's. we sure left ….. not hungry. don't forget to show some appreciation for our men and women serving our country. maybe buy them a drink!
vanessa too!
for any worn out surfer or a beach girl like me da kine digeo's is the perfect spot to catch an affordable filling meal right across the street from the beach.
lined up out the door ready to order are locals and visitors alike giving you enough time to scan the menu to see what your beachside feast will be today.
sean greeted us at the widow with a cheerful smile and took my order. we started with the salsa, chips and guac. that were fresh and flavorful and kept us occupied until our main meals were ready.
the gringo star sandwich i ordered was served on a soft bun like bread filled with well seasoned pulled pork (choice of chicken or beef too), shredded chedder cheese and lettuce. i also added some sweet sauce, to add even more flavor, from the selection from spicy to mild to give your food whaterever kick your in the mood for. my choice of two sides were the "local style" rice and black beans that were topped with a chiptole sour cream and more cheese…you can never have enough cheese!
the moto here is love-surf-eat and that says it all to me! although i'm no surfer i "love" to watch the "surf"ers and their excitement coming off the beach to "eat" and refuel to go back for another round with the atlantic ocean and what mother nature has brought their way today!
thanks for a little peice of affordable paradise right here in satellite beach!
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Author has written 12 stories for Lunar: Silver Star, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest Series, Chrono Cross, Actraiser, and Legend of Zelda.
So I've been absent for quite a long while now, so before I get into my future plans spiel I thought I'd explain my complete lack of fan fiction non activity. First off, I had my old laptop crash and obliterate everything I had been working on. This meant that everything that hadn't been immortalized on the internet already was lost and gone forever, just like poor old Clementine.
But the frustration of losing my current writing progress wasn't the main reason I more or less vanished. I've sorta been hiding due to and embarrassing little snafu involving my fan fic "The Legacy of Demetrius". If you were to search for it on say iTunes or other places that sell ebooks, you would find it, for sell, for about $3.00. Worse yet, its listed author is my name. Not my internet pen name B the Blue, but my actual real life name. This is obviously, not good. I'll explain what happened and why you shouldn't hate me, but first, this:
I did not try to publish and sell a fanfic based on a copy written game.
Now I'll explain just what happened. My friend was tooling around on self publishing site Lulu. He decided to test it out by having them print a book that was supposed to not be up for sale. He used one of my more novella length works for this test fire. He got it in the mail, showed it to me, and yeah it looked pretty cool. He then explained that it wasn't actually up for sell (because I was concerned) so I thought nothing of it. Way later I happened to google myself, just for fun, and saw that, oh damn, it was up for sell.
Anyway, I'm still trying to get it down. In fact earlier today I checked and the damned thing is still up. It should not be. He's tried several times to alter the settings but it won't die and I've just been waiting around for Square-Enix to come sue the pants off me. It's not on my Lulu account so I can't do anything myself, so I'm at the mercy of other individuals trying to fix this mess.
The moral of the story is don't buy shady fanfiction. Its on the internet for free. Even the one in question, has always been available on here for free as all fanfiction should be.
Anyway, my apologies to anyone who lost a couple bucks to this, and be assured we have not claimed the small amount of money that currently exists in some lulu vault. I'll keep trying my best to get it down, and until then please know that it was a weird accidental goof and not a deliberate stupid attempt to profit off of fanfiction. Oh and also, I didn't even do it, it seems important to repeat that detail, even still, yeah, sorry, truly so.
Now onto some ramblings of projects I'm about to start. I really want to do some more writing so I'm hoping to hammer out quite a bit of new stories. Most of my ideas are still for older games, but I do have a couple of ideas about newer games such as Bravely Default and Skyward Sword. These fics will likely be more in the short story range in length. But I have about four longer fic ideas that I think I'll start all at once and just work as inspiration hits.
First off is a novelization to one of my favorite SNES games, Secret of Mana. It'll be given a bit more serious of a treatment than the pure cartoonyness of the actual game, but is not going to go grimdark or anywhere near. My desire to do this is due to a recent replaying of it off my Wii's virtual console. The whole time I was fleshing out the characterization of Randy and Co in my head. Tentative title is Legend of the Mana Knight or maybe Secret of the Mana Knight.
Project idea number two is a sequel to the original two NES Zeldas. Seeing as how they are the furthest down the official Zelda timeline (at least that branch of it) and every game made since those two has been set either in their past or on alternate time brances, I think its a good place to set up a sequel. There's also some cool elements that I could put to use, such as there being two Princess Zeldas who are completely different people and that this version of Link has yet to wield the Master Sword. I'd also like to explore how certain events that happened in the other timelines did not happen it that one. The fate of Termina being one, and also the fact that the Twilight Mirror would never have been broken and would still exist somewhere. Tentative title is The Triforce of Ruin.
My third idea is actually a massive video game crossover inspired by Steven King's The Dark Tower. The lead protagonist is set to be John Marston of Red Dead Redemption who will travel between worlds on, what else?, an epic quest. Most of the games involved will be ones set on our earth and not say, Hyrule, or any of the Final Fantasy worlds. Think Last of Us, Bioshock, and Assassin's Creed. I'm not going to pin myself down with a ton of rules with this one, but a few I plan to follow are not having insanely over powered individuals (like DMC's Dante), and also keep it to video games not based on other media (so no Batman.), with the exception of Telltale's Walking Dead game adaption. I do want to use Clementine as a character. And unlike my general modus operandi where I have a solid outline that I fill in as I write, I'll probably pants this one in the style of King. No tentative title as of yet.
Finally my last major project idea is actually a set of Chrono Trigger fics. The primary one being a lengthy sequel to Trigger and Cross that will act as a grand finale, but before I dive head first into it I'll need to write a medium length fic about the Guardia/Porre war. The way I've interpretted things playing out is not how most people vision things, so I'll need to explain who I think lives and the state of the world before the big sequel project. Along with these two there's a couple of smaller side stories that will tie in with everything. One is set in the Middle Ages and will star Glenn and Robo (who is still around working of Fiona's forest), and the other will be set around 1100 AD in an alternate timeline where Porre devastated the world with Nuclear weapons.
So I've got a lot of ambitious ideas. Happy reading and wish me luck.
Works in Progress
The Wasteland
Set in the year 1199 AD after the world of Chrono Trigger was devastated by a nuclear war. Don't worry, It'll make sense by the end. I'm not sure exactly how long this one will be, but I'd guess short novella-ish. Maybe shorter, hell maybe longer. Best guess is 10 to 30,000 words. I'll be working on this as a side project while I work on Triforce of Ruin, but Wasteland will almost certainly be finished first.
The Triforce of Ruin
This is my major project for now. It will end up being a novel length sequel to the original "The Legend of Zelda" and "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link". I've got a lot of ideas for this one and I'm pretty excited to see how they all fit in.
Finished Projects
Chrono Gaiden (Chrono Trigger)
Ah, my very first fanfic. This is a prequel about Crono's father, Flare. My longest fic by far and now finally finished!
Lunar: A Different World (Lunar: Silver Star Story/Eternal Blue)
This is an AU story I wrote for the ATGC 2 contest, and also the first fanfic I ever finished. Basically it starts with the final battle against Ghaleon...only he wins and becomes a god, and then 1,000 years later he's still ruling as the God of Lunar when Zophar (from Lunar 2, remember?) rears his ugly head. Adventure, mixed with a little Romance and a little Comedy. Both canon characters and OCs present.
Without Regret (Dragon Quest VIII)
This is a short little romantic tragedy I wrote for the ATGC 3 contest (originally titled No Regrets). It's about Eltrio and Xia (if you don't know who they are yet in the game I won't spoil it). Very short and sad, wrote it on a whim.
King Without a Country (Chrono Trigger)
This one was also written for the ATGC 3 contest. Of the three I wrote for that contest this is my favorite. Its about Porre invading Guardia and Crono having to get ready for the long dark war ahead of him. Drama.
Grandpa's Story: Tale of the Radical Dreamers (Radical Dreamers)
This is the third fic I wrote for the ATGC 3 contest (originally titled Grandpa's Diary). This is a straight up novelization of Radical Dreamers. After playing the fan translated ROM I fell in love with the game. This is the only story I've written so far that has been First Person (though the prologue and epilogue are both Third Person).
The Legacy of Demetrius (Chrono Trigger)
Another year another All That Glitters is Cold. This was the main story I wrote for the fourth contest, and after trying three years in a row I finally placed when this fic took 3rd. It all starts when Lucca gets thrown in prison for treason... Adventure, Mystery, Suspense, and Drama.
I heart Crippled Girls (Chrono Trigger)
This is a very, VERY random comedy I wrote while working on The Legacy of Demetrius. Very weird, very OOC, and very based on an inside joke between me and a friend. Also I submitted it to ATGC 4...just for fun.
A God in Fillmore (Actraiser)
A short story which is a re-imagining of the first level (or "Act" if you will) of the classic SNES game by Enix. I wrote this because there were literally no Actraiser fanfics to be found on the internet, and I thought that that was a shame.
The Change (Chrono Trigger)
A short story about Glenn waking up and realizing he's not a frog anymore, inspired by the anime cut scene of him at the end of the PS1 Chrono Trigger. The title is based on Frog's Japanese name Kaeru which can mean both "frog" and "to change."
Dangerous to Go Alone (The Legend of Zelda)
Another short story, this one based on the beginning of the original NES Zelda. Like "A God in Fillmore" this is a re-imagining style story where I flesh out the famous/infamous "Old Man", give him and his wooden sword some context, and describe the circumstance in which he meets the legendary hero, Link. "It's dangerous to go alone! Take This."
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Episode 11
Friday 26 November, 2010
Healthcare, or rather the lack of it in Sarawak, is the focus of our programme today on Radio Free Sarawak. We look at the tragic and unnecessary death of a mother of eight owing to a basic lack of childbirth facilities. And we ask the experts why a country that has so many resources like Sarawak fails to look after its citizens?


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Norman Gibson was a major figure in the higher education and socio-political landscape of Northern Ireland for a period of over 30 years.
He will be remembered for his courage, integrity and independence of mind. Gibson was a founding academic of the New University of Ulster (NUU) and played a critical role in the successful establishment of the University of Ulster (UU).
Born in Lisnaskea in Co Fermanagh in 1931, Norman James Gibson attended Portora Royal School in Enniskillen before studying economics at Queen's University Belfast where he obtained a first class honours in 1953 and a PhD in 1959. He advanced his studies in economics at the University of Chicago in 1958-9 where he met his future wife, Faith, then a visiting Australian Fulbright Scholar. They married in 1959 in New York.
Gibson lectured at Queen's and Manchester before his appointment in 1967 as founding Professor of economics at NUU.
It was his belief in the 'Newman doctrine' which caused Gibson much anguish when the then 'direct rule' government in Northern Ireland decided that the charter of NUU should be prorogued and the institution merged with the Ulster Polytechnic to form a new university. Although initially outraged, eventually he was persuaded to play a full and productive part in the merger negotiations. In this he was reinforced by his interactions with Derek Birley, the Rector of the Polytechnic The institution was named the University of Ulster and came into being formally on 1 October 1984 with Birley as Vice Chancellor and Gibson as Pro Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning.
Gibson was indefatigable in his oversight of academic planning within UU. He oversaw the expansion of student numbers at the Magee campus in Derry from fewer than 200 pre-merger to over 2000 by the early 1990s when he stepped down as Pro Vice Chancellor. In the same period numbers at Coleraine almost doubled to over 4,000. Overall numbers increased by nearly 50 per cent to over 16,000. Towards the end of his Pro Vice Chancellorship, Gibson assumed responsibility for research policy. While recognising that research selectivity was potentially divisive Gibson, working in tandem with the future Vice Chancellor, Gerry McKenna, accepted its necessity and was resolute in supporting the associated policies which led to UU being one of only 20 universities having a 5*-rated area in the 1996 UK-wide Research Assessment Exercise.
Norman Gibson placed great importance on serving the community more generally. He was a member of the Northern Ireland Commission established in 1972 by the first direct rule Secretary of State, William Whitelaw, to advise on major governance issues. He served occasionally as arbitrator for the Labour Relations Agency.
Gibson retired from the University of Ulster in 1996. He remained active until recently, writing critical articles on inter alia university governance and higher education planning. He was an active participant in the Royal Irish Academy to which he was elected a Member (MRIA) in 1974. He served as an Academy Council member in the 1980s and was a member of the North-South Committee from 2007-2012. His contributions to Irish economics south of the border also included some 21 years' service as Council member of the ESRI from 1969-1990, and four years, 1973-1977, as an Irish Government nominated member of the newly established National Economic and Social Council in Dublin. He was appointed a CBE in the 1991 Birthday Honours list.
A person of great personal kindness, Norman Gibson had a hugely engaging personality, enriched with a pithy wit. He was exceedingly hard working and possessed a resolute commitment to causes he felt passionately about.
Norman Gibson is survived by his wife Faith, daughter Kathryn, daughter-in-law Janice, sons Michael and Patrick, and four grandchildren.
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Suriya Wong
Staff was very helpful and courteous. View was great, bed was comfy The room never cooled down. Hot to sleep and be in the room.
Staff Courtesy is good and location is very good. The cleanliness is not very good and do not give * feel. The Decor is good but get subdued due to lack of cleanliness.
Excellent service, excellent location, quite the right level of Luxury, discreet and quuite efficient staff, beautifull view over Bangkok, an excellent stay in all regards. Excellent buffet dinner (French/Thai/international), excellent management Frankly not, and I am a very experienced traveller
All woked out as expected
The decoration, the relaxing atmosphere, the rooms, the view
very friendly staff, stylish design
Quality of food and rooms Dress code in V9 wine bar
The excellent service and the way the hotel staff looked after our every need
i am a recurring client, going back to the hotel since it was acquired y Sofitel/Pullman. Now again good after the sofitel experience professionally run now.
Staff was very helpful and courteous. View was great, bed was comfy The room never cooled down. Hot to sleep and be in the room.
Great location, helpful staff. Would like to have tried the breakfast but wasn't up in time. It would have been nice to have been brought a drink while we waited for our room to be ready (we were delayed due to some maintenance on the room). Apart from that, nothing I didn't like.
Swiming pool in the roof with good views trough the Bangkok City. Good location in the center of the city. Weak choise on breakfast for the hotel category.
The area and the restaurant. When room stuff got into our room with no alarm.
Staff Courtesy is good and location is very good. The cleanliness is not very good and do not give * feel. The Decor is good but get subdued due to lack of cleanliness.
The service was good, especially the housekeeping. The reception staff was also helpful and accomodated our needs as much as possible. See above.
Good value for money Location a bit uncomfortable
great polite staff which went out of the way for you Noice can be pretty heavy if you get a room towards the road so ask for one away from the road (depends on your sensitivity to these things- I am quite sensitive)
The service was good, especially the housekeeping. The reception staff was also helpful and accomodated our needs as much as possible. See above.
Good value for money Location a bit uncomfortable
Clean with nice view. No surprises. nothing.
The set up of the room was nice, enjoyed a good dim sum lunch in one of the restaurants, loved the pool. That a very late checkout could be arranged without problems was very kind. Finding long hairs on the fruit plate was an unpleasant surprise. The room was still not cleaned after coming back from a day's shopping. It wasn't clear you explicily had to instruct staff by hanging the sign out on the door.
The set up of the room was nice, enjoyed a good dim sum lunch in one of the restaurants, loved the pool. That a very late checkout could be arranged without problems was very kind. Finding long hairs on the fruit plate was an unpleasant surprise. The room was still not cleaned after coming back from a day's shopping. It wasn't clear you explicily had to instruct staff by hanging the sign out on the door.
Location was perfect. Service by all staff was exceptional. One of the best hotels i have ever been to! We upgraded a room upon booking and our request was not only met but also upgraded further!
absolutely wonderfull hotel especially due to a marvellous staff, centrally located, very confortable room with nice view, nice open air top roof swimming pool, very good restaurant, and Pacific floor privileges is a must to make the difference! I will come back there next time ! nothing !
As the hotel rooms are located 25th floor and higher of the building, you will always get a room with a nice view of Bangkok city. The pool on the 24th floor was nice. Room was clean and the service was vey much personal. The location of the hotel is exceptionally convenient for both shopping in daytime and crawling around the busiest Sathorn area at night. In all, I would recommend this hotel to those who are seeking a confortable 5 star hotel in Sathorn area. As the hotel room is clean and functionally but consevatively designed, you should not expect a luxurious decoration in your room. Basically, it is a very nice business hotel.
very nice rooms. perfect location lack of free internet, stayed in much cheaper hotels in Bangkok and they had free internet. An hotel with this price for rooms should provide free wifi in the rooms
The bed, the attitude of some staff members, the location!, The view!! Found some black hair, there were ants in the fruits that were offered, breakfast included in the price only for super expensive rooms
Clean with nice view. No surprises. nothing.
everything is excellent, especially during this hard period at Bangkok, still my favorite !!! absolutely nothing !!!
Location They dont released booked amount
Noisy in the hallways with maids and customers slamming doors
I arrived at hotel a around 9.30 am. I was so glad that I could check in right away.. After the overnight flight to Bangkok I needed good sleep. none
The balcony at the deluxe room & the location. We did not get the requested conneting rooms.It's fine is there's no connecting room for deluxe type, but at least they should have come back to us earlier after the confirmation to the booking made. Our request for one room with king size bed & another room with 2 beds is also not done. In the end we have to stay at the reception for 1hour just to discuss and get the best arrangement available for out requirement.
The hotel is close to a lot of club, bars, gogo-bars, market. but inside the hotel you are not beware of that, its quiet. If you want to take someone to your room, the hotel charge you 950 Bath
Very nice hotel but surrounded by a lot of adult vendors which might not be that great. The breakfast buffet is good however I did see small cockroach which spoiled my appetite.
Friendly staff, great location and the facilities were brilliant
Nothing. I was booked for 8 nights, but checked out after the first night. front desk was extremely rude... especially the manager on duty... I was booked for 8 nights, and from the website and based on the price I was paying, I was expecting a very decent 4 star hotel. I am sorry to say that by bangkok standards this hotel does not even qualify as a 3 star. The room was dirty and badly in need of a facelift...looked about 25 years old.. when I got to the room, the bell boy told me 3 times that more than 1 cup of tea per day is chargeable, and more than 2 bottles of water per day will be charged... ridiculous for the price was paying!! anyways, the reason I changed hotels after the very first night was that the windows were sealed and couldn't be opened. As I had asked for a smoking room, I expected that the aircon system was good enough to clear the air, but room was gas chamber
very helpful and friendly staff. good location guests not allowed after 6 pm!!! bathroom is small. breakfast is not free
Location They dont released booked amount
excellent location for tourists looking fur fun filled nightlife in bangkok i had been already charged by the hotel when i had given my creditcard details,but i fear that i might have been charged double,please look into the matter and respond immidiately,
The staff were all friendly and helpful and the bed was not too hard like most hotels in Thailand. The bath tub is way too shallow to be of any use and the pillows are lumpy.
The location was perfect!! Close to the night market, food vendors, and pubs. The sky train was also close if you want to take that and head to the Shopping malls. Cheap to get to as well From the airport. 500 Bahts or $15US We had a cockroach pay us a visit in our room....I wasn't scared but my wife didn't like it
Ideally located to explore Bangkok, close to the skytrain. The staff at the reception could have been more helpfull.
Great location and atmosphere. It´s in the middle of the city but the pool roof and garden lets you escape. When I arrived, there was confusion and then I was told by the check-in person that she had personally received my call 2 days prior cancelling my reservation. She said that I had given her my reservation number and that I said I needed to cancel due to air flight problems. This was not true. I had not called to cancel and no one else had my reservation number. They had made an error or were making up story. They were nice enough to let me stay in one of their suites that night and then found a hotel in the area for the rest of my stay. However, my trip was disrupted and I lost a good ½ day re-packing and then moving hotels. I´m not sure I would trust them again.
Perfect location, friendly staff, nice swimming pool and bar, good breakfast. Staff with limited knowledge of english. No free internet.
I have stayed at the Siam Heritage several times, including for 1 month last year. It is an excellent hotel found in a very convenient location.....close to Patpong nightlife, Silom banking industry,Suan Night Market, Lumpini park and Lumpini Muay Thai kickboxing stadium, Skytrain to anyplace else in BKK. Breakfast was ok with 2 Thai and 2 Western entrees. Bedroom had excellent mattress and bathroom was excellent
The location was perfect!! Close to the night market, food vendors, and pubs. The sky train was also close if you want to take that and head to the Shopping malls. Cheap to get to as well From the airport. 500 Bahts or $15US We had a cockroach pay us a visit in our room....I wasn't scared but my wife didn't like it
An excellent hotel to discover Bangkok. Good value for your money.
Ideally located to explore Bangkok, close to the skytrain. The staff at the reception could have been more helpfull.
Staff is very friendly and helpful. The hotel is perfectly located to explore the city.
I did like the location and the breakfast. Staff were friendly, especially the reception staff was very helpful. I did not like the design of the room with air conditioning pointing to the bed. The bathroom sink was blocked. The floor of the room needs some renovation. Apart from these, the hotel facilities are good. Room service food was yummy. However, I would not use this hotel again due to its comfortness.
the location is good n the hotel service is good room is very clean also. na
The hotel is very well situated. The hotel is very nice and it is great to have a swimming pool (to relax after a long day of visit) The bed was really hard
The facilities were great and nothing was too much for staff. Very friendly and helpful! Room was a good size with excellent wi-fi facilities. There were no clocks in the room.
Beautiful rooms.Great size too. The lifts were a little stuffy and could do with air conditioning
My wife and I have stayed there before, the staff are very good, the location is good, very clean, and very smart. As normal,..........the prices of hotels all generally appear to meto be on the high side for what you get.
The hotel is conveniently located on Silom Rd., accessible by MRT and the Skytrain within a 10min. walk. All areas have seemingly been refurbished recently and look very stylish. The room we stayed in was very spacious and very well serviced. All staff was extremely helpful and service was to the point, all staff at the desks or in the restaurant had a very good understanding of English. We found the front desk staff very helpful for arranging a day trip with a very reasonable price. Restaurant staff was very polite. The food offered for breakfast (we didn't take any other meals) was fresh, tasty and of a wide variety (Western, Thai, Japanese, Chinese). Wireless service was somewhat weak in the room so I had to resort to cabled Internet access, but this is a rather minor issue.
Very nice rooms - good value for money. Also, very good location as a starting point for city sight seeing Pool is only available in the "sister" hotel next door. The water quality was not good.
Reservation with Booking.com proceeded without a hitch. Everything went as planned, nothing unexpected. And I didn't have to pay in advance to take advantage of a special rate. I wish the staff wouldn't ring so early to see if there was laundry, or even to have the room cleaned. The amount of staff on duty didn't seem very high but neither did the number if guests. It didn't detract from my stay at all.
Centrally located on the Silom Road is ideal for shopping and easy access to the river to visit the temples and other attractions. We stayed in a junior suite that was spacious and modernly furnished. Hotel staff were very friendly and helped us by rectifying a problem with airline damaged baggage. Breakfast was excellent, We will certainly stay at this hotel again next time we visit Bangkok.
The service and very kind staff members.
Location, friendly and helpfull staff, furnishment could be renovated
The location is very good In center of silom It's very noisy at night
The friendly and curteous staff, a really very nice hotel, good food and excellent accommodation Hotel brochure said 24 hour medical facility but none available when required
Only tea provided in room was Jasmine tea, most English prefer Breakfast tea
Booked an extra night for about $15 US cheaper directly with hotel.
The warm and friendly staff who couldn't do enough for us, the cleanliness of the rooms and the hotel although avertised in the hotel brochure there was no 24 hour medical care when we needed it
The breakfast was exceptionally good for a hotel of this type with a wide range of fresh fruit as well as freshly prepared cooked food - excellent Thai style omlette! Poor room maintenance including a bath plug that didn't work and when reported was never fixed. The room rate is very variable so I cancelled a return visit (also booked through Booking.com) for four days later which was charged at twice the rate of my first visit
Excellent location. Great breakfast.
I have been staying at the Narai at least once a month for one or two days since year 2002, and find it convenient for me location and seervices are good. renovated recently give it a plus. only point to mention would be the shower heads need to be replaced by a classic shower head, sofiticated shower heads with various position is for sure get spoiled very fast as many guests play with them .the water mixer of the shower should have indication of hot or cold position,
the warm and friendly staff, good food and clean and tidy rooms
Location, friendly and helpfull staff, furnishment could be renovated
The location is very good In center of silom It's very noisy at night
The hotel is in very good location, close to an MRT station for ease of travel. The room was very clean and comfortable with a good view over Bangkok. Breakfast was very good and staff most friendly and helpful.
Honest staff, quiet and convenient to the Silom area. They always accomdate every request and then some! Nice cozy small hotel in a busy area.
Location - next to Silom road which is crowded during the day (shops, banks, etc..) Very old hotel. Visually (ugly), smell. A "real" Thai experience. No value for money.
Rooms are Spacious and airy Reception staff did not have enough hospitality & politeness
Staff is really friendly. They have a lot of pride in the their hotel. Fitness is poor. Location is terrible - it's a place near a big market that smells like hell. Also its far away from everywhere. Rooms look old.
Location - next to Silom road which is crowded during the day (shops, banks, etc..) Very old hotel. Visually (ugly), smell. A "real" Thai experience. No value for money.
It is set in a peaceful neighbourhood and the staff is generally courteous and obliging. All went well, except whilst booking the cab for my return trip to the airport, the hotel did not negotiate with the Thai can driver properly, and it resulted in me being charged an exorbitant rate. The hotel is also not really near the BTS. It is about 15 to 18 mins walk to Surasak BTS or about 2 blocks away.
Hotel was OK. Clean and with a decent breakfast. Close to an ok area..(although the alley can be dodgy at night) only thing is when the A/C brake and i had to change room, but response was quick. nothing in particular.
Staff were extremely friendly and accommodating. The location is walking distance to the downtown but if you preferred a ride a tuk tuk was readily available. They had a nice and clean pool. And the most important aspect, their food was good and cheaper than most places.
Honest staff, quiet and convenient to the Silom area. They always accomdate every request and then some! Nice cozy small hotel in a busy area.
Located at city center, near train station The hotel's staff was not so willing of giving information.
only one lift. Very noisy
kind people there
Staff very friendly.
I most enjoyed the friendliness of the staff! everyone is most helpful and makes you feel welcome. rooms are very comfortable and breakfast is huge. hotel is very central near surawong rd and silom rd, and near to BTS.
The central location, affordability and the comfort and cleanness of the room.
Great location Increase variety and quality of breakfast menu. Put more chairs at hotel lobby. Provide seats on the Internet stations at hotel lobby. Price per night is still high; provide discounts.
Great location, right outside of BTS. There were lots of massage parlours downstairs and so fit our agenda of having good thai massages. Easy access to food places and supermarkets etc. Very thin walls which if you are a light sleeper, will be easily awoken by neighbor's door opening/closing etc. Temperature of water cannot be controlled and there is only lukewarm water for shower. Luckily weather was hot and so it did not matter that we only had lukewarm water.
You can t beat location, just in the middle of the nightscene, dj station and god, and surprinsigly quiet from outside noise. Nice design clean room and shower room, flat screen, free internet (lan cable only). Friendly staff It s just a room to sleep, no windows on my room. a bit noisy on my floor (7th) where there is breakfast coffee shop.Like many hotels, taxi shuttle prices are a real joke :)
the breakfast area was nice and windy; convenient location The hot water tap for showering is either too hot or too cold. No one came to do housekeeping on my first night.
Good Location and easy to move around should improve the breakfast variety
Mr. Nutt at the reception did an excellent job of making us feel comfortable upon arrival and made sure we were taken care of well. Convenience of location is excellent. The hotel rooms are not sound proof.
Clean and nice rooms Too much noise from nearby bars and discotheque
Near to bts Noisy if the room has a window
Very comfortable and convenient location. There were no windows.
Really friendly staff, convenient spa on 2nd floor, prime location to great markets with any street food you'd want. The shower didn't get warmer than just below luke warm, so it was a little chilly...but with the temperature being so hot outside it could be refreshing.


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Directed by Jeong Ji-woo (정지우)
Screenplay by Jeong Ji-woo (정지우)99min | Release date in South Korea : 1999/12/11
Min-ki is a banker who gets laid off after six years of service. Although he's under constant sense of uneasiness, he lives his new leisurely life without stress of work, thanks to the uccessful career of his wire Bo-ra. Taking care of their baby daughter, doing the housework, and spending quiet time reading at the park. these are all blessings for Min-ki. Meanwhile, Bo-ra is having an affair with her college sweetheart Il-bum, with whom she was separated when he he left for the military. Although she treasures her family and desires to keep it together, she is moved by ll-bum's love and by the sweet reminiscence of her youth. Soon, Min-ki discovers their intimate relationship, which brings about much pain and confusion among the three. All three dream of the possiblities for a happy end, bring about an unexpected outcome.
International Film Festivals
2000 Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival ,
2000 Leeds International Film Festival,
2001 Fantasporto Oporto International Film Festival ,
2000 Chicago International Film Festival ,
2000 Asia Paciifc Film Festival,
2001 Udine Far East Film Festival ,
2000 Filmfest Hamburg ,
2000 Sao Paulo International Film Festival ,
2001 International Istanbul Film Festival ,
2001 Cinemanila International Film Festival ,
2000 Cannes International Film Festival ,
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|Myung Film (명필름)
|99 min •35mm •Panoramic (1.85) •Dolby SRD
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